As the spokesman of the Jazz Age, F.Scott.Fitzgerald revealed the disillusionment of the American Dream in his master-piece The Great Gatsby under the background of the 1920 s, or the Jazz Age.In the novel, the protag...As the spokesman of the Jazz Age, F.Scott.Fitzgerald revealed the disillusionment of the American Dream in his master-piece The Great Gatsby under the background of the 1920 s, or the Jazz Age.In the novel, the protagonist Jay Gatsby devoted his life to chasing his dream but was confronted with complete corruption in the end.This paper tries to enclose the tragic roots and causes of the doom of Gatsby's dream from three dimensions, i.e. Gatsby's innocent attitude toward social class distinction, his blind faith toward ideal love, and the cruelties of society.展开更多
The Public Burning is a novel full of carnivalesque characteristics. Through the analysis of the carnivalised elements, thispaper points out that a sense of revival for the nation lies in the subversion of official di...The Public Burning is a novel full of carnivalesque characteristics. Through the analysis of the carnivalised elements, thispaper points out that a sense of revival for the nation lies in the subversion of official discourses and reconstruction of historicalevent.展开更多
文摘As the spokesman of the Jazz Age, F.Scott.Fitzgerald revealed the disillusionment of the American Dream in his master-piece The Great Gatsby under the background of the 1920 s, or the Jazz Age.In the novel, the protagonist Jay Gatsby devoted his life to chasing his dream but was confronted with complete corruption in the end.This paper tries to enclose the tragic roots and causes of the doom of Gatsby's dream from three dimensions, i.e. Gatsby's innocent attitude toward social class distinction, his blind faith toward ideal love, and the cruelties of society.
文摘The Public Burning is a novel full of carnivalesque characteristics. Through the analysis of the carnivalised elements, thispaper points out that a sense of revival for the nation lies in the subversion of official discourses and reconstruction of historicalevent.
