F. Scott Fitzgerald 美国文学菲斯杰拉德英文课件ppt

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

F. Scott Fitzgerald

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

Life and Career Major Works

Outline

Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age The American Dream Case Study

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

Life and career

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896 Had an expensive education in private schools at Princeton. Due to illness and neglect of academic study, he left the university in 1917 without graduation.

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

Married Zelda Sayre, who exerted a strong influence on his literary career and his personal life. She was the prototype of a series of rich, beautiful women who figure prominently in his fiction. The young couple frequently went abroad and lived extravagantly a luxurious life. To keep earning enough money, Fitzgerald wrote short stories and novels at a rapid speed.

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

The 1930s brought relentless decline for Fitzgerald with a series of misfortunes: his reputation declined, his wealth fell, his health failed. Zelda had suffered from some serious mental breakdowns which confined her in a sanitarium(疗养 院) for the rest of her life. Alcoholism, loneliness and despair combined to ruin Fitzgerald. He died in 1940 of a heart attack.

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

Major works

novel

This Side of Paradise《天堂的另一面》: His first novel. It won for him wealth and fame. The Beautiful and Damned 《漂亮冤家》又名《美丽与毁灭》 The Great Gatsby 《了不起的盖茨比/长岛春梦》: His masterpiece. It made him one of the greatest American novelists. Tender is the Night《夜色温柔》 . The Last Tycoon《最后的大亨》: His last novel. It remains unfinished.

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

Major works

short stories:

Flappers and Philosophers (1921)《时髦女和哲学家》 Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) 《爵士乐时代的故事》 All the Sad Young Man (1926) 《一代悲哀的年轻人》 Taps at Reveille (1935) 《早晨的起床号》 Babylon Revisited（1931）《重访巴比伦》

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age

The Jazz Age:

It refers to the 1920s, a time marked by frivolity(轻松快活), carelessness, hedonism(享 乐主义) and excitement in the life of the flaming youth. Fitzgerald is largely responsible for the term and many of his literary works portray it. The Jazz Age is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age

Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald's fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of the Jazz Age, in which he shows a particular interest in the upper-class society, especially the upper-class young people.

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

Fitzgerald and the American Dream

the American Dream is a popular belief that

people can achieve success, whether it is wealth, fame or love through honest hard working in a new world of liberty, equality, chances and promises. Fitzgerald's fictions often deal with the bankruptcy of the American Dream, which is highlighted by the disillusionment of the protagonists' personal dreams due to th

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析

美国文学课菲斯杰拉德介绍,包括生平,爵士时代,美国梦和《了不起的盖茨比》片段分析