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1、TheContrastiveTechniquesinTheGreatGatsby[Abstract]TheGreatGatsby,withit’sdepictionof“theJazzAge”,marksthehighestpointofF.ScottFitzgerald’sartisticachievement.T.S.Eliotonceconcludedthatitwasthe“firststepthatAmericanfictionhastakensinceHenryJames”.Inthisnovel,theauthorsuccessfullyemployed
2、thecontrastivetechniques,whichendowthenovelwithartisticglamourandprofoundconnotation.Thispaperintendstoillustratethecontrastivetechniquesintermsofscenes,charactersaswellasdreamandreality.ThesignificanceofthesecontrastsliesinthefactthattheyhelpthereaderstohaveabetterunderstandingoftheJaz
3、zAge,thepersonalitiesofthemaincharactersandtheAmericandream.ThecarefuldeliberateemploymentofcontrastivetechniquesnotonlytestifytoFitzgerald’scraftsmanshipinplanninganddevelopingthenovel,butalsocontributeagreatdealtotherevealofthetragictheme,thatis,thedisillusionofAmericandream.[KeyWords
4、]contrast,scene,character,dream,reality1IntroductionF.ScottFitzgerald’smasterpieceTheGreatGatsbyshowsusavividpictureofthe1920swithitssuperficialprosperityandunderlyingsadness.ThefailureofAmericandreamandthecrisisofvaluearewellreflectedincharactersandthedetailsofthenovel.InTheGreatGatsby
5、,Fitzgerald13skillfullyemployedthecontrastivetechniquesintermsofscenes,charactersaswellasdreamandreality.Thesetechniquesnotonlydeepenthetragictheme,butalsoimpartedthetextabrand-newinterpretationandprofoundartisticglamour.2Theemploymentofcontrastivetechniques2.1ThecontrastofscenesTheauth
6、orgivesusavividdescriptionofvariousscenesinthenovel,amongwhichthemostimpressivearethesharpcontrastbetweenGatsby’spartiesandhisfuneralandthestrongcontradictsbetweentheeastandthewest.ThesetwopairsofcontrastivescenesforeshadowGatsby’stragicaldestination.2.1.1Thepartiesvs.thefuneralTheJazzA
7、geisatimeofbrokendream,atimeofflapper,atimeofchangesandatimeoffinancialboom.It’sclearlyreflectedinthedescriptionofGatsby’sparties.Thesepartiesarefashionable,butpointless.Itisonlyashow-offofGatsby’srichesandmaterialsuccess.Thecrowdshardlyknowtheirhost;manycomeandgowithoutinvitat
