SymbolisminFitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby《了不起的盖茨比》中的象征手法OUTLINEIntroductionTheGreatGatsbynarratesayoungman’sdreamofpursuingloveandmoney,however,afteraseriesofhisfantasticandromanticaction,hefinallydisillusions.F.ScottFitzgeraldputshisownexperiencetowardsthattimeintotheprotagonist’slife,andvividlyemergestheAmericanDream’sdeteriorationbyusingsymbolism,whichconnectstheobjectiveandthesubjective,andfusestheindividualwiththeouterworldandthepersonalemotionwithsocialenvironment.Thispaperwillfocusonhowthesymbolismachievestheabovefunctions.I.Theapplicationofsymbolismconnectingtheobjectiveandthesubjective1.1thesymbolicmeaningofseveraltypicalplaces1.1.1thespecialannotationinthevalleyofashesandNewYorkCity1.1.2WestEggandEastEgg,twoofthemostimportantlocales,correspondingtotheparticularthematicideaorcharactertypes1.2thesymbolicmeaningofseveraltypicalobjects1.2.1Houseandcarsymbolizingmaterialwealthandindividualstatus.1.2.2Colorsbridgingsymbolsandmeanings.II.Theapplicationofsymbolismsurpassingthenarrowindividualworld,typifyingaswellamplifyingindividualexperiences.2.1Tosomedegree,TheGreatGatsbyisanautobiographicalnovel.2.2Fitzgerald’sindividualexperiencerelatingwiththefallofAmericanDream.2.2.1Fitzgeraldamplifyinghisindividualexperience2.2.2TheAmericanDream’sdeteriorationConclusionInsummary,Fitzgerald’sapplicationofsymbolisminTheGreatGatsbybearsrealisticsignificanceattheJazzAge.Hisconceptaboutindividualandsociety,idealanddreamhasgreatlysurpassedhistimeandgainedpowerofsublimation,asHowardWolffsaid,“Fitzgeraldisthespokesmanandepitomeofhisgeneration,notsatisfiedwithstatusquo,andofourgenerationaswell.”SymbolisminFitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby《了不起的盖茨比》中的象征手法ABSTRACTTheapplicationofsymbolisminTheGreatGatsbyconnectstheobjectivewiththesubjectiveinwritingtechniqueandinthoughtsurpassesthenarrowindividualworld,typifyingaswellamplifyingindividualexperience,whichisthereasonofAmericanDream’sdeterioration.KEYWORDS:objective,subjective,symbolism,Americandream’sdeterioration摘要《了不起的盖茨比》中，象征手法的运用，在写作技巧上融合了主客观；在思想上超越了狭隘的个人世界，既是个人经历的典型代表，也使其经历延伸化，延伸化的结果正是美国梦的衰落。关键词:主观，客观，象征手法，美国梦的衰落IntroductionThetwodecadesbetweenWWⅠandWWⅡwereagoldenageofAmericanfiction.Fitzgerald,asamemberof“thelostgeneration”,publishedhisTheGreatGatsbyin1925andconfirmedhisstatusasachroniclerandpoetlaureateintheJazzAge.HewasoncecreditedbyT.S.Eliotfor“thefirststepthatAmericanfictionhastakensinceHenryJames,becauseFitzgeralddepictedtheextolledgrandestandmostboisterous,restless,andmerry—makingscene”,andthroughwhathekneworindirectlyexperiencedhediscoveredthedisillusionmentthat“agenerationgrownuptofindallGoddead,allwarsfought,allfaithinmanshaken”.What’smore,hedepictedthepostwarunprecedentedboomofmaterialrevelryandatthesametimepresentedthedisappointmentofthepostwargenerationforAmerica,theconcernforthelossofconventionalvaluesandideals,andtheregretforthedisillusionmentofAmericanDream.TheGreatGatsbywhichnarratedayoungman’sdreamofpursuingloveandmoney,however,afteraseriesofhisfantasticandromanticaction,hefinallydisillusioned,iswell-knownasthemostmatureworkofFitzgerald,nomatterinwritingtechniqueorinthought.HeovercamethepreciousflawsandappliedsymbolismtopresentmoraldeclineofhiscontemporarytimesfromtheviewofNi...
