The Symbolic Meaning of Characters in the Great Gatsby  

作　　者：王晓红[1] 

机构地区：[1]哈尔滨师范大学呼兰学院,黑龙江哈尔滨150000

出　　处：《科技信息》2007年第25期153-153,共1页Science & Technology Information

摘　　要：As the spokesman of the Jazz Age,F.Scott Fitzgerald ,based on his own experience,writes his masterpiece-The Great Gatsby.Through abundant symbols,Fitzgerald profoundly depicts the social prospect of Jazz Age and successfully displays the process of the disillusionment of American Dream which exists in majority people in 1920s.This paper,based on some basic symbolic theories,discusses how the author brings the deep philosophy to the surface to show his attitude,to reveal the theme by these symbols.And by analyzing the symbolic meanings of some characters,it further probes some causes for the failure of American Dream and how the author pays attention to common human nature.As the spokesman of the Jazz Age, F.Scott Fitzgerald ,based on his own experience, writes his masterpiece——The Great Gatsby. Through abundant symbols, Fitzgerald profoundly depicts the social prospect of Jazz Age and successfully displays the process of the disillusionment of American Dream which exists in majority people in 1920s. This paper, based on some basic symbolic theories, discusses how the author brings the deep philosophy to the surface to show his attitude, to reveal the theme by these symbols. And by analyzing the symbolic meanings of some characters, it further probes some causes for the failure of American Dream and how the author pays attention to common human nature.

关 键 词：象征意蕴 小说 《了不起的盖茨比》 “美国梦” 理想主义 菲茨杰拉德 美国 

分 类 号：I712.074[文学—其他各国文学]