美国梦的破灭:乌托邦视角下《了不起的盖茨比》解读

The Disillusionment of the American Dream: An Interpretation of The Great Gatsby from the Perspective of Utopia

菲茨杰拉德是“迷惘的一代”最具代表性的作家之一。他的小说生动地反映了20年代美国梦的破灭,而《了不起的盖茨比》就是其典型力作。它讲述了一个叫盖茨比的男人疯狂地追求财富和地位,妄想用金钱来挽回爱情,实现他的美国梦。但在残酷的现实面前,他的美国梦最终还是成为了泡影。盖茨比的美国梦也是所有美国民众的美国梦,是那个时代美国梦的缩影,所以本文将以十九世纪初流行的乌托邦思想作为理论依据,围绕盖茨比的爱情、财富和地位深挖并剖析盖茨比美国梦破灭的原因,揭示在残酷现实社会中美国梦必将破灭这一主题。

Fitzgerald is one of the most representative writers of the “lost generation”. His novels vividly reflect the evanescence of the American dream in the 1920s. And The Great Gatsby is such a typical work. It tells a man named Gatsby pursued wealth and status crazily and he fancied redeeming his love with money, making his American dream come true. But in front of harsh reality, his American dream became a bubble in the end. Gatsby’s American dream is also the American dream of all Americans, which is the epitome of the American dream in that era. Hence, based on the utopian theory popular in the early 19th century, this thesis strives to dig deep into and analyze reasons for the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American dream centering on his love, wealth and status, revealing a theme that in the cruel society, the American dream must be a disillusion.