摘要
《夜色温柔》是菲茨杰拉德最著名的著作之一，英语论文题目，被称为爵士时代最后的挽歌。在这部小说中，菲茨杰拉德描述了一个充斥着享乐主义的典型的爵士时代。他旨在探究爵士乐时代的特征，略论小说中人物的劣根。在这段时间里，人们尝试用不切实际的幻想来满足自己。毫无疑问，英语论文题目，他们最终将在这片腐朽的土壤上迷失自我。迪克和妮科尔是其中的最为典型的案例。他们的病态的生活方式：道德沦丧，神经衰弱，金钱崇拜和酗酒突出了爵士时代中公民腐朽的灵魂。因此，本文将从四个不同方面爵士时代的精神危机。
关键词：爵士时代；夜色温柔；拜金主义；精神危机
Abstract
Tender is the Night is one of F. scott Fitzgerald’s most famous masterpieces, which is regarded as the last elegy of the Jazz Age. F. scott Fitzgerald describes a typical Jazz Age which is filled of hedonism in this novel. He aims at exploring the Jazz Age’s features and analyzes the weaknesses of characters in this novel. In this period of time, people try to use fabulous but not practical illusions to satisfy themselves. There is no doubt that they will lose themselves finally in this decayed society. Dick and Nicole are the typical cases of them. Their Morbid life style: demoralization, nervous breakdown, money worship and alcoholism highlight the decayed souls of the Jazz Age’s citizens. Therefore, this paper will expose the spiritual crisis of the Jazz Age from four different aspects.
Key words: Jazz Age; Tender is the Night; Money Worship; Spiritual Crisis
1. Introduction
1.1 Introduction of the Jazz Age
Generally speaking, Jazz Age ranged from the ending of the World War One (1918) to the Great Depression (1929) in American history. During the World War One, America won a big profit and this profit made a great benefit to American society. It entered into a prosperous period gradually. In the view of Fitzgerald: “A new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken.”(This Side of Paradise, 1920) There was no doubt that it was a prosperous age which was full of fortune, spree and desire. Citizens were busy taking part in various parties and feasts. What’s more, this nation’s traditional values also changed in a soaring speed. Indulging in excessive entertainments, people lost their dreams and ambitions. They became a number of alcoholism and broke the law after excessive drinking. They chose to escape from the real society and immersed themselves in a prosperously illusionary society. Purposelessness, decadence and soul emptiness became the symbols of this history.
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