文档介绍：毕业论文
The Archetypal Interpretation of
The Great Gatsby
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张雅新
学生姓名: 学号:
信息商务学院
英语
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专业:
马丽
指导教师:
2011年 6月
The Archetypal Interpretation of
The Great Gatsby
By
Liu Shuxian
A Thesis
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
in the Department of Foreign Languages
of North University of China
Under the Supervision of Ma Li
June 20, 2011
Acknowledgement
I have owned my gratitude to many people who help me a lot during my writing of these thesis, especially my supervisor Ma Li for her valuable guidance in every step of writing this thesis and her constant encouragement
I also want to thank all the teachers who assisted in developing my petence in the four-year campus study. I have learned a lot from them, they not only teach me something about academic but also something more important about life.
Besides, I also would like to thank all my friends and classmates who ever gave me a hand when it was necessary during my entire university study. Whenever I was in trouble and frustration, they always give me timely help and constant encouragement.
Last but not least, thanks for my parents, who give me this opportunity to enjoy my wonderful life in this beautiful campus, and my gratitude to them is beyond words.

Abstract
F. Scott Fitzgerald, as one of the representative of the Jazz Age, occupies an important place in American literary world. His masterpiece The Great Gatsby, which is the classics of Christianity and also an important literature masterpiece in the world, through the theory of the Archetypal Criticism reveals its connection with western literary traditions and increases the profundity of this novel. bines literature with the realistic life by using biblical archetypes that makes his novel surpass the limitation of space and time and eternal significance. According to the studies about The Great Gatsby abroad and at home, the author finds that many scholars fo