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1、TheContrastiveTechniquesinTheGreatGatsby[Abstract]TheGreatGatsby,withit’sdepictionof“theJazzAge”,marksthehighestpointofF.ScottFitzgerald’sartisticachievement.T.S.Eliotonceconcludedthatitwasthe“firststepthatAmericanfictionhastakensinceHenryJames”.Inthisnovel,theauthorsuccessfullyemployedthecont
2、rastivetechniques,whichendowthenovelwithartisticglamourandprofoundconnotation.Thispaperintendstoillustratethecontrastivetechniquesintermsofscenes,charactersaswellasdreamandreality.ThesignificanceofthesecontrastsliesinthefactthattheyhelpthereaderstohaveabetterunderstandingoftheJazzAge,theperson
3、alitiesofthemaincharactersandtheAmericandream.ThecarefuldeliberateemploymentofcontrastivetechniquesnotonlytestifytoFitzgerald’scraftsmanshipinplanninganddevelopingthenovel,butalsocontributeagreatdealtotherevealofthetragictheme,thatis,thedisillusionofAmericandream.[KeyWords]contrast,scene,chara
4、cter,dream,reality1IntroductionF.ScottFitzgerald’smasterpieceTheGreatGatsbyshowsusavividpictureofthe1920swithitssuperficialprosperityandunderlyingsadness.ThefailureofAmericandreamandthecrisisofvaluearewellreflectedincharactersandthedetailsofthenovel.InTheGreatGatsby,Fitzgeraldskillfullyemploye
5、dthecontrastivetechniquesintermsofscenes,charactersaswellasdreamandreality.Thesetechniquesnotonlydeepenthetragictheme,butalsoimpartedthetextabrand-newinterpretationandprofoundartisticglamour.2Theemploymentofcontrastivetechniques2.1ThecontrastofscenesTheauthorgivesusavividdescriptionofvarioussc
6、enesinthenovel,amongwhichthemostimpressivearethesharpcontrastbetweenGatsby’spartiesandhisfuneralandthestrongcontradictsbetweentheeastandthewest.ThesetwopairsofcontrastivescenesforeshadowGatsby’stragicaldestination.2.1.1Thepartiesvs.thefuneralTheJazzAgeisatimeofbrokendream,atimeofflapper,atimeo
7、fchangesandatimeoffinancialboom.It’sclearlyreflectedinthedescriptionofGatsby’sparties.Thesepartiesarefashionable,butpointless.Itisonlyashow-offofGatsby’srichesandmaterialsuccess.Thecrowdshardlyknowtheirhost;manycomeandgowithoutinvitatio
