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1、LiteraryInterpretationofAmericanDreamAbstract:ThetermAmericanDreamrunsthroughoutAmericanliteratureasarecurringtheme.ItisthesymbolofAmericanspiritsandhasbeenencouraginggenerationsofAmericanstofightfortheirambitionsandideals.Indifferentperiods,Americanliteratur
2、emirrorsdifferentformsofAmericandreams,thusthispaperaimstointerpretAmericandreamfromliteraryperspectivebyanalyzingthethemeofAmericandreamintypicalAmericanliteraryworksindifferentliteraryperiods.ThispaperselectsTheAutobiographywrittenbyBenjaminFranklin,TheScar
3、letLetterbyNathanielHawthorne,andTheGreatGatsbybyF.ScottFitzgerald,theseclassicalworkstodissecttheessentialconnotationofAmericandream.Keywords:Americanliterature;Americandream;interpretationLiteratureistheculturalfeaturesoflifeexperience.Literaryworksimpliesp
4、eople’sthoughtsonthesocialreality,thevalueorientationandspecificideology.Therefore,readingliteraryworksisasignificantwaytounderstandthefundamentalideasandvaluejudgmentsindifferentcultures.Americanliteraturehistoryisnotsolong,butproducedalargenumberofgreatwork
5、swhichwereinfluentialinthedevelopmentofworldliterature.Intheseworks,Americandreamisarecurrenttheme.Americandreaminliteraturehaschangedalotfromitsemergencetothecontemporaryera,whilethischangeiscloselyrelatedtothedifferenthistoricalperiodsofAmericasocialbackgro
6、und.StudythechangesofAmericandreaminvariousliteraryworkswillhelpustoknowmoreaboutAmericansociety.I.BackgroundInformationofAmericanDreamI.I.DefinitionofAmericanDreamThe Americandream isanational ethosofthe UnitedStates,asetofidealsinwhichfreedomincludestheoppo
7、rtunityforprosperityandsuccess,andanupward socialmobility forthefamilyandchildren,achievedthroughhardworkinasocietywithfewbarriers.InthedefinitionoftheAmericanDreamby JamesTruslowAdams in1931,"lifeshouldbebetterandricherandfullerforeveryone,withopportunityfor
8、eachaccordingtoabilityorachievement"regardlessofsocialclass orcircumstancesofbirth.AmericandreamisacommonfaithheldbymostofAmericans.ItoriginatedfromreligiousideasofEuropeanPuritans,andlat
