Ⅰ.Introduction: F.Scott Fitzgerald is one of the great modern American movelists. One of hos representative works is 'The Great Gatsby'.The main theme of'The Great Gatsby'....representation of the con...Ⅰ.Introduction: F.Scott Fitzgerald is one of the great modern American movelists. One of hos representative works is 'The Great Gatsby'.The main theme of'The Great Gatsby'....representation of the contradictions and finally the corruption of the American dream. The plot of this novel can be summed up in a few words. In 1922 Nick Carraway rents a house on Long Island. Nearby live his cousin Daisy and her rich husband Tom Buchanan,whose current mistress is Myrtle Wilson. Next door to Nick in an enormous mansion lives, Jay Garsby, rich too but rootless and mysterious. While visiting the Buchanans,展开更多
The topic of this paper is the pursuit of cultural studies focusing on cultural hegemony, introduces the notion of the dominant groups＇ power to control society. It will also raise the issue of how hegemonic classes ...The topic of this paper is the pursuit of cultural studies focusing on cultural hegemony, introduces the notion of the dominant groups＇ power to control society. It will also raise the issue of how hegemonic classes live in 1920s. The objective is to analyze, using cultural studies, Antonio Gramsci＇s Hegemony, Scott Fitzgerald＇s The Great Gatsby in order to come to some conclusions about depictions of aristocratic classes and powers in order to dominate powerless groups. Specifically, the research focuses on Jay Gatsby＇s struggles to face the hegemony of aristocratic groups, whose affluent supremacy. In the story, the new moneyed group, represented by Jay Gatsby, lives in West Egg while the aristocratic group, represented by Tom Buchanan, lives in East Egg. Tom is always the winner because he comes from the aristocratic groups, whose prestigious family. Therefore, Gatsby always loses compete against Tom no matter how hard Gatsby tries. By learning Gatsby＇s struggle in this novel, we gain a better understanding of how other powerless groups, not only in American society, but also other society in the world, who also struggle to compete with the aristocratic groups.展开更多
Belonging to the same time in American history, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald have many similarities and differences in their artistic worlds. They deal with similar themes: being at a loss, death and failu...Belonging to the same time in American history, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald have many similarities and differences in their artistic worlds. They deal with similar themes: being at a loss, death and failure. Yet the significances of their themes are quite different, even opposite.展开更多
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's famous novel The Great Gatsby tells us a story about a young man named Gatsby who from thebottom of society,he tries to pursue love and happiness through struggle and hard-working,bu...Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's famous novel The Great Gatsby tells us a story about a young man named Gatsby who from thebottom of society,he tries to pursue love and happiness through struggle and hard-working,but finally the dream fails and he is mur-dered.In the novel Fitzgerald combines the symbol of colors with theme of the novel"the disillusion of American dream"tightly and wit-tingly creating an organic unity like nature itself.Via analyzing such writing skill,let readers have a better understanding of the essenceof American Dream and the luxurious and decadent living conditions and perplexed and blank mental states of the lost generations afterWWI.The Great Gatsby;展开更多
文摘Ⅰ.Introduction: F.Scott Fitzgerald is one of the great modern American movelists. One of hos representative works is 'The Great Gatsby'.The main theme of'The Great Gatsby'....representation of the contradictions and finally the corruption of the American dream. The plot of this novel can be summed up in a few words. In 1922 Nick Carraway rents a house on Long Island. Nearby live his cousin Daisy and her rich husband Tom Buchanan,whose current mistress is Myrtle Wilson. Next door to Nick in an enormous mansion lives, Jay Garsby, rich too but rootless and mysterious. While visiting the Buchanans,
文摘The topic of this paper is the pursuit of cultural studies focusing on cultural hegemony, introduces the notion of the dominant groups＇ power to control society. It will also raise the issue of how hegemonic classes live in 1920s. The objective is to analyze, using cultural studies, Antonio Gramsci＇s Hegemony, Scott Fitzgerald＇s The Great Gatsby in order to come to some conclusions about depictions of aristocratic classes and powers in order to dominate powerless groups. Specifically, the research focuses on Jay Gatsby＇s struggles to face the hegemony of aristocratic groups, whose affluent supremacy. In the story, the new moneyed group, represented by Jay Gatsby, lives in West Egg while the aristocratic group, represented by Tom Buchanan, lives in East Egg. Tom is always the winner because he comes from the aristocratic groups, whose prestigious family. Therefore, Gatsby always loses compete against Tom no matter how hard Gatsby tries. By learning Gatsby＇s struggle in this novel, we gain a better understanding of how other powerless groups, not only in American society, but also other society in the world, who also struggle to compete with the aristocratic groups.
文摘Belonging to the same time in American history, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald have many similarities and differences in their artistic worlds. They deal with similar themes: being at a loss, death and failure. Yet the significances of their themes are quite different, even opposite.
文摘Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's famous novel The Great Gatsby tells us a story about a young man named Gatsby who from thebottom of society,he tries to pursue love and happiness through struggle and hard-working,but finally the dream fails and he is mur-dered.In the novel Fitzgerald combines the symbol of colors with theme of the novel"the disillusion of American dream"tightly and wit-tingly creating an organic unity like nature itself.Via analyzing such writing skill,let readers have a better understanding of the essenceof American Dream and the luxurious and decadent living conditions and perplexed and blank mental states of the lost generations afterWWI.The Great Gatsby;
