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1、THEGREATGATSBYF.ScottFitzgeraldKeyFactsFULLTITLE · TheGreatGatsbyAUTHOR · F.ScottFitzgeraldTYPEOFWORK · NovelGENRE · Modernistnovel,JazzAgenovel,novelofmannersTIMEANDPLACEWRITTEN · 1923–1924,AmericaandFranceDATEOFFIRSTPUBLICATION · 1925NARRATOR · NickCa
2、rraway;Carrawaynotonlynarratesthestorybutimpliesthatheisthebook’sauthorPOINTOFVIEW · NickCarrawaynarratesinbothfirstandthirdperson,presentingonlywhathehimselfobserves.Nickalternatessectionswherehepresentseventsobjectively,astheyappearedtohimatthetime,withsect
3、ionswherehegiveshisowninterpretationsofthestory’smeaningandofthemotivationsoftheothercharacters.TONE · Nick’sattitudestowardGatsbyandGatsby’sstoryareambivalentandcontradictory.AttimesheseemstodisapproveofGatsby’sexcessesandbreachesofmannersandethics,buthealso
4、romanticizesandadmiresGatsby,describingtheeventsofthenovelinanostalgicandelegiactone.TENSE · PastSETTING(TIME) · Summer1922SETTINGS(PLACE) · LongIslandandNewYorkCityPROTAGONIST · Gatsbyand/orNickMAJORCONFLICT · Gatsbyhasamassedavastfortuneinordertowinthea
5、ffectionsoftheupper-classDaisyBuchanan,buthismysteriouspaststandsinthewayofhisbeingacceptedbyher.RISINGACTION · Gatsby’slavishparties,Gatsby’sarrangementofameetingwithDaisyatNick’sCLIMAX · Therearetwopossibleclimaxes:Gatsby’sreunionwithDaisyinChapters5–6;the
6、confrontationbetweenGatsbyandTominthePlazaHotelinChapter7.FALLINGACTION · Daisy’srejectionofGatsby,Myrtle’sdeath,Gatsby’smurderTHEMES · ThedeclineoftheAmericandream,thespiritofthe1920s,thedifferencebetweensocialclasses,theroleofsymbolsinthehumanconceptionofm
7、eaning,theroleofthepastindreamsofthefutureMOTIFS · Theconnectionbetweeneventsandweather,theconnectionbetweengeographicallocationandsocialvalues,imagesoftime,extravagantparties,thequestforwealthSYMBOLS · ThegreenlightonDaisy’sdock,theeyesofDoctorT.J.Eckleburg
8、,thevalleyofashes,Gatsby’sparties,EastEgg,WestEggFORESHADOWING · ThecarwreckafterGatsby’spartyinChapter3,OwlEyes’scommentsaboutthetheatricalityofGatsby’slife,themysterioustelephon
