运用边疆学说解析《了不起的盖茨比》中东部拓荒的失败

文章运用边疆学说对菲茨杰拉德的<了不起的盖茨比>进行了另一种解读,盖茨比像他的先辈们一样致力于向西部拓荒,建立自己的幸福家园.然而由于拓荒的时间、地点、环境及其拓荒实质的变化,从而导致他的美国梦破灭这一悲剧.

Gatsby's failure in the opening up of the east from the perspective of frontier hypothesis

From the perspecticve of F.J.Turner's "Frontier Hypothesis"This paper is another understanding of The Great Gatsby.Gatsby,like his ancestors,devotes himmself to reclaiming the new land in the west and building their happy homelands.But because the time,place,environment and essence of pioneering has changed,as a result,his American dream is shattered.