曲终人不见 余音犹绕梁──论菲兹杰拉德的小说《了不起的盖茨比》的成就

Unfailing Voice of the Jazz Age——On the Achievements of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

菲兹杰拉德是美国 2 0世纪 2 0年代的小说家 ,《了不起的盖茨比》是其代表作 ,已成为美国小说的经典作品。本文在该小说发表八十周年之际对作者与作品的成就作了较详尽的分析与评述 ,着重讨论了作品的主题思想和艺术成就 ,并论及通过对小说的评论看英美文学理论和批评的发展 ,以及它在中国读者中的影响和意义。

F.Scott Fitzgerald has become something of a defining figure of the Twenties of the 20th century ——the decade he so famously described as “The Jazz Age'.Regarded as the most searching and tightly written of his novels, The Great Gatsby is the work that assured Fitzgerald's place amongst the major writers of the twentieth century.The thesis traces the background of the author and explores the thematic and artistic achievements he has made in the novel and the growth of Gatsby studies in the past eight decades.