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1、TheDisillusionofAmericanDreaminTheGreatGatsbyThesisTitle:TheDisillusionofAmericanDreaminTheGreatGatsbyThesisstatement(Introduction):TheGreatGatsby,writtenin1925,isoneofthegreatestliterarydocumentsofthisperiodaswellasamasterpiecerelatedwithironyandpathostothe“AmericanDream.”
2、Itisapictureoftheunprecedentedprosperityandmaterialexcess.Manycriticshavemadealotofstudiesonitandwrotenumerouscriticalessays.TheEnglishfamouspoetandcriticT.S.Eliotwhohasneverhadahastyandextravagantcritic,readTheGreatGatsbythreetimesandpraisedthenovelwas“thefirststepthatAmer
3、icanfictionhastakensinceHenryJames.”(Donaldson,1984:268)H.L.Mencken,amostinfluentialcriticofthattime,declaredthisnoveltobe“nomorethanaglorifiedanecdote.”In1983,TheGreatGatsbywastranslatedintoChinesebyProfessorWuKunning,afterthatmanyChinesescholarsbeganstudyonTheGreatGatsby,
4、analyzingitsartisticforms,itsthemeanditssymbols.ToZhangLilong,“TheGreatGatsbyisactuallyarecallandsummaryoftheprocessofevolvementoftheAmericandreamhistoricalandrealisticperspectives.”(ZhangLilong,1998:108-109)OthersanalysesGatsby’stragedy.WangYujuanarguesthat“thedreamofGatsb
5、yisalsothedreamofallAmericans.ThedefeatofGatsbyisalsothelossofthegeneration.”(WangYujuan,1998:28)Fromallresearchesbothdomesticandabroad,wecanseethatTheGreatGatsbyisagreatnovelthateveryonecanhavedifferentinterpretationfromdifferentaspects.However,afewresearcheshavestudiedabo
6、utwhatruinedGatsby’sdreamandwhyhisdreaminevitablyfailed.Therefore,thispaperwillrevealtherootsandcausesofthefailureofGatsby’sdream.1.Thesignificanceofyourresearch:Scott.FitzgeraldisaprominentnovelistintheAmericanliterature,ownedthetitleofthespokesmanoftheJazzAgeandthelaurelo
7、fpoet.Heisalsooneofthemostrepresentativewritersinthe“LostGeneration”TheGreatGatsbystandsforhismasterpiece.TheGreatGatsbyhasassumedameaningmorethanaMereromanticlovestory.Actually,Gatsby’spursuitofhisdreamandhisfinaltragedyexemplifytoagreatextenttheendoftheillusoryAmericandre
8、am.Thenovelshowsavividpictureofthe1920swhenAmericaenteredtheshortbutunprecedentedl
