司各特·菲茨杰拉德《了不起的盖茨比》的解构主义解读

A Deconstructionist Interpretation of The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald

作为"爵士时代"的代言人,菲茨杰拉德的代表作《了不起的盖茨比》被公认为是菲茨杰拉德思想艺术技巧最成熟的作品。借用解构主义策略,通过文本的细致阅读发现菲茨杰拉德有意无意解构了几组二元对立的概念——过去与现在、纯真与堕落、西部与东部,进而发现他在创作"抨击现代腐朽堕落和缅怀过去美好纯真"这一主题所具有的缺陷,最终获得对小说《了不起的盖茨比》新的理解。

As a representative of ＂Jazz Age＂, Scott Fitzgerald＇s masterpiece The Great Gatsby has been considered as the most mature works in his skill of thinking art. The theory of deconstructionism is used to analyse this novel and it is concluded that Fitzgerald deconstructed his several binary concepts--past/present, innocence/corruption and west/east--in an intentional or unintentional way. As a result, flaws that the novel theme--criticizing corruption of the modern world and yearning for the old goodness and innocence--was possessed of were founf out. Thus, a new understanding of the novel is ultimately, achieved.