“美国梦”的幻灭对“中国梦”的启示——以《了不起的盖茨比》分析为例.doc

PAGE PAGE 35 “美国梦”的幻灭对“中国梦”的启示——以《了不起的盖茨比》分析为例 摘要：司各特·菲茨杰拉德是“爵士乐时代”的“桂冠诗人”。其发表的诸多作品主题都与“美国梦”息息相关，其中最为经典的是《了不起的盖茨比》，盖茨比的悲剧深刻揭示了灯红酒绿生活的背后是美国复杂而尖锐的社会矛盾和人们道德价值观念的颓丧。梦想是强大的精神动力，塑造“中国梦”正能量的时代符号有利于民心凝聚，民族团结、共同奋斗，实现中华民族的伟大复兴。“中国梦”和“美国梦”有共通性，为了更好的实现“中国梦”，我们需要重读经典《了不起的盖茨比》。本研究旨在概括并借鉴前人对《了不起的盖茨比》“美国梦”幻灭的主题分析，基于原文小说，结合原型批评理论，加深对小说背景、情节、人物、语言的理解，深入解析该部文学作品与“美国梦”幻灭的关系，进一步揭示“美国梦”幻灭的原因和实质，找到“美国梦”和“中国梦”的不同点和相同点，从而为实现“中国梦”提供借鉴。 关键词：盖茨比；美国梦；幻灭；原型批评理论；中国梦；启示 A Study of Disillusionment of “American Dream” with the Implications for “Chinese Dream”: A Case Study of The Great Gatsby Abstract: Scott Fitzgerald was the poet laureate of the “Jazz Age”. Many of his works themes are closely connected with “American Dream”, and the most classical one is The Great Gatsby, which reveals that behind the colorful life are the complex and sharp social contradiction of America and breakdown of American moral values. Dream is a powerful spiritual motivation, shaping the positive symbol of “Chinese Dream”, which benefits people’s solidarity, national unity and common endeavor to achieve the great revival of the Chinese nation. We need to reread The Great Gatsby to share something common between “Chinese Dream” and “American Dream”, in order to better realize the “Chinese Dream”. This paper sums up and draws a lesson from previous analysis on the theme —“American Dream”. Based on the novel The Great Gatsby, the paper tries to refer to archetypal criticism, backgrounds, plots, characters and language of the novel to analyze relationship between the novel and “American Dream” disillusionment, to further reveal the reasons and essences, and to find differences and similarities between “Chinese Dream” and “American Dream”, offering implications for “Chinese Dream”. Key words: Gatsby; American Dream; disillusionment; archetypal criticism; Chinese Dream; implications 1. Introduction 1.1 Literature status and influence of Fitzgerald Scott. Fitzgerald was?an outstanding writer of American literary world in t