摘 要
《夜色温柔》是美国著名作家菲斯杰拉德最有影响力的作品之一，它具有明显的自传色彩，为我们研究菲斯杰拉德的思想和内心提供了宝贵的资料。《夜色温柔》同时也反映了爵士时代背景下美国人对美国梦的追求,以及他们对由于追求财富和享乐错误价值观导致的严重后果的反思。
本文从主人公迪克·戴佛对于人生、婚姻以及理想上的迷茫困惑三个方面，讲述迪克从年轻有为，意气奋发到一蹶不振最终走向堕落，导致梦想破灭的全过程。说明在拜金主义社会影响下，金钱对人性的毁灭，以及个人理想在现实面前的单薄，揭示了爵士时代美国人扭曲的价值观，最终让人误入歧途。与以往观点不同，本文从另一个角度分析迪克·戴佛堕落的必然性，重点强调导致迪克堕落的两个主要矛盾，说明个人价值观与社会间的冲突，阶级之间的金钱物质观的冲突。
关键词：迪克·戴佛；堕落的必然性；迷茫；梦想的破灭
Abstract
Tender Is the Night is considered to be one of the most remarkable works by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Its autographic style offers precious materials to study Fitzgerald. Meanwhile, Tender is the Night depicts the pursuit of American dream under the background of jazz age, and it is the reflection of American false values of wealth and pleasures which lead to bad consequences.
By analyzing Dick Diver’s bewilderment in life, marriage and idealism, the paper mainly narrates the process that Dick Diver’s transition from young ambitious psychologist to the final tragic and the inevitability of Dick Diver’s degeneration, revealing that under the influence of money worship, money destroys humanity, reality suppresses individual’s dream, and American distorted value in the jazz age makes people go astray and leads them to ultimate destruction. Different from previous studies, the present paper concerns itself with a detailed study of Dick Diver’s inevitable degeneration from relatively new perspective. It aims to emphasize the importance of two main conflicts, highlighting the gaps between individual values and the society, and the concept of material wealth of different social classes.
Key words: Dick Diver; inevitability of degeneration; bewilderment; disillusionment
Contents
Abstract in Chinese
Abstract in English
Introduction 1
Chapter One The Seed of Degenerations 3
A. Merits of Dick 3
B. The Weakness of Dick 4
C. The Fate of the Change 5
Chapter Two The Inevitability of the Degeneration of Dick 6
A. The Indulgent Life of Dick 6
B. The Bafflement of Marriage 7
C. The Bafflement of the Idealism 7
Chapter Three Disillusionment of American Dream 9
A. The Conflict between Upper Class’s Material Life and Dick’s Values 9
B. Social Values vs. Individual Values .10
C. The Influence of Degenerated Age .12
Conclusion 14
Notes..............................................................................................................................i
Bibliography .ii
Acknowledgements.....................................................................................................iii
