美国文学Francis Scott Fitzgerald课堂.ppt

Francis Scott Fitzgerald 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德 1 2020/4/27 Contents: 1 .Life and career of Francis Scott Fitzgerald 2 . Fitzgeralds major works 3 . Fitzgeralds writing style 4 . Representative work-----The Great Gatsby ? plot of this book ? distinctive female characters ? Jazz Age and the decaying American dream 2 2020/4/27 Fitzgerald is a famous American novelist, short story writer and essayist ； Fitzgerald is a representative of the 1920s:a spokesman for the Jazz Age; one of the “lost generation” writers. 1.Life and career of Francis Scott Fitzgerald 3 2020/4/27 1.Life and career of Francis Scott Fitzgerald 1896 Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in St.Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896 1913. Studied at Princeton University 1917 After his failure in the love affairs with Ginevra ， Scott left Princeton without graduating in 1917. 1918 He decided to fight as a soldier in the WW Ⅰ , but he was sent for training to Montgomery, Alabama in the South 1920 his first novel This Side of Paradise reached an great success and married Zelda and lived an extravagant life . 1940 In 21 December 1940,he died of heart attack 4 2020/4/27 Novels ： 1920 年： This Side of Paradise 《尘世乐园》 1922 年： The Beautiful and Damned 《美丽与毁灭》 1925 年： The Great Gatsby 《了不起的盖茨比》 1934 年： Tender Is the Night 《夜色温柔》 1941 年： The Love of the Last Tycoon 《最后一个影坛大亨》 Short story collections ： 1920 年： Flappers and Philosophers 《姑娘们与哲学家们》 1922 年： Tales of the Jazz Age 《爵士时代的故事》 1922 年： The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 《本杰明巴顿奇事》 1926 年： All the Sad Young Men 《 所有悲伤的年轻人的故事》 Other notable works ： 1923 年： The Vegetable 《蔬菜》 1945 年： The Crack-Up 《 崩溃》 2.Fitzgeralds major works 5 2020/4/27 Fitzgerald was one of the great stylists in American literature. His prose is smooth, sensitive, and completely original in its diction and metaphors. Its simplicity and gracefulness;its skill in manipulating the relation between the general and the specific reveal his consummate （完美的） artistry. 3. Fitzgeralds writin