“纸醉金迷”与“浑噩苟且”——探析《长岛春梦》中的两种不同人生

《长岛春梦》是美国著名小说家斯格特·菲茨杰拉德的代表作 ,由于作品对“爵士时代”社会现实的传神描绘而被誉为“时代的一面镜子”,作者也被视为“迷惘一代的歌手”。小说展现给读者 2 0世纪 2 0年代美国社会的舞台气氛 ,囊括了上层社会“纸醉金迷”的奢侈生活方式和下层百姓“浑浑噩噩苟且偷生”的可悲现实 ,衬托出小说主人公身处其中却又与众不同的特点。小说中的人生态度及生活方式有着不可忽视的现实主义意义 。

The Great Gatsby, as the masterpiece of the famous American novelist Scott Fitzgerald, was a vivid and truthful depiction of the “Jazz Age” in the American history. It was regarded as “a mirror of the Age” and its writer “the singer of the Lost Generation”. The social atmosphere compassing the hedonist living style of the upper class and the ignoble existence of the ash like common people served as a foil to Gatsby, the tragic hero. The two kinds of lives in this allegorical story are of far reaching realist significance in our present society.