The Ethical Reading of The Great Gatsby 关于了不起的盖茨比的文学伦理观的解读开题报告

1. 研究目的与意义

Many studies from all over the world have already provided deep insight into The Great Gatsby, but most of them aim at the tragic fate of Gatsby, the definition and symbolic meaning of main characters, some others focus on the theme of #8220;American Dram#8221;. This essay will analyze the historical background of novel and the personal characteristics to reveal the moral degeneration under the guise of money and hedonism. It is helpful for our spiritual construction to reinterpret this book base on ethical literary criticism.

2. 研究内容和预期目标

1 .The biography of Fitzgerald and the analysis of his self-experience and morality 2. Introduce the background of creation to reflect the social situation of that time 3. Analyze the morality of people in that time from the view of Nick 4. Take Nick as main clue to analyze the reason and effect of moral degeneration 5. Conclude and sublimate the thesis

3. 国内外研究现状

Today, the studies of researcher have provided deep insight into The Great Gatsby . New essays on the Great Gatsby of Matthew J.Bruccoli explored this novel with their own angle of view, analyzing in depth. 《菲茨杰拉德研究》, released by Wu Jianguo in 2002, the famous professor of Shanghai Maritime University, has filling up the blank in the Chinese studies on Fitzgerald. 《lt;了不起的盖茨比gt;的精神生态解读》published by Wang Hongdan in 2010, has analyzed the social morality and social development of the novel, which provides deep inspiration and thinking for people living in this substantial world. 《#8220;美国梦#8221;幻灭的另一种解读:文学伦理学批评视域下的#8216;了不起的盖茨#8217;》of Wang Yuqing in 2011 not only introduced the method of literary criticism----Ethical Literary Criticism, but also present the moral value of main figures. All the works and studies above are beneficial to appreciate this masterpiece based on ethical literary criticism.

4. 计划与进度安排

1.Review related literature to have a good command of the historical background and content 2.read this novel in depth 3.To sum up the personal characteristic and the roots of how the personality came into being: 4.After reading , conclude the reason of moral degeneration , consider the revelation and then

5. 参考文献

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