It is generally believed that the initiative in the interdisciplinary study of literature and economy comes from the literary world,and The Great Gatsby by the American author F.Scott Fitzgerald is a case in point.The...It is generally believed that the initiative in the interdisciplinary study of literature and economy comes from the literary world,and The Great Gatsby by the American author F.Scott Fitzgerald is a case in point.The novel narrates the experience of Americans’pursuit of the American Dream in the 1920s,truthfully reflecting the economic and social conditions at that time.This paper analyses the economic dynamics and consumer culture represented in the novel.It approaches the prevailing consumer culture and the American Dream motif from the perspectives of money,status and love.It also examines how automobiles,as a new means of transportation,meet the needs of post-WWI Americans for efficient travel and conspicuous consumption.展开更多
基金funded by by the research project:Innovative Training Program for College Students of Sun Yat-sen University,“Economic Writing in American Literature of the 20th Century”(202210156)。
文摘It is generally believed that the initiative in the interdisciplinary study of literature and economy comes from the literary world,and The Great Gatsby by the American author F.Scott Fitzgerald is a case in point.The novel narrates the experience of Americans’pursuit of the American Dream in the 1920s,truthfully reflecting the economic and social conditions at that time.This paper analyses the economic dynamics and consumer culture represented in the novel.It approaches the prevailing consumer culture and the American Dream motif from the perspectives of money,status and love.It also examines how automobiles,as a new means of transportation,meet the needs of post-WWI Americans for efficient travel and conspicuous consumption.
