《了不起的盖茨比》中的美国梦_开题报告

ABSTRACT

   Francis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most famous writer of the 20th century and his masterpiece The Great Gatsby is listed among the most famous 20th -century American novels considering of its literature merits.The novel mainly tells a tragic story of Gatsby,a man who was humble and poor and eager to pursue the American Dream but finally sacrificed himself.Although Gatsby dreams of achieving material wealth and love through his courage and hard work, all kinds of external and internal factors lead to the disillusionment of his hope. Through the analysis of American Dream and the historical background of the novel, this thesis elaborates a vivid picture of the reasons leading to the disillusionment of American Dream in order to show the social significance of this work. 

1 the introduction of F,Scott.Fitzgerald

1.1 the life expericence of Fitzgerald

1.1.1 Fitzgerald`s background

1.1.2 Fitzgerald`s marriage

2 American dream and its disillusionment

2.1 the American dream

2.1.1Gatsby’s dream of wealth

2.1.2Gatsby’s dream of high scoial position

2.1.3Gatsby’s dream of love

2.2 the dsillusionment of Gatsby’s American dream

3 the cause of disillusionment of American dream

3.1 the jazz age and roaring twenties

3.2social environment and people factor

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