在成长道路上的迷失——浅析菲茨杰拉德的《人间天堂》英语论文

本科生毕业论文（设计）册 学院 XXX学院 专业 英语教育 班级 XXXX级英语教育X班 学生 XXX 指导教师 XXX XXXX大学本科毕业论文（设计）任务书编 号： 论文（设计）题目： 在成长道路上的迷失 学院： XXX学院 专业： 英语教育 班级： XXXX级英语教育X班 学生姓名： XXX 学号： XXXXXX 指导教师： XXX 职称： XXX 1、 论文（设计）研究目标及主要任务本论文的研究目标是探讨“爵士时代”年轻人在成长道路上所遇到的种种困惑。其主要任务是通过分析菲茨杰拉德的人间天堂中阿莫瑞的人生经历来探讨年轻人如何在成长的道路上变得迷惘。2、论文（设计）的主要内容 本论文分为四章，第一章主要讨论该小说成名的艰难历程及其影响；第二章从社会背景、精神危机、成长经历来分析阿莫瑞的困惑；第三章对阿莫瑞的困惑做了具体的描述；第四章旨在探究阿莫瑞想如何走出困惑。3、论文（设计）的基础条件及研究路线 本论文的基础条件是国外及国内学者对菲茨杰拉德作品的研究成果。 研究路线是通过分析主人公阿莫瑞的人生经历得出他对人生变得迷惘的原因，并以此得出“爵士时代”年轻的一代在社会大背景下不得不迷失人生方向这一结论。4、主要参考文献Alan Margolies, The Maturing of F. Scott FitzgeraldJ, Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring, 1997) , pp. 75-93.鲍聪颖：“爵士时代”的青年文化及其文学表现D，北京：北京语言大学，2008.菲茨杰拉德：菲茨杰拉德小说选M，巫宁坤等译，上海：上海译文出版社，1983.韩薇：“爵士时代”堕落的天使D，上海：上海外国语大学，2007.5、计划进度阶段起止日期1确定初步论文题目3月16日前2与导师见面，确定大致范围，填开题报告和任务书，导师签字3月16日-3月23日3提交论文提纲3月23日-3月30日4交初稿和文献综述3月23日-4月20日5交终稿和评议书5月8日前指 导 教师： 年 月 日教研室主任： 年 月 注：一式三份，学院（系）、指导教师、学生各一份XXXX大学本科生毕业论文（设计）开题报告书 XXX 学院 英语教育 专业 2013 届学生姓名XXX论文（设计）题目在成长道路上的迷失指导教师XXX 专业职称 XXX所属教研室高年级教研组研究方向英美文学课题论证：从十九世纪二十年代的社会背景、精神危机、成长经历来分析阿莫瑞困惑的原因，并以此得出“爵士时代”年轻的一代在社会大背景下不得不迷失方向这一结论。方案设计：第一章主要讨论该小说成名的艰难历程和影响，第二章从社会背景、精神危机、成长经历来分析阿莫瑞的困惑， 第三章对阿莫瑞的困惑做了具体的描述， 第四章旨在探讨阿莫瑞想如何走出困惑。进度计划：3月16日前确定初步论文题目 3月23日前写开题报告、任务书3月30日前提交论文提纲4月20日前提交初稿和文献综述5月8日前交终稿和评议书指导教师意见： 指导教师签名： 年 月 日教研室意见： 教研室主任签名： 年 月 日XXX大学本科生毕业论文（设计）评议书姓 名XXX学院XXX学院专业英语教育年级（班）XXX级英语教育X班论 文 题 目在成长道路上的迷失完成时间XXXX/5/8论文内容摘要弗朗西斯斯科特菲茨杰拉德是美国二十世纪“迷惘的一代”的代表作家之一。1920年出版的小说人间天堂是他的处女作，正是这部惊世之作使得年轻的菲茨杰拉德一夜成名。它是一部记录菲茨杰拉德本人生活经历的自传体小说，其故事情节很简单，但是思想内容却相当深邃，引起人们对人生的思索。在小说中，菲茨杰拉德以生动的笔触向读者展现了美国“迷惘的一代”形成初期严重的道德混乱和精神危机，逼真地描述了这一代人在成长道路上所遇到的种种困惑与挫折。本文主要通过分析阿莫瑞的人生经历来探讨年轻人如何在成长的道路上变得迷惘。它包括四个部分：第一章主要讨论该小说成名的艰难历程及其影响；第二章从社会背景、精神危机、成长经历来分析阿莫瑞的困惑；第三章对阿莫瑞的困惑做了具体的描述；第四章旨在探究阿莫瑞想如何走出困惑。指导教师评语 年 月 日指 导 教 师职称初评成绩答辩小组姓名职称教研室组长成员答辩记录： 记录人签字： 年 月 日答辩小组意见： 组长签字： 年 月 日学院意见： 评定成绩： 签章 年 月 日XXXX大学本科生毕业论文（设计）文献综述Literature ReviewFrancis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the representative writers of the Lost Generation in American literature. This Side of Paradise is his first novel, published in 1920. It is the novel that makes him stand out overnight. The novel not only vividly reflects the disillusion of American dream, but it also shows the mental outlook of the upper class at the time. At the moment, foreign research on Fitzgerald is more comprehensive, with distinctive features. The studies of many lifetimes are mainly based on the experience of the writer and its influence on his creation. Ruth Prigozy revealed unknown experience of Fitzgerald in The Unpublished Stories Fitzgerald in His Final Stage. Scott Donaldson introduced and interpreted autobiography works of Fitzgerald in The Crisis of Fitzgeralds Crack-Up and he tried to look for ego remains in Fitzgeralds novels. Richard Lehan explored literature creating idea and his life experiences influence on creation in F. Scott Fitzgerald and Romantic Destiny. The studies on his creation thought mainly focus on his works significance in the present age and profound critical thinking. Leo and Miriam Gurko analyzed that Fitzgeralds novel represented his own experience and thought and it was personal experiential creation in The Essence of F. Scott Fitzgerald. At the same time, it also reflected overall, general experience and ideas of a young generation, so it was popular creation. Stephen L. Tanner in Fitzgeralds Lost City expounded figures lostness in the novel. Mitchell Breitwieser emphasized strong power of reappearing social situation in Jazz Fractures: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Epochal Representation. Beyond that, Lewis A. Turlish pointed that there was feature of space-time by historical relativity theory in The Rising Tide of Color: A Note on the Historicism of The Great Gatsby. Furthermore, Roger L. Pearson deeply analyzed the results of disillusioned American dream in Gatsby: False Prophet of the American Dream. Whats more, those studies on creation art begin to study Fitzgeralds creation according to the artistic form and they intend to show that Fitzgerald is a literary artist with consummate art. Glenn Settle specifically analyzed the way to shaping the hero by the voice. Frances Kerr discussed the technique of expression of art in Fitzgeralds works. Giles Gunn explored the feature of his novels imagination and M. Bettina studied the technique of molding images. M. Bettina analyzed Fitzgeralds excellent skill at creating typical characters in The Artifact in Imagery: Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby. Besides, Arnold Weinsteinz analyzed artistic invention and counted it as one of one of the basic ways of artistic creation in Fiction as Greatness: The Case of Gatsby. In addition, Carmen W. Holsberry emphasized the authors feature of modern and post-modern literature creation in Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Pynchon: Modernism and Postmodernism in Secondary School.In general, the views of foreign research are innovative and its discussion is rigorous. It provides detailed information and new perspectives for further studies on Fitzgerald. Domestic studies consist of general evaluation research on creation and detailed research. In the early research, Dong Hengxun analyzed Fitzgeralds creation thought, artistic feature and writing style. He affirmed Fitzgeralds creation thought, artistic feature and compared him with Hemingway, Dreiser and Steinbeck. Moreover, he explored psychological characteristics of young peoples disillusion. Beyond that, Wu Ningkun translated and published Fitzgeralds novels, describing Fitzgeralds literary career, creation thought and artistic achievements. Besides, American Literature History written by Zhu Hong, Shi Xianrong and Li Wenjun truly showed the writers style. Qin Xiaomeng highly praised Fitzgeralds artistic achievements and regarded him as one of the best novelists in American literature.In recent years, the studies of our countrys scholars on Fitzgerald make great progress and those studies are mainly concentrated on some excellent theses. The studies on his creation thought apply critical theory to discuss great significance of his works. In Re-interpretation of Fitzgeralds Female View, Jiang Guihong analyzed his female view by female images of his novels. Han Wei explored the reasons of womens degradation in Fallen Angel of the Jazz Age. Besides, Li Baofeng analyzed money worship of women in On Women in the Circle of Money of Fitzgeralds Novels. Moreover, in Youth Culture and Literary Expression of Jazz Age, Bao Congying made comprehensive survey on Jazz Age from the perspective of young peoples thought and features. Wang Dongmei expounded the formation and manifestation of American dream of Fitzgeralds works by social theory in Fitzgerald and His American Dream.Taken to together, the studies of our country on Fitzgerald still have some problems. The study angle is similar, for example, many people interpret female images of his novels by feminism. The studies primarily focus on the analysis of ideological contents, while they are less about artistic form from the view of aesthetic. In addition, those studies lack the discussion of the ideological feature of characters lostness. For this reason, the thesis will analyze characters lostness of his novel.As one of the representative writers of the Lost Generation, Fitzgerald created many novels whose characters were full of puzzlement about life. The thesis will analyze the hero Amory Blaines life experience to explore how young people get confused about life in their growth from the perspective of his first novel This Side of Paradise. It consists of four parts. Chapter One mainly describes the difficult process of the novels success and its influence. Chapter Two deals with the reasons of Amorys puzzlement, including social background, crisis of belief and his life experience. Chapter Three studies the manifestation of Amorys puzzlement in details. Chapter Four explores how Amory wants to look for a way out. 本科生毕业论文设计题目 在成长道路上的迷失 浅析菲茨杰拉德的人间天堂 作者姓名 XXX 指导教师 XXX 所在学院 XXX学院 专业（系） 英语教育 班级（届） XXXX级X班 完成日期 XXXX 年 5 月 8 日Being Lost in the Process of Growing up Brief Analysis of Fitzgeralds This Side of ParadiseBYXXXProf. XXX , TutorA Thesis Submitted to Department of English Language and Literature in PartialFulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of B.A in EnglishAt XXXX UniversityMay 8th ,XXXX摘要弗朗西斯斯科特菲茨杰拉德是美国二十世纪“迷惘的一代”的代表作家之一。1920年出版的小说人间天堂是他的处女作，正是这部惊世之作使得年轻的菲茨杰拉德一夜成名。它是一部记录菲茨杰拉德本人生活经历的自传体小说，其故事情节很简单，但是思想内容却相当深邃，引起人们对人生的思索。在小说中，菲茨杰拉德以生动的笔触向读者展现了美国“迷惘的一代”形成初期严重的道德混乱和精神危机，逼真地描述了这一代人在成长道路上所遇到的种种困惑与挫折。本文主要通过分析阿莫瑞的人生经历来探讨年轻人如何在成长的道路上变得迷惘。它包括四个部分：第一章主要讨论该小说成名的艰难历程及其影响；第二章从社会背景、精神危机、成长经历来分析阿莫瑞的困惑；第三章对阿莫瑞的困惑做了具体的描述；第四章旨在探究阿莫瑞想如何走出困惑。关键词 菲茨杰拉德 迷惘的一代 困惑 成长 AbstractFrancis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the representative writers of the Lost Generation in American literature, in the 1920s. Published in 1920, This Side of Paradise is his first novel. It is because of this novel that the young writer Fitzgerald becomes famous overnight. It is an autobiographical novel that records the life experience of Fitzgerald. The plot of the story is quite simple, but the ideological content of the novel is extremely profound, which makes people begin to think about their own life. With his simple and vivid artistic style, Fitzgerald represents that there are serious moral chaos and the crisis of belief at the beginning of the formation of the Lost Generation in America. Besides , the novel exactly depicts the puzzlement and frustration in their growth.The thesis will analyze Amorys life experience to explore how young people get confused in their growth. It consists of four parts. Chapter One mainly describes the difficult process of the novels success and its influence. Chapter Two deals with the reasons of Amorys puzzlement, including social background, crisis of belief and his life experience. Chapter Three studies the manifestation of Amorys puzzlement in details. Chapter Four explores how Amory wants to look for a way out.Key words Fitzgerald the Lost Generation puzzlement growth Table of ContentsIntroduction1Chapter I. Knock the Door to Paradise3 A. Production of This Side of Paradise3 B. Achievements and Influence5Chapter II. The Causes of Peoples Lostness7 A.The Disillusion of American Dream7 B. The Crisis of Belief9 C. Puzzlement in the Process of Growing up10 Chapter III. The Manifestation of Peoples Lostness13 A. The Contradiction Between Ideal and Reality13 B. Ups and Downs on the Campus14 C. Failure in Love16 Chapter IV. Looking for a Way out19 A. Amory Blaines Thinking19 Conclusion21 Notes22 Bibliography23 vIntroduction After the First World War, the social value of America was gradually changing during the 1920s. People abandoned the traditional Puritan ethic, while they began to pursue material pleasure. Francis Scott Fitzgerald is just the author of that time. This Side of Paradise is his first novel. The publication of the novel made Fitzgerald a spokesman for the Lost Generationand a prophet of the Jazz Age. As the spokesman, Fitzgerald wrote down his strong feelings about the Jazz Age by his own passion and trenchant pen. The hero of This Side of Paradise is the reflection of his life and his creative prototype is right from his life experience. Therefore, his life journey explains his novels and in turn his novels give proper explanatory notes for his mystery life. It is like his own words, I see something that seems to be unbelievable, untrue and impossible becoming reality. Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in a middle class family and his father was a businessman, so he could afford to go to a privative school and later he entered Princeton University to receive regular education. In his early time, Fitzgerald showed his talent for writing. At the age of thirteen, he published his first works. At school, he was fond of writing for the journal of the school, which made him gain considerable fame at the time. However, his love for writing and his illness made him neglect his studies. When he returned to school, he found that he had lost his passion. Although his family was no longer prosperity and he tasted hardships of life too early, he still hoped that one day he could gain certain fame by himself. Fitzgerald wanted to get rid of difficulties of studies and to change his fate though the war, so he joined the army. During that time, he became to write his first novel and he got off with a young lady Zelda Sayre. The love for Zelda Sayre strengthened his thirst for success. However, before he went to the battlefield, the war had ended. Therefore, Fitzgerald could not realize his dreams by war. His manuscript was returned and Zelda Sayre left him, which was a huge attack. He came back to his hometown and continued writing his novel. He put his affection and experience into his novel, so his novel was the reflection of his life. Like Fitzgerald, Amory Blaine aspired to become a famous person, but their dreams were different from the social value. As a result, it was inevitable that their belief would be disillusioned. This Side of Paradise depicts that a group of American young people only pursue material pleasure and are at a loss about life in the process of growing up. The novel describes the end of one age and the coming of another new age, revealing American young peoples unrestrained life and their restless mood, which reflects young peoples mental development process. The hero Amory Blaine is born in a rich family. In terms of his character, he is sentimental and full of youths fantasy. That is to say, he wants to marry the most beautiful girl and to stand on the top of the society to be a great man. When he is admitted to Princeton University, he undergoes romantic love but the result is terrible. In consequence, he loses faith in love and studies. As the coming of the First World War, he joins the army. During the war period, his mother is dead, his family declines and his girlfriend leaves him. After a series of attacks, Amorys mind has changed a lot. He becomes negative and does not want to grow up. In addition, he shows his scorn for traditional social criteria. Their love is crazy, however, it is lack of real emotion. Moreover, their behaviour conflicts with social reality. Hence, their longing for heaven is like a dream and then there is only a loss after the dream has broken. To a certain extent, the novel reflects the authors life experience in Princeton University. The thesis not only expresses the lostness of the hero and the writer, but also shows social reasons of young peoples loss and their miserable fate. Lostness has been fully embodied in Fitzgeralds novels. The contradiction between ideal and reality, failure in love and hesitation to struggle or escape, all of these manifest loss of American youth. The article attempts to make people deeply understand Fitzgeralds theme by analyzing his first novel This Side of Paradise.Chapter I. Knock the Door to Paradise For Francis Scott Fitzgerald, the publication of This Side of Paradise in 1920 is more important than his masterpiece The Great Gatsby five years later. When Fitzgerald was a teenager, he aspired to become the greatest writer ever. However, it was beyond his imagination that his first step towards the literary world was so difficult. In spite of the fact that the press made a positive comment on his first novel, his manuscript was returned many times. If it was not objective factor that he had to stake his love on the novel, This Side of Paradise would lose its position. In fact, it turned out to be a success. The novel not only saved the love of Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre in time, meanwhile it also opened the door to paradise of the literature for him.A. Production of This Side of Paradise Before Fitzgerald left Princeton to join the army in 1917, he gave his manuscript to his literary teacher Professor Gauss. It consists of autobiographical stories and some poems, describing his life in Princeton University. It is the embryonic form of This Side of Paradise. Because of his fear of death in the battlefield, he hoped that his novel could come out on Professor Gausss recommendation, but it failed. Thereupon, Fitzgerald began to rewrite his novel day and night during the period of military service. He thought he only had three months to live in the world as other soldiers did, so he wanted to leave something important to prove his existence. In a letter to his friend Edmund Wilson, Fitzgerald delivered his strong desire to leave a novel as his ages will. The desire did not indicate that he threw himself into war as passionately as other young people. Instead, he just hoped that the war would be another opportunity to realize his dream that did not come true when he was in school. Nevertheless, the war failed to give him honor as the battlefield full of smoke did not come at the appointed time. By chance, it provided an opportunity to achieve his literary goal for him. Therefore, he had plenty of time to compose his works. In March 1918, Fitzgerald finished his first draft during the holidays and it was entitled The Romantic Egotist. The novel was recommended to a famous publishing company Scribner with the help of Shane Leslie, a friend of priest Fay. In August, giving some suggestions for revision, the press returned the draft. And then Fitzgerald tried his best to revise the novel according the editors opinions. But in October, it was once returned. With the movement of the military camp, he did not revise the draft once again. The writing was laid aside until summer of the next year. It was his suffering that changed his life, instead of permission of the press. Fitzgerald got off with a rich and beautiful girl Zelda Sayre at a party when he was set to Shelton camp, and they fell in love immediately. Whereas Zelda is not a traditional southern aristocratic girl, she is bold, unrestrained and arrogant. Even though she was attracted by the temperament and boyish charm of Fitzgerald, she never restrained her behavior. The fleeting attentions of Zelda made him so upset. When he received the fact that his novel was refused once more, he was prepared to go to the battlefield in Europe. However, word came that the war ended up. 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