毕业论文-浅析《了不起的盖茨比》中的美国梦

本科毕业论文

中文题目：浅析《了不起的盖茨比》中的美国梦外文题目：An Analysis of American Dream in

The Great Gatsby

院系英语学院

专业英语（翻译）

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浅析《了不起的盖茨比》中的美国梦

摘要：《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德1925年所写的一部以20世纪20年代的纽约市及长岛为背景的短篇小说。《了不起的盖茨比》的问世，奠定了弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德在现代美国文学史上的地位。本论文讨论了美国梦与美国下层阶级之间的关系。论文首先介绍了美国梦的基本情况，即历史回顾、历史起源和它的发展，旨在找出美国梦在20世纪20年代失败的原因。随后论文阐述了美国梦和美国下层阶级的矛盾，论述理想美国梦和物质对美国下层阶级诱惑之间的矛盾,以及理想美国梦与美国下层阶级道德观的改变之间的矛盾。

关键词：《了不起的盖茨比》；美国梦；美国下层阶级

An Analysis of American Dream in The Great Gatsby

Abstract

The Great Gatsby is the most renowned masterpiece of F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, depicting a story that happened in New York city and Long Island during the 1920s. Due to its birth, Fitzgerald has gained his reputation in contemporary American literature history. This paper consists of two parts. The first part of the paper introduces American dream which concludes historical retrospect, historical origin and its development, aiming to trace back to the reasons that give rise to the failure of American dream. Then, the paper demonstrates the conflict between American dream and the lower classes of American society, including the conflict between American dream and the lure of material world real, and the conflict between American dream and change of moral standards of American lower class.

Key words: The Great Gatsby; American Dream；American lower class

Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Zuo, both for her intellectual guidance and for her warm and constant encouragement during the process of writing this thesis. With patience and prudence, she labored through drafts of this thesis and pointed out defects in my theorizing. Therefore, I owe all the merits in this thesis, if any, to her, though I am fully aware that the thesis might still contain some mistakes, for which I bear the whole responsibility.

My cordial and sincere thanks go to all the teachers in the College of English, whose interesting and informative courses have benefited me a lot during my college years. The profit that I gained from their profound knowledge, remarkable expertise and intellectual ingenuity will be of everlasting significance to my future life and career.

I am also very grateful to my classmates, who have given me a lot of help and courage during my stay in the University and throughout the process of writing this thesis.

Last but not the least, big thanks go to my family who have shared with me my worries, frustrations, and hopefully my ultimate happiness in eventually finishing this thesis.