Abstract: At the beginning of 20th century, America went through the ideological turbulence named of “spiritual ecological crisis”. In that period, public American generally felt confused about the society they lived in, and the future of themselves, so that the negative emotion was filled with the whole country. The American literature of that period was overall gloomy, most of which reflected the American people’s confusion and anxiety mood after the First World War. This paper studies Fitzgerald’s masterpiece Tender is the Night, which is a typical literature in American “spiritual ecological crisis”. Through analyzing characters and society depicting in the article, delve the theme of it, and interpret the concept, the connotation and the forms of spiritual ecological crisis.
Key words: spiritual ecological crisis; Tender is the Night; literature analysis
Contents
Abstract
摘要
1 Introduction-1
1.1 Introduction of Tender is the Night and its author-1
1.2 Introduction of the background-2
2 Definition and features of spiritual ecological crisis-5
2.1 Definition of spiritual ecological crisis-5
2.2 Features of spiritual ecological crisis-6
3 Analysis of characters and setting in Tender is the Night-8
3.1 Destiny of the characters-8
3.2 Setting of the story-10
3.3 The connection between people and society-12
4 The comparative analysis between Tender is the Night and The Great Gatsby-14
5 Conclusion-15
Bibiliography-17
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