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1、分类号学校代码10542密级学号200808210084OnTheWastelandinTheGreatGatsby《了不起的盖茨比》中的“荒原’’指导教师姓名、职称萱选劐塾撞湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二0一一年五月L肿llllIfllIIlllll7111IIIIllJillY191543OnTheWastelandinTheGreatGatsbybyCaoXiabyAssociateProfessorCaoBoSubmittedtoTheDepartmentofEnglishLanguageandLiter

2、atureinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtsinthesubjectofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureHunanNormalUniversityChangshaMay,2011AbstractFrancisScottKeyFitzgeraldishailedbylatergenerationsasthespokesmanof‘‘theLostGeneration”，theLaureateofJazzA

3、ge，andanexcellentchronicler．TheGreatGatsby，oneofhismostfamousworks，isentitled‘‘thegreatestAmericannovel"．T．S．Eliot，thewell—knownAmericanpoetandcritic，commentedthat“thebookisthefirststepthatAmericanfictionhastakensinceHenryJames．’’ThenovelrevealstheessenceofAmer

4、icanDreamthroughdepictingthedisillusionmentofdreamsanddegenerationofmorality,andcriticizestherealityoftheworldinJazzAgeinwhichpeoplearephysicallyrichbutspirituallypoor．‘‘Wasteland”isapplied，inreferencetothedegenerationofcapitalisticcivilizationandpeople’Semotio

5、nalemptiness，toillustratepeople’Ssenseofcrisis，disillusionment，despairandcriticalconsciousnesstowardstheabsurdsociety．Asahistoricrecordof‘‘theTimeofWasteland"(YangRenjing2000)，Fitzgerald’SnoveldisclosestheunbalancedpsychologyoftheyoungerAmericangenerationwhoare

6、mentallydistressedandrestless．ThisdissertationexploresthemanifestationsofwastelandinTheGreatGatsbythroughthreeaspects：theemploymentofsymbolismandmetaphor,thecharacterslivinginthewasteland，andthethemeofwasteland，i．e．，death．Inchapterone，exquisitesymbolismandmetap

7、horsareanalyzedtodisplaythewasteland．TheValleyofAshesiswherethesenseofdespairanddisillusionmentstemsfrom．Bookssymbolizepeople’Sspiritualpursuit．Colors，suchastheshallowwhiteanddyingyellow,themelancholicblue，formasharpcontrastbetweenthegorgeousworldsandemptyheart

8、s．Thewastelandstandsvividlyonpapers．Themetaphoricaluseofimages，namesforpassions，mothsforfeeders，Gatsby’SmansionfortheAmericansocietyofthetime，tonameafew,showsacrashinguppert