菲茨杰拉德沦为消费社会受害者的历程及其在《了不起的盖茨比》中对消费主义的批判研究-英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

Contents Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………...i Abstract in Chinese…………………………………………………………………...ii Abstract in English…………………………………………………………………...iv Part I Introduction………………………...…………………………………….1 Part II Historical Background of Consumerism in the Jazz Age…….3 America’s entry to consumer society……………….………………………….3 The ideology popularizing among the young generation in the Jazz Age……..4 Part III Fitzgerald’s Participation in the Consumer Society and his Falling to be a Victim of Consumerism……………….………..7 The effect of his early life on the formation of his awareness of consumerism… ………………………………………………………………………………….7 Tragedy of a literary giant: Fitzgerald’s falling to be a victim of consumerism. ………………………………………………………………………………10 Part IV Fitzgerald’s Criticism on Consumerism in The Great Gatsby ……………………………………………………………………………..13 Fitzgerald exposes the essence of consumerism in Gatsby’s “American Dream” …………………………………………………………………………….….13 Daisy: another victim of consumerism………………………………...………19 Fitzgerald’s criticism on consumerism through his spokesman Nick……...….25 Part V Road to Future for the Lost Americans: the Virtues of Industry, Discipline, Responsibility, and Mutuality……...…32 Part VI Conclusion…………………………………...…………………………35 Bibliography………………………………………………...……………………37 i i Acknowledgements It is a great pleasure to acknowledge the assistance I received while writing this thesis. First and foremost, I would like to express gratitude to my supervisors, Professor Zhang Shuning and Professor Lu Xiaohong, for their scrupulous and helpful guidance, their courtesy and generosity in offering me advanced academic information and their consistent encouragement in the course of my writing. Thanks are also due to Professor Liu Shaozhong, Lu Yutai, Xu Jiwang, Bai Jingze, Tang Gaoyuan, He Ruiyong, Zhou Liangren, Zhou Quanlin, Cai Changzhuo, Chen Jitang and Ralph Samuelson for their lectures from which I obtained lifelong benefits in three years of M.A. study. I a