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主要内容和基本要求
通过阅读菲茨杰拉德的小说《了不起的盖茨比》,了解菲茨杰拉德小说的时代背景及其主题思想,浅析集中体现在小说中的具有文化意义与深刻内涵的美国梦。论文可从以下两个方面入手:一是综述美国梦的定义,结合爵士时代这个大背景,分述《了不起的盖茨比》中主人公杰伊盖茨比的财富梦和爱情梦,揭示美国梦的扭曲过程,并反思美国梦的破灭及其原因;二是从梦想与爱情的关系入手,通过对比黛西金钱第一,物质至上的享乐主义人生观的具体体现和盖茨比所追求的浪漫,完美的梦幻式理想,再结合具体文本,阐述小说中所渗透的美国梦思想所体现的价值观。金钱和爱情的任何转变都不会阻止介于“美好的过去”和“美好的未来”之间的“美国梦想”遭到无情现实的背叛和践踏。
1.首先认真研读文本以及指定的参考资料并写出文献综述;
2.在文献综述的基础上调整论文题目与主题思想(Thesis Statement)
A thesis statement is a single sentence that formulates both your topic and your point of view. In a sense, the thesis statement is your answer to the central question or problem you have raised. Writing this statement will enable you to see where you are heading and to remain on a productive path as you plan and write. What purpose will you try to achieve in the paper? Do you want to describe something, explain something, argue for a certain point of view, or persuade your reader to think or do something?
3.论文写作要求论点正确,文本分析/解读透彻并支持论点
4.要求论文行文通顺、逻辑性强、文风平实、资料详实、引言有出处;
5.要求参考资料多为正规出版物,保证其作家权威性、资料精确性、且作为文学评论专著的长期有效性。
二、主要参考资料
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Claridge, Henry. ed. F. Scott Fitzgerald: Critical Assessments. Vol.2 East Sussex: Helm Information LTD, 1991.
Clarke, Graham. ed. Critical Assessments of Writers in English. Vol.1 East Sussex: Helm Information LTD, 1991.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner’s sons, 1925.
Hindus, Milton. F. Scott. Fitzgerald: An Introduction and Interpretation. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1968.
Tipple, John. ed. Crisis of the American Dream: A history of American social thought, 1920-1940, New York: Pegasus, 1968.
Zhao, Hongwei. “Disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream From the Perspective of Society--Analysis of "The Great Gatsby".” Journal of Harbin University. 6(2003): 2-9.
陈可.《矛盾与象征的世界——读菲滋杰拉德了不起的盖茨比》. 西南民族学院学报, 2000,2:2-3.
克罗蒂亚•罗思•皮埃罗庞. 《为了爱情和金钱---评了不起的盖茨比》. 广州:南方周末, 2004.7
吴建国.《菲茨杰拉德研究》[M]. 上海:上海外语教育出版社,2002.167-94