王颖 杨莉莉

F . Scott Fitzgerald（ 1896-1940 ）弗 ·斯科特 ·菲茨杰拉德

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OutlineLife experiences The Jazz AgeComments on Fitzgeral

dMajor worksWriting styleThe Great Gatsby

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24 ,1896Had an expensive education in private schools in PrincetonWorld War I,1917,senior year, illness, neglect of academic studyZelda SayreHeart attack, December 21, 1940

Life experiences

The Jazz Age 爵士时代 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 work portray it. The Jazz Age is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.

“It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire.”

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EpitaphSo we beat on, boats against the current, borne back cease 我们就这样扬著船帆奋力前进，逆水行舟，而浪潮奔流不歇，不停地将我们推回到过去

“American Dream”

Comments on FitzgeraldSpokesman of the Jazz AgeLost generation Famous American novelist, short story writer and essayistHis private life Ruined by women(Hemingway) Ginevra King-the belle of the ball 舞会之花 Zelda Sayre, canceled their engagement, got married in 1920

Major WorksMajor Works

•Novels:This Side of Paradise,The Beautiful and Damed,The Great Gatsby,Tender is the Night,The love of the Last tycoon,•Short story collections:Tales of the Jazz Age,All the Sad Young Men,Bernise Bobs Her Hair,Flappers and Philosophers,Taps at Reveille,Babylon Revisited and Other Stories,The Pat Hobby Stories ,The Basil and Josephine Stories

The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby

·1920s·New York City/Long Island·A symbol of "Jazz Age" in American literature·Unpopular in the Great Depression and the World War Ⅱ·Be welcomed in 1950s·The greatest English novel in 20th century

Nick Carraway

Daisy BuchananTom Buchanan

Myrtle WilsonGeorge Wilson

Jay Gatsby

falls in love wit

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murders

mistress

cousinneighbour

Character Relationship

The Plot of The Plot of The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby·Gatsby/poor guy/midwest/falls in love/Daisy/Wealth/too poor to marry/Tom/rich/win Daisy back/bootlegging/illegal activities/buy a apartment/host parties/Nick/appointment/meet/no longer the ideal love·Tom/mistress/Myrtle·Daisy/Tom/quarrel/Gatsby's car/kill Myrtle/shift blame on Gatsby/George/Gatsby's house/shot/died/escape/funeral/Nick/Gatsby's father

The Theme of The Theme of The Great GatsbyThe Great GatsbyThe decline of the American

dream in 1920s Denounce the priviliged class in

America Show the sympathy towards

Gatsby's Tragedy

Writing FeaturesWriting FeaturesClear narration Elegant styleWell chosen words and sentences Full of fickle emotions and sense

of loss

Literary StatusLiterary StatusRepresentative

writer of "Lost Generation"

Laureate poet in "Jazz Age"