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1、OnGatsby’sTragicPursuitI.IntroductionAsweknow，F.ScottFitzgeraldisafamouswriterinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.HisworksbecomesoindispensabletoAmericanliteraturethatanyintroductionshowAmericanliteraturewithoutthementioningofFitzgerald,andhisworkswillbeconsideredincomplete.Fitzgeraldwas
2、bornin1896;itisclearthathislifebridgedtwocenturies.Duringhisearlyyears,heexperiencedthemoney-orientedcultureofthe1920s,andfeltthedisillusionmentwiththeAmericansystemandtheefficacyofindividualeffortafterWorldWarI.ItwasintheenvironmentofattackuponAmericanmaterialismthatFitzgeraldcameofa
3、geasanovelist,andjustashislifebridgedtwocenturies,hisworks,mostofwhichreflectedthe1920s,coveraspectsreflectingtwodifferenteras:lookingbacktotheromanticlyricismandexpansivedreamsofthenineteen-centuryAmerica,andforwardtothejazzstrainsofthetwentiethcentury.The1920sisaperiodoftransitionli
4、nkingtheolder,simpler,morenaiveandidealisticAmericaandthebewildering,disparate,rootless,cynicalAmericaofthepresent.Fitzgerald’swritingcatchesthetoneoftheage;infact,hesovividlycapturesthemoodandmannersofhisageandsuccessfullydrawsafinished,emblematicportraitoftheAmericanRoaringTwentiest
5、hroughhisworksthatheisalwaysrememberedasthespokesmanandlaureateoftheJazzAge,anerareceivingitsnamefromhisTalesoftheJazzAge(1922).InthehistoryofAmericanliterature,thereisprobablynowriterwhoismoreidentifiedwithadecadethanScottFitzgeraldisidentifiedwiththe1920s.Fitzgerald’smajorworksinclu
6、deThisSideofParadise(1920),TheBeautyandtheDamned(1922),TheGreatGatsby(1925)andTenderIstheNight(1934).Amongthem,TheGreatGatsby,anovelpraisedbyT.S.Eliotas“thefirststepthatAmericanfictionhastakensinceHenryJames”(Donaldson268)isalwaysrecognizedasFitzgerald’smasterpiece.Itsclarity,vitality
7、andflavorarouseenormousinterestandadmirationinliterarycriticsandreaders.ThenovelexploresthedarksideoftheJazzAge,which,togetherwithitsstylisticbrilliance,establishesFitzgerald’spositionasaseriousandtalentedwriterofmodernistliterature.Today,almost80yearsafter,thebookisasfleshasitfirstca
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