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1、毕业论文开题报告英语OntheCharacterofGatsbyinTheGreatGatsby一、选题的背景和意义FrancisScottKeyFitzgerald(September24,1896–December21,1940)wasanAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories,whoseworksaretheparadigmwritingsoftheJazzAge.HeiswidelyregardedbymanyasoneofthegreatestAmericanwritersofthe20thcentury.TheGreatGatsbyisa
2、masterpieceofFitzgerald’sworks.FirstpublishedonApril10,1925,itissetonLongIsland'sNorthShoreandinNewYorkCityduringthesummerof1922.ThenoveltakesplacefollowingtheWorldWarI.Afteritsrepublishingin1945and1953,itquicklyfoundawidereadershipandistodaywidelyregardedasaparagonoftheGreatAmericanNovel,andali
3、teraryclassic.InTheGreatGatsbyFitzgeraldpresentsaverydifferentviewofGatsby.Gatsbyisayoung,mysteriousmillionairelaterrevealedtobeabootlegger,withshadybusinessconnectionsandanobsessiveloveforDaisyFayBuchanan,whomhehadmetwhenhewasayoungofficerinWorldWarI.Afterthewar,Gatsbycameeastandboughthismansio
4、nnearDaisyandTom,wherehehostspartieshopingshewillvisit,andthenGatsbyandDaisybeginaloveaffair.AsforGatsby,Daisyisrepresentingasagoalhewantstoachieve;therefore,hehasadreamtoliveup.However,thedreamisnotrealandcontributestoGatsby’sdeath.Therefore,alotofscholarshavemadedeepstudyonthisnovel.Firstly,so
5、mepeoplearetalkingaboutGatsbyandhisdream.CuiShu-chen’sCharacterandSymbolsinTheGreatGatsby(1995)itissuggestedthatJayGatsbyisthemoststrikingfigureinthenovel,whoisinpursuitofanelusivedreamwhicheventhoughsometimesiswithinhisgrasp,continuessomehowtoevadehim.Withgreatmagnitudeofhisglitteringillusionan
6、dthesinglemindedness,Gatsbytriestomakeitarealityandhesacrificeshislifeonthealtarofhisdream ,unawarethatitiscomposedoftheephemeralstuffofthepast.What’smore,HuangChunying,theauthorofThePursuitandLossofAmericanDream(2004),pointsoutthatGatsbyisnotonlyaconcretemanifestationofconflictbetweenfant
7、asyandrealityinreallife,butalsotheembodimentofAmericanromantichero.YangWeilueobservesthevariousstylesofFitzgerald’sworks;includingoneofgreatmasterpiece,CausesofGatsby‘sTragedy(1995).HepointsoutthatonepartofGatsby’s“ideal”orh
