幻灭的悲哀——评菲茨杰拉德的《了不起的盖茨比》

An Elegy of the "Jazz Time" ——Review of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

菲茨杰拉德是20世纪20、30年代美国文坛"迷惘的一代"的代表作家,他纵情参与了"爵士时代"的酒食征逐,也完全融化在自己的作品之中。但在沉湎于其中的同时,又能冷眼旁观,体味灯火阑珊,用凄婉的笔调抒写了"美国梦"幻灭的悲哀。其代表作《了不起的盖茨比》就是"爵士时代"的一曲挽歌。菲茨杰拉德同其著作中的人物一样,既是"参与者"又是"局外人"。

Fitzgerald was a representative writer of 'the lost generation' in America in the 1920s and 1930s. he wildly took part in the pursuit of material in the 'Jazz time' and merged himself into his own works. Though got lost in the material pursuit, Fitzgerald could be a cool spectator at the same time, depicting with a sad tone the tragedy of the disillusion of the 'American dream'. His masterpiece The Great Gatsby is actually an elegy of the 'Jazz time'. From the perspective of the different backgrounds of the characters in the novel, the present author tried to point out that they are both 'participators' and 'spectators' at the same time.