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1、中原工学院毕业论文毕业论文题目：TheDisillusionmentoftheAmericanDream–TheSocialSignificanceofTheGreatGatsby学生姓名：学号：200601114101院（系）：外国语学院英语系专业：英语班级：2006级本科1班指导教师姓名：指导教师职称：起止时间：2009年10月—2010年5月（外国语学院制表）11TheDisillusionmentoftheAmericanDream—TheSocialSignificanceofTheGreatGatsbyAThesisSubmittedToForeignLanguages

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3、cceptedfortheawardofanyotherdegreeordiplomainanyinstitutesofhigherlearningandthat,tothebestofmyknowledgeandbelief,thethesiscontainsnomaterialpreviouslypublishedorwrittenbyanotherperson,exceptwhenduereferenceismadeinthetextofthethesis.IunderstandthattodosowouldmeanthatIhadcommittedplagiarism,an

4、dthatitismyresponsibilitytobeawareoftheUniversity’sregulationsonplagiarismandtheirimportance.Signed:Date:11TheDisillusionmentoftheAmericanDream—TheSocialSignificanceofTheGreatGatsbyAbstract:The1920swasadecadewhentheoutlineofcontemporaryAmericaclearlyformed.WorldWarIcreatedanewgeneration,theLos

5、tGenerationandanewtime,theJazzAge—atimeofprofoundculturalandsocialchanges.Americanpeoplehadtomakeachoicebetweentraditionalvaluesandnewstandardsadoptedbyyoungpeople.InTheGreatGatsby,F.ScottFitzgeraldportraysthe1920sasatimeofdecayedsocialandmoralvalues.Cynicism,greed,andpursuitofpleasurebecameth

6、esymbolsofthisperiod.TheychangedthenatureoftheoriginalAmericanDreamandfinallyruinedit.TheintentionofthisstudyistoexplorethesocialsignificancereflectedinthedisillusionmentoftheAmericanDreamthroughthecomparisonbetweenthecharactersandeventsinthenovelandthesocialrealityandthediachronicanalysisofth

7、eAmericandream.Keywords:socialsignificance;thedisillusionmentofAmericanDream;theJazzAge11美国梦的破灭—试析《了不起的盖茨比》所反映的社会意义摘要：二十世纪二十年代是当代美国社会初具雏形的年代。第一次世界大战造就了新的一代人——迷惘的一代，爵士乐时代也由此拉开序幕。在这一时期，美国经历了深刻的文化与社会变革，美国人也必须在传统价值观和广为年轻人接受的新价值观之间做出选择。在《了不起