F.-Scott-Fitzgerald-ppt

NovelistsinModernism1.TheLostGenerationErnestHemingwayF.Scott.Fitzgerald2.WilliamFaulknerWritersin1920s★lostgeneration“迷惘的一代”GroupofexpatriateAmericanwritersresidingprimarilyinParisduringthe1920sand1930s.Thegroupneverformedacohesiveliterarymovement,butitconsistedofmanyinfluentialAmericanwriters,includingErnestHemingway,F.ScottFitzgerald,WilliamCarlosWilliams,EzraPound,T.S.Eliot,andHartCrane.ThegroupwasgivenitsnamebytheAmericanwriterGertrudeStein,who,inaconversationwithHemingway,usedanexpression“alostgeneration”,torefertoexpatriateAmericansbitterabouttheirworldwarI(1914-1918)experiencesanddisillusionedwithAmericansociety.Hemingwaylaterusedthephraseasanepigraph（题词）forhisnovel“TheSunAlsoRises”《太阳照常升起》(1926).TheLostGenerationItrefersto,ingeneral,thepost-WorldWarFirst’generation,butspecificallyagroupofexpatriatedisillusionedintellectualsandartists,whoexperimentedonnewmodesofthoughtandexpressionbyrebellingagainstformeridealsandvaluesandreplacingthemonlybydespairoracynicalhedonism（享乐主义）.FamousAmericannovelist,shortstorywriter,andessayist；Fitzgeraldisrepresentativeofthe1920s;aspokesmanfortheJazzAge,oneofthe“lostgeneration”writers.F.ScottFitzgeraldLifeandCareerMajorWorksFitzgeraldandtheJazzAgeTheAmericanDreamCaseStudyOutlineBorninSt.Paul,MinnesotaonSeptember24,1896HadanexpensiveeducationinprivateschoolsatPrinceton.Duetoillnessandneglectofacademicstudy,helefttheuniversityin1917withoutgraduation.LifeandcareerMarriedZeldaSayre,whoexertedastronginfluenceonhisliterarycareerandhispersonallife.Shewastheprototypeofaseriesofrich,beautifulwomenwhofigureprominentlyinhisfiction.Theyoungcouplefrequentlywentabroadandlivedextravagantlyaluxuriouslife.Tokeepearningenoughmoney,Fitzgeraldwroteshortstoriesandnovelsatarapidspeed.The1930sbroughtrelentlessdeclineforFitzgeraldwithaseriesofmisfortunes:hisreputationdeclined,hiswealthfell,hishealthfailed.Zeldahadsufferedfromsomeseriousmentalbreakdownswhichconfinedherinasanitarium(疗养院)fortherestofherlife.Alcoholism,lonelinessanddespaircombinedtoruinFitzgerald.Hediedin1940ofaheartattack.MajorworksnovelThisSideofParadise《人间天堂》:Hisfirstnovel.Itwonforhimwealthandfame.TheBeautifulandDamned《漂亮冤家》又名《美丽与毁灭》TheGreatGatsby《了不起的盖茨比/长岛春梦》:Hismasterpiece.ItmadehimoneofthegreatestAmericannovelists.TenderistheNight《夜色温柔》.TheLastTycoon《最后的大亨》:Hislastnovel.Itremainsunfinished.Majorworksshortstories:FlappersandPhilosophers(1921)《时髦女和哲学家》TalesoftheJazzAge(1922)《爵士乐时代的故事》AlltheSadYoungMan(1926)《一代悲哀的年轻人》TapsatReveille(1935)《早晨的起床号》BabylonRevisited（1931）《重访巴比伦》FitzgeraldandtheJazzAgeTheJazzAge:Itreferstothe1920s,atimemarkedbyfrivolity(轻松快活),carelessness,hedonism(享乐主义)andexcitementinthelifeoftheflamingyouth.Fitzgeraldislargelyresponsibleforthetermandmanyofhisliteraryworksportrayit.TheJazzAgeisbroughtvividlytolifeinTheGreatGatsby.Daisy,themaincharacterfromTheGreatGatsby,exemplifiedthetraitsofaflapperwoman（时髦少女）fromthe“roaringtwenties”JazzAge.Women’sfashionsandhairstylesweredaringandrevealingduringtheJazzAge.Womenbegantoexpressthemselves.Thiswastheearlystagesofthefeministmovement.TheJazzAgewasthetimeofthebigbandsound,prohibition,theflapper,andthenewgenreofmodernistwriting.19TheJazzSinger20Women’sChangingRolesTwoflappers（轻佻女子）dancingtheCharlestonontheroofofChicago’sShermanHotel(1926).FitzgeraldandtheJazzAgeMostcriticshaveagreedthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderandanoutsideroftheJazzAge.Fitzgerald'sfictionalworldisthebestembodimentofthespiritoftheJazzAge,inwhichheshowsaparticularinterestintheupper-classsociety,especiallytheupper-classyoungpeople.1.SomefactsaboutthenovelTheGreatGatsby(1925)《了不起的盖茨比》timeandplacewritten:1923–1924,AmericaandFrancedateoffirstpublication:1925narrator:NickCarraway;Carrawaynotonlynarratesthestorybutimpliesthatheisthebook'sauthorpointofview:NickCarrawaynarratesinbothfirstandthirdperson,presentingonlywhathehimselfobserves.3.ThePlotThesettingisNewYorkCityandLongIslandduringthe1920s.NickCarraway,thenarrator,isayoungPrincetonman,whoworksasabondbrokerinManhattan.HebecomesinvolvedinthelifeofhisneighboratLongIsland,JayGatsby,shadyandmysteriousfinancier,whoisentertaininghundredsofguestsatlavishparties.GatsbyrevealstoNick,thatheandNick'scousinDaisyFayBuchanan,hadabriefaffairbeforethewar.However,DaisymarriedTomBuchanan,arichbutboringmanofsocialposition.GatsbylostDaisybecausehehadnomoney,butheisstillinlovewithher.HepersuadesNicktobringhimandDaisytogetheragain.GatsbytriestoconvinceDaisytoleaveTom,who,inturn,revealsthatGatsbyhasmadehismoneyfrombootlegging（贩私酒）.Daisy,drivingGatsby'scar,hitsandkillsTom'smistress,MyrtleWilson,unawareofheridentity.GatsbyremainssilenttoprotectDaisy.TomtellsMyrtle'shusbanditwasGatsbywhokilledhiswife.WilsonmurdersGatsbyandthencommitssuicide.NickislefttoarrangeGatsby'sfuneral,attendedonlyGatsby'sfatherandoneformerguest.4.MajorCharacters:NickCarraway-Thenarratorofthenovel;movesfromtheMidwesttoNewYorktolearnthebondbusiness.4.MajorCharacters:JayGatsby-LivesnexttoNickinamansion（豪宅）;throwshugeparties,completewithcateredfood,openbars,andorchestras;peoplecome