《伟大的盖茨比》情节分章详细展示-图片版

PlotOutlineofourPPT.1.Theoreticalintroductionof“plot”2.Plotsummaryofchapter1&2--exposition3.Plotsummaryofchapter3&4–risingaction4.Plotsummaryofchapter5,6&7--climax5.Plotsummaryofchapter8&9--resolutionDefinitionofplot•Inadramaticornarrativework,theplotisconstitutedbyitseventsandactions,asthesearerenderedandorderedtowardachievingparticularartisticandemotionaleffects•Actionsareperformedbyparticularcharactersinaworkandarethemeansbywhichtheyexhibittheirmoralanddispositionalqualities•PlotandcharactersarethereforeinterdependentcriticalconceptsNarration(叙事手法)inTheGreatGatsby•Generally,theplotsinTheGreatGatsbyareexquisitelyandeffectivelyarrangedbytheauthor•Mostoftheplotsarepresentedinchronologicalorder(顺叙),withsomeflashbacksinterspersed（倒叙或插叙）.Flashbacks•Interpolatednarrativesorscenes(oftenjustified,ornaturalized,asamemory,areverie,oraconfessionbyoneofthecharacters)whichrepresenteventsthathappenedbeforethetimeatwhichtheworkopened.•InTheGreatGatsby,bothGatsby’spastandhislovestorywithDaisyarenarratedbyGatsbyasflashbacks,whichcancreatesomesuspenseandmakethenovelbalancedandmoreintriguing.(Inchapter4,6&8)Plotanalysis•Theplotdevelopsbyfollowingacommonthread:Gatsby’sobsessedpursuitofhisonce-belovedgirlDaisy.•Thenovelisnarratedbyaminorcharacter:Nick,thenarrator,commentatorandwitnessofalltheevents,whichgivesthenovelthefirst-personpointofview.•Commonmodelforanalyzingtheplot:Freytag’spyramidplot.First-personpointsofviewThismodelimitsthematterofthenarrativestowhatthefirstpersonnarratorknows,experiences,infers,orfindsoutbytalkingtotheothercharacters.1.“I”:afortuitouswitness&authorofthematter(Eg.MarlowinHeartofDarkness)2.“I”:aparticipant,butonlyaminorone(Eg.NickinTheGreatGatsby)3.“I”:myself,acentralcharacter(Eg.JaneEyre&GreatExpectation)Freytag’spyramidFreytag(1863,aGermancritic)usedapyramidalshapeoffivecomponentstodescribeastory’splot.Freytag’spyramidExposition:thestartofthestory,thesituationbeforetheactionstarts(chapter1&2)RisingAction:theseriesofconflictsandcrisisinthestorythatleadtotheclimax(chapter3&4)Climax:theturningpoint,themostintensemoment—eithermentallyorinaction(chapter5-7)FallingAction:alloftheactionwhichfollowstheclimax(chapter8)Resolution:theconclusion,thetyingtogetherofallofthethreads(chapter9)Plotsummaryofchapter1&2•Thestorybeginswiththenarrator,NickCarraway,aMidwesternerwhohasgraduatedfromYaleandfoughtinWorldWarI,hasreturnedhometobeginacareer.•Thenovelopensearlyinthesummerof1922inWestEgg,LongIsland,whereNickhasrentedahousenexttothemansionofGatsby,themysterioushostofregular,extravagantparties.Plotoverview-chapter1•TomandDaisyBuchananliveacrossthebayinthemorefashionableEastEgg,wheretheoldmoneyis.DaisyisNick'scousin,andTomandNickhadbeeninthesameseniorsocietyatYaleCollege.•TheyinviteNicktodinnerattheirmansionwherehemeetsayoungwomannamedJordanBaker,whoDaisywantsNicktodate.Duringdinnerthephonerings,JordaninformsNickthatthecallerisTom'smistressfromNewYork.Plotoverview-chapter1•AroundthreeweeksafterthateveningattheBuchanans',TomtakesNicktomeettheWilsons.HethentakesMyrtle,Tom'smistressandNicktoNewYorktoapartyinaflatheisrentingforher.Plotoverview-chapter2TheostentatiousbehaviorandconversationoftheothersatthepartyrepulseNick,andhetriestoleave.Atthesametime,hefindshimselffascinatedbytheluridspectacleofthegroup.•ThiscontradictionsuggeststheambivalencethathefeelstowardtheBuchanans,Gatsby,andtheEastCoastingeneral.Plotoverview-chapter2Plotoverview-chapter2•ThepartybreaksupwhenMyrtleinsolentlystartsshoutingDaisy'sname,andTombreakshernosewithablowofhisopenhand.Chapter1&2—exposition•ThemarriageofTomandDaisyBuchanan•seemsmenacedbyaquietdesperationbeneathitspleasantsurface.•Tomisarrogantanddishonest,advancingracistargumentsatdinnerandcarryingonrelativelypublicloveaffairs.•Daisy,ontheotherhand,trieshardtobeshallow,evengoingsofarastosayshehopesherbabydaughterwillturnouttobeafool,becausewomenlivebestasbeautifulfools.•JordanBaker•furthersthesenseofsophisticatedfatiguehangingoverEastEgg:hercynicism,boredom,anddishonestyareatsharpoddswithherwealthandbeauty.Narrator&commentator-Nick•NickCarrawaynarratesinbothfirstandthirdperson,presentingonlywhathehimselfobserves.•Nickgiveshisowninterpretationsofthestory’smeaningandofthemotivationsoftheothercharacters.Participator-Nick•Hispositioninrelationtotheothercharactersgiveshimaperfectvantagepointfromwhichtotellthestory—heisDaisy’scousin,Tom’soldcollegefriend,andGatsby’sneighbor,andallthreetrustandrelyonhim.•Nick’sdescriptionofhimselfintheopeningchapterholdstruethroughoutthenovel.Plotsummaryofchapter3&4Content•Chapter3&4asawhole-----transition•Plotinchapter3•Plotinchapter4•Conflictsinchapter3&4•FurtherthinkingChapter3&4asawhole•IntroductionofGatsby•PreparationforthereunionofGatsbyandDaisyChapter3•Chapter3isdevotedtotheintroductionofGatsbyandthelavish,showyworldheinhabits.•Gatsbymadehisfirstappearanceinthischapter.Beforethat,wehaveseenGatsbyfromadistance,heardothercharacterstalkabouthim,andlistenedtoNick’sthoughtsabouthim,buthavenotactuallymethim.Chapter3•Despitethisintroduction,thischaptercontinuest