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The American Dream in The Great Gatsby

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摘要 The American dream is an ever recurring theme in American literature,in which The Great Gatsby is a classic work by Fitzgerald. This paper will attempt to explore how the title role of this book represents the American dream with its specific characteristics endowed by the age of 1920s. After an analysis of the corrupted nature of the American dream in the 1920s,the paper arrives at the conclusion that the American dream then is doomed a disillusionment. The American dream is an ever recurring theme in American literature,in which The Great Gatsby is a classic work by Fitzgerald. This paper will attempt to explore how the title role of this book represents the American dream with its specific characteristics endowed by the age of 1920s. After an analysis of the corrupted nature of the American dream in the 1920s,the paper arrives at the conclusion that the American dream then is doomed a disillusionment.

作者陈卓

机构地区武汉大学外国语言文学学院

出处《魅力中国》 2009年第A03期142-143,共2页

关键词 the AMERICAN DREAM the GREAT GATSBY disillusionmen the American dream the Great Gatsby disillusionment the age of 1920s

分类号 I712 [文学—其他各国文学]

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