从《了不起的盖茨比》看现代英雄主义的幻灭

Disillusionment of Modern Heroism in The Great Gatsby

生活中的每一个人都追求本能欲望的满足,但当现实社会的种种习俗规范制约着本能欲望随意发泄。当本能受到压抑,痛苦即便产生。这种痛苦,并不一定就酿成灾祸;相反,痛苦的产生,希望也就随之产生了。人们在不同时期通过不同的方式演绎着这种痛苦的产生和希望的追求,作家们则以不同的视觉记录着这种英雄主义的演变。但是建立在现代战争和机械文明基础上的虚幻的英雄主义最终只能使希望破灭,所以现代人的"美国梦"在作家的笔下更多的是以悲剧结束。本文试图通过对菲茨杰拉德于1925年发表的代表作《了不起的盖茨比》进行分析来阐释现代英雄主义幻灭的含义。

Everyone in life is in pursuit of satisfaction of his instinct desire.However,when various social customs restrict the abreaction of his instinct desire and disallow them to acquire the satisfaction,sufferings are aroused along.Sufferings aroused by suppression of the instinct may not result in disaster;on the contrary, hope may be aroused along with sufferings.In different periods and by different ways,people show the production of sufferings and the pursuit of hope.Then,with different visions,artists record the changing of heroism.However,fantastic heroism established on the basis of modern wars and mechanical ivilization can eventually lead to the destruction of hope,so in artists＇ writing, modern people＇ s ＂American dream＂ is more often ended with tragedy.This paper attempts to discuss The Great Gatsbv written by Fitzgerald in 1925 to analyze the disillusionment of modern heroism.