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1、本科毕业论文中文题目:浅析《了不起的盖茨比》中的美国梦外文题目:AnAnalysisofAmericanDreaminTheGreatGatsby院系英语学院专业英语(翻译)年级学号学生指导教师结稿日期2011年5月7日外语学院教务处制iii浅析《了不起的盖茨比》中的美国梦摘要:《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德1925年所写的一部以20世纪20年代的纽约市及长岛为背景的短篇小说。《了不起的盖茨比》的问世,奠定了弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德在现代美国文学史上的地位。本论文讨论了美国梦与美国下层阶级之间的关系。论文
2、首先介绍了美国梦的基本情况,即历史回顾、历史起源和它的发展,旨在找出美国梦在20世纪20年代失败的原因。随后论文阐述了美国梦和美国下层阶级的矛盾,论述理想美国梦和物质对美国下层阶级诱惑之间的矛盾,以及理想美国梦与美国下层阶级道德观的改变之间的矛盾。关键词:《了不起的盖茨比》;美国梦;美国下层阶级iiiAnAnalysisofAmericanDreaminTheGreatGatsbyAbstractTheGreatGatsbyisthemostrenownedmasterpieceofF.ScottFitzgeraldin1
3、925,depictingastorythathappenedinNewYorkcityandLongIslandduringthe1920s.Duetoitsbirth,FitzgeraldhasgainedhisreputationincontemporaryAmericanliteraturehistory.Thispaperconsistsoftwoparts.ThefirstpartofthepaperintroducesAmericandreamwhichconcludeshistoricalretrospec
4、t,historicaloriginanditsdevelopment,aimingtotracebacktothereasonsthatgiverisetothefailureofAmericandream.Then,thepaperdemonstratestheconflictbetweenAmericandreamandthelowerclassesofAmericansociety,includingtheconflictbetweenAmericandreamandthelureofmaterialworldre
5、al,andtheconflictbetweenAmericandreamandchangeofmoralstandardsofAmericanlowerclass.Keywords:TheGreatGatsby;AmericanDream;AmericanlowerclassiiiAcknowledgementsFirstandforemost,Iwouldliketoexpressmyheartfeltgratitudetomysupervisor,bothforherintellectualguidanceandfo
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