Fitzgerald 英语专业教学课件.ppt

Life Experiences (1) 24 September 1896 Birth of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald in St. Paul, Minnesota. October 1909 Publication of “The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage”, FSF’s first appearance in print. September 1913 FSF enters Princeton University with Class of 1917 February 1919 FSF discharged from army. Planning to marry Zelda Sayre. 26 March 1920 Publication of This Side of Paradise. 3 April 1920 Marriage of FSF and Zelda Sayre. 10 April 1925 Publication of The Great Gatsby. 21 December 1940 FSF dies of heart attack Major Works This Side of Paradise (1920) Flappers and Philosophers (1920) The Beautiful and Damned (1920) Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) The Great Gatsby (1925) Tender Is the Night (1934) The Last Tycoon (1941) The Great Gatsby (1925) Analysis of The Great Gatsby Setting: 1920s, New York City (signifying the materialized American society) Characters: Nick Carraway: the narrator, rational. Mild, understanding, reserved Jay Gatsby: innocent( romantic imagination of love, believing money’s power) Daisy Buchanan: shallow, selfish, strong desire for extravagant life Tom Buchanan: selfish, proud, false, no virtue at all Myrtle Wilson: from the lower class, energetic, crude plot Jay Gatsby is a man possessed—driven by greed, ambition and, most of all, an unwavering desire for a woman he met before the Great War, when he was poor and she was unobtainable. As Gatsby reinvents himself in an attempt to buy his way into the social elite of Long Islands Gold Coast, he yearns to rekindle his romance with the woman who stole his heart years before. But when the chance finally arrives, a shadow of tragedy is cast over what Gatsby long-imagined would be his triumphant moment. Symbolism: Gatsby: the country’s history Daisy: seemingly beautiful American Dream Tom: commercialization which brought the country only moral depravity Nick: hope of the country Theme: Disillusionment of American Dream in the materialized America. Point of view: first-person