《了不起的盖茨比》的象征艺术

Symbolism in the Great Gatsby

《了不起的盖茨比》是美国著名的“迷惘的一代”小说家菲茨杰拉德的代表作。这篇小说通过主人公盖茨比浪漫、悲壮、富有戏剧色彩的一生,反映了在浮华享乐、迷惘失落的爵士时代,年轻人对“美国梦”的狂热追求及其遭遇破灭的过程。在文中,作者大量运用象征艺术手法来表现其深邃的思想与主题。

The Great Gatsby is the representative work of F.Scott Fitzgerald, one of the most famous American novelists of “The Lost Generation”. Through the story of Gatsby's heroic and tragic life, Fitzgerald successfully gives a vivid description of the young American people's pursuit of desire and the disillusionment of their dream in the Jazz Age. The novel is not only unique among the American famous works of the twentieth century, but also an undoubted masterpiece of the world literature. In this famous works, Fitzgerald artistically adopts the technique of symbolism to represent his abstract ideas and concepts. Many colors are cleverly used to symbolize different intangible ideas. The geographical backgrounds, the weather, and some other objects also convey their symbolic meanings.