孤独之悲 孤独之美——解读《了不起的盖茨比》

小说《了不起的盖茨比》关注了主人公不同形式的孤独:盖茨比作为孤独的守望者,为了爱情和物质享受最后孤独死去;黛西在时代的影响下成为微笑的空灵者;尼克作为小说的叙述者,在面对各式孤独的过程中成为寂寞的求索者。他们与其他人物一起共同折射出战后爵士时代的精神困境。小说中的孤独具有时代性、艺术性和寓言性,提升了小说的深度与广度。

The Tragic Beauty of Loneliness --Interpretation of The Great Gatsby

The novel The Great Gatsby explores different types of protagonists＇ loneliness： Gatsby, as a lonely pursuer, finally dies in solitude in the pursuit of love and material wealth ; Daisy, under the influence of the times, becomes a riant but hollow-spirited lady; Nick, as the narrator of the novel, becomes an explorer of loneliness in the course of facing all sorts of solitude. They, together with other figures, demonstrate the spiritual plight in the Jazz Age after WWI. It is held that the loneliness in the novel has the epochal, artistic and allegorical nature, which enhances the depth and width of the novel.