also the typical representative one of the lost generation. For the novel, it is agreed that this novel shows the author’s condemn on the negative effect of the money-oriented value on people’s mind and sordidness of the upper class which makes this novel a mark of the transitional period from romanticism to realism in American literature. What is more, the novel is also considered as an endless elegy to the Jazz Age and American dream.
From the recent studies, thousands of special works and essays on this novel can be classified into three categories. The first category includes some research papers, focusing on its writing techniques and artistic value of its style; the second category paying attention to the significance of the protagonist and the symbol in the novel are emphasized from the social and historical aspects and the third category is concerned with the political and philosophical significance from the viewpoint of reality and standard of modern ethic to explore the motif of this novel. 《伟大的盖茨比》精神生态探析与解读(3):http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_49207.html