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1、山西财经大学毕业论文（设计）TheArtofSymbolismintheGreatGatsby1.IntroductionF.ScottFitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby(1926)is,atfirstsight,anovelaboutlove,idealismanddisillusionment.However,itsoonrevealsitshiddendepthsandenigmas.Whatisthesignificanceofthestrange“wasteland”betweenWestEggandNewYork,whereMyrtleWilsonmeet
2、sherdeath,analienlandscapepresidedoverbytheeyesofTJEckleburgwhoseeyes,likeGod’s,“seeeverything”?Andwhatarewetomakeofthenovel’sunobtrusivesymbolism(thegreenlight,thecolorofAmericandollarbills,whichburnsattheendofDaisy’sdock,thereferencestotheelements-land,seaandearth-overwhichGatsbyclaimsmastery,
3、thecontrastbetween“East”and“West”),oritssubtleuseofthepersonalizedfirstnarrator,theunassumingNickCarraway?Itisanovelwhichhasintriguedandfascinatedreaders.Clearly,asaself-proclaimed“taleoftheWest”,itisexploringquestionsaboutAmericaandwhatitmeanstobeAmerican.InthissenseGatsbyisperhapsthatlegendary
4、opus,the“GreatAmericanNovel”,followinginthefootstepsofworkssuchasMobyDickandHuckleberryFinn.Wewillreturntothisaspectofthenovelinmoredetaillateron.However,wealsoneedtobeawarethatitisanovelwhichhasmuchtobesayaboutmoreabstractquestionstodowithfaith,beliefandillusion.Althoughrootedinthe“JazzAge”whic
5、hFitzgeraldissooftencreditedwithnaming,itisalsoanovelwhichshouldbeconsideredalongsideworkslikeTheWasteLand,exploringthat“hollownessattheheartofthings”whichliesjustbelowthesurfaceofmodernlife.Eliothimselfremarkedthatthenovel“interestedandexcitedmemorethananynewnovelIhaveseen,eitherEnglishorAmeric
6、an,foranumberofyears”.ViewedfrommoredistantperspectivesitispossibletoseeGatsbyasanarchetypaltragicfigure,theepitomeofidealismandinnocencewhichstrivesfororder,purposeandmeaninginachaoticandhostileworld.InthissenseGatsbycontainsreligiousandmetaphysicaldimensions:theyoungmanwhoshapesa“Platonicvisio
7、nofhimself"andwhoendowstheworthlessfigureofDaisywithreligiousessenceeventuallypassesawayintonothingness,withfewatthefuneraltolamentthepassingofhisromanticdream”.2.FitzgeraldandtheGreatGatsby2.1Fitzgerald’slifeandhisworks.Fra
