On the Character of Gatsby in The Great Gatsby【开题报告】

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1、毕业论文开题报告英语OntheCharacterofGatsbyinTheGreatGatsby一、选题的背景和意义FrancisScottKeyFitzgerald(September24,1896–December21,1940)wasanAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories,whoseworksaretheparadigmwritingsoftheJazzAge.HeiswidelyregardedbymanyasoneofthegreatestAmericanwritersofthe20thcentur

2、y.TheGreatGatsbyisamasterpieceofFitzgerald’sworks.FirstpublishedonApril10,1925,itissetonLongIsland'sNorthShoreandinNewYorkCityduringthesummerof1922.ThenoveltakesplacefollowingtheWorldWarI.Afteritsrepublishingin1945and1953,itquicklyfoundawidereadershipandistodaywidelyregardedas

3、aparagonoftheGreatAmericanNovel,andaliteraryclassic.InTheGreatGatsbyFitzgeraldpresentsaverydifferentviewofGatsby.Gatsbyisayoung,mysteriousmillionairelaterrevealedtobeabootlegger,withshadybusinessconnectionsandanobsessiveloveforDaisyFayBuchanan,whomhehadmetwhenhewasayoungoffice

4、rinWorldWarI.Afterthewar,GatsbycameeastandboughthismansionnearDaisyandTom,wherehehostspartieshopingshewillvisit,andthenGatsbyandDaisybeginaloveaffair.AsforGatsby,Daisyisrepresentingasagoalhewantstoachieve;therefore,hehasadreamtoliveup.However,thedreamisnotrealandcontributestoG

5、atsby’sdeath.Therefore,alotofscholarshavemadedeepstudyonthisnovel.Firstly,somepeoplearetalkingaboutGatsbyandhisdream.CuiShu-chen’sCharacterandSymbolsinTheGreatGatsby(1995)itissuggestedthatJayGatsbyisthemoststrikingfigureinthenovel,whoisinpursuitofanelusivedreamwhicheventhoughs

6、ometimesiswithinhisgrasp,continuessomehowtoevadehim.Withgreatmagnitudeofhisglitteringillusionandthesinglemindedness,Gatsbytriestomakeitarealityandhesacrificeshislifeonthealtarofhisdream,unawarethatitiscomposedoftheephemeralstuffofthepast.What’smore,HuangChunying,theauth

7、orofThePursuitandLossofAmericanDream(2004),pointsoutthatGatsbyisnotonlyaconcretemanifestationofconflictbetweenfantasyandrealityinreallife,butalsotheembodimentofAmericanromantichero.YangWeilueobservesthevariousstylesofFitzgerald’sworks;includingoneofgreatmasterpiece,CausesofGat

8、sby‘sTragedy(1995).HepointsoutthatonepartofGatsby’s“ideal”orh