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1、TheArtofSymbolismintheGreatGatsby1.IntroductionF.ScottFitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby(1926)is,atfirstsight,anovelaboutlove,idealismanddisillusionment.However,itsoonrevealsitshiddendepthsandenigmas.Whatisthesignificanceofthestrange“wasteland”betweenWestEggandNewYo
2、rk,whereMyrtleWilsonmeetsherdeath,analienlandscapepresidedoverbytheeyesofTJEckleburgwhoseeyes,likeGod’s,“seeeverything”?Andwhatarewetomakeofthenovel’sunobtrusivesymbolism(thegreenlight,thecolorofAmericandollarbills,whichburnsattheendofDaisy’sdock,thereferenc
3、estotheelements-land,seaandearth-overwhichGatsbyclaimsmastery,thecontrastbetween“East”and“West”),oritssubtleuseofthepersonalizedfirstnarrator,theunassumingNickCarraway?Itisanovelwhichhasintriguedandfascinatedreaders.Clearly,asaself-proclaimed“taleoftheWest”,
4、itisexploringquestionsaboutAmericaandwhatitmeanstobeAmerican.InthissenseGatsbyisperhapsthatlegendaryopus,the“GreatAmericanNovel”,followinginthefootstepsofworkssuchasMobyDickandHuckleberryFinn.Wewillreturntothisaspectofthenovelinmoredetaillateron.However,weal
5、soneedtobeawarethatitisanovelwhichhasmuchtobesayaboutmoreabstractquestionstodowithfaith,beliefandillusion.Althoughrootedinthe“JazzAge”whichFitzgeraldissooftencreditedwithnaming,itisalsoanovelwhichshouldbeconsideredalongsideworkslikeTheWasteLand,exploringthat
6、“hollownessattheheartofthings”whichliesjustbelowthesurfaceofmodernlife.Eliothimselfremarkedthatthenovel“interestedandexcitedmemorethananynewnovelIhaveseen,eitherEnglishorAmerican,foranumberofyears”.ViewedfrommoredistantperspectivesitispossibletoseeGatsbyasan
7、archetypaltragicfigure,theepitomeofidealismandinnocencewhichstrivesfororder,purposeandmeaninginachaoticandhostileworld.InthissenseGatsbycontainsreligiousandmetaphysicaldimensions:theyoungmanwhoshapesa“Platonicvisionofhimself"andwhoendowstheworthlessfigureofD
8、aisywithreligiousessenceeventuallypassesawayintonothingness,withfewatthefuneraltolamentthepassingofhisromanticdream”.2.FitzgeraldandtheGreatGatsby2.1Fitzgerald’slifeandhisworks.FrancisScottKeyFi
