the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 英美文学史

TheGreatGatsby——F.ScottFitzgeraldTitle&WorksAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories;oneofthegreatestAmericanwritersofthe20thcentury;amemberofthe“LostGeneration”4novels:ThisSideofParadise,TheBeautifulandDamned,TheGreatGatsby,TenderIstheNight.1unfinishednovel:TheLoveoftheLastTycoonBackgroundBornin1896inSaintPaul,Minnesota,anupper-middle-classfamilyFrancisScottKey:famoussecondcousin&deceasedsister,LouiseScottMother:Irishdescent;father:IrishandEnglishancestryDeath:hediedonDecember21,1944becauseoflong-timedrinkingandaheartattack.Love&CareerEducation22:U.S.Army,secondlieutenantintheinfantryandassignedtoCampSheridanoutsideofMontgomery,Alabama.MetthegoldengirlZeldaSayre23:BarronCollieradvertisingagency,reviseTheRomanticEgoistasThisSideofParadise1920s:Paris,ErnestHemingway,supplementedhisincomebywritingshortstoriesforsuchmagazinesasTheSaturdayEveningPost,Collier'sWeekly,EsquireandHollywoodstudios13:St.PaulAcademy,firstpieceofwritingappearinprint—adetectivestorypublishedintheschoolnewspaper15:NewmanSchool,FatherSigourneyFay,whonoticedhisincipienttalentwiththewrittenwordandencouragedhimtopursuehisliteraryambitions18:PrincetonUniversity,friendsEdmundWilsonandJohnPealeBishop;wroteforPrincetonTriangleClub,theNassauLitandthePrincetonTiger.Writingpursuitsledtoacademicprobation,dropoutofschool.Financialsituation地方政府NewYorkcelebrities’lifestyle;billsfromZelda'smedicalcare.Financialtrouble;requiredloans;nolongercontinuetoadvancemoney;severedtiesIn1937,Hollywood:highestannualincomethusfarof$29,757.87Writing+filmindustryMovieworkdegraded,financialstraits,commercialshortstories,scriptsforMetro-Goldwyn-MayerFifthandfinalnovel,TheLoveoftheLastTycoon.PublishedposthumouslyasTheLastTycoon,In1939,MGMendedthecontract,freelancescreenwriterConflictwithZelda,livewithloverSheilahGraham,thegossipcolumnistShortstorycollectionsShortstorycollectionsFlappersandPhilosophers(NewYork:Scribners,1921)TalesoftheJazzAge(NewYork:Scribners,1922)AlltheSadYoungMen(NewYork:Scribners,1926)TapsatReveille(NewYork:Scribners,1935)AfternoonofanAuthor(NewYork:Scribners,1957)BabylonRevisitedandOtherStories(NewYork:Scribners,1960)ThePatHobbyStories(NewYork:Scribners,1962)TheBasilandJosephineStories(NewYork:Scribners,1973)ThePriceWasHigh:FiftyUncollectedStories(NewYork:HarcourtBraceJovanovich,1979)TheShortStoriesofF.ScottFitzgerald(NewYork:Scribners,1989)BerniceBobsHerHairandOtherStoriesTheGreatGatsbyTheGreatGatsbyisa1925novelwrittenbyAmericanauthorF.ScottFitzgeraldthatfollowsacastofcharacterslivinginthefictionaltownofWestEggonprosperousLongIslandinthesummerof1922.ThestoryprimarilyconcernstheyoungandmysteriousmillionaireJayGatsbyandhisquixoticpassionforthebeautifulDaisyBuchanan.AliteraryclassicGreatAmericanNovel“OneofthegreatestworksofAmericanliteraturePlotsummaryThestorybeginsinthesummerof1922,whenthenarrator,NickCarraway,findshisnewneighbor,JayGatsby,livesinaGothicmansionandisrenownedforhislavishlifestylewithparties.SoonNickfindsoutthatGatsbyisDaisy’s(Nick’scousin)ex-boyfriendwhenheisapoorlieutenantin1917.ButDaisygotmarriedwithTom,anupper-classman,Nick'scollegeacquaintance.ThenGatsbybecomesveryrichthroughrunningabootleggingoperation.HedidalotofthingstoattractandimpressDaisywhohehaswaitedforherfor5years!WiththehelpofNick,GatsbymeetsDaisy,andwinsheradoration.PlotsummaryGatsby’scarisinvolvedinanaccidentwhereMyrtle,whohasanaffairwithDaisy’shusbandisrunoverandkilled.AlthoughDaisywasdrivingthecar,Gatsbycoversforheranddecidestotaketheblame.MeanwhileTomtellsMyrtle’shusbandGeorgethatthatcarbelongedtoGatsby.ThenGeorgegoestoGatsby’shomeandkillshiminhisswimmingpool,andthenshootshimself.ThenNickcan’tfindDaisy.ShegoestoEuropewithherhusband!Gatsby’sfuneralisonlyattendedbyNickandGatsby’soldfather.Finally,sickoftheEastanditsemptyvalues,NickdecidestomovebacktotheMidwest.PlotsummaryGatsby’scarisinvolvedinanaccidentwhereMyrtle,whohasanaffairwithDaisy’shusbandisrunoverandkilled.AlthoughDaisywasdrivingthecar,Gatsbycoversforheranddecidestotaketheblame.MeanwhileTomtellsMyrtle’shusbandGeorgethatthatcarbelongedtoGatsby.ThenGeorgegoestoGatsby’shomeandkillshiminhisswimmingpool,andthenshootshimself.ThenNickcan’tfindDaisy.ShegoestoEuropewithherhusband!Gatsby’sfuneralisonlyattendedbyNickandGatsby’soldfather.Finally,sickoftheEastanditsemptyvalues,NickdecidestomovebacktotheMidwest.ChapterOneChapterOnetellsthefamilybackgroundofthenarratorandtheeducationhehasreceived.Hethoughtthatasenseofthefundamentaldecenciesisdistributedunequallyatbirth.IttellsushowhehadknownGatsby.HealsomentionshisrelationshipwithDaisyandDaisy’sfamily.Itistheintroductionofthewholenovel.Famoussentences:Wheneveryoufeellikecriticizinganyone,hetoldme,justrememberthatallthepeopleinthisworldhaven'thadtheadvantagesthatyou'vehad.“每逢你想要对别人品头论足的时候，”他对我说，“要记住，世上并非所有的人，都有你那样的优越条件。”Sowebeaton,boatsagainstthecurrent,bornebackceaselesslyintothepast.我们继续奋力向前划，逆水行舟，不停地倒退，回到往昔。MajorcharactersNickCarraway—first-personnarratorofthenovel.aYale,aWorldWarIveteran,anewlyarrivedresidentJayGatsby—ayoung,mysteriousmillionairewithshadybusinessconnections,ob