F.S Fitzgerald菲兹杰罗德.pptVIP

Written in 1925, the Great Gatsby is one of the greatest library documents of that period At first glance, the novel appears to be a simple love story, but further examination reveals Fitzgerald‘s masterful scrutiny（审视） of American society during the 1920s and the corruption of the American dream . --So we beat on,boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. --我们继续奋力向前划，逆水行舟，不停地倒退，回到往昔。-- ‘ Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had. ’ -- “每逢你想要对别人品头论足的时候，”他对我说，“要记住，世上并非所有的人，都有你那样的优越条件。” Made by group 15 1）Life and Career 2）Works 3）The Jazz Age\ Roaring Twenties American Dream The Lost Generation 4）Writing Style 5）The Great Gatsby Major Topics Life experience Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in St.Paul, on September 24, 1896. Raised in St. Paul, Minnesota,he did poorly in school and was sent to New Jersey boarding school in 1911. He was educated at Princeton University in 1913.There he was surrounded by people richer, more sophisticated than he was. He felt inferior(劣势的) to his classmates. But he cut a figure on the football field and made a place for himself in the university literary groups. Enlisted in the army in 1917,he became a second lieutenant(少尉), and was stationed at Camp Sheridan, in Montgomery, Alabama, where he met and fell in love with Zelda Sayre. Zelda, a wild 17-year-old beauty who was crazy for wealth, fun and leisure, agreed to marry him as long as he could prove a success He published his first novel This Side of Paradise(1920), and became a literary sensation(轰动) ，earning enough money and fame to convince Zelda to marry him.Then he published his famous works: The great Gatsby(1925) Tender is the night (1934) …... In 1930 Zelda suffered several nervous breakdowns and was later diagnosed as schizophrenia（精神分裂