摘要
TheGreatGatsbyisconsideredthefinestachievementofFitzgerald’sliterarycareer.Thenovelissuccessfulforitsnarrativeskill,gracefulanddelicateprosestyle,andespecially,theemploymentofsymbolismwhichcontributesmosttothedepthandbroadnessofitstheme.Thereisanabundanceofimageswhicharefullofsymbolicmeaningthroughthewholestory,amongwhichthemostimportantoneisunquestionablytheemploymentof"thegreenlight".Thispaper,throughanalyzingtheskillfulemploymentofsymbolisminthetermof"thegreenlight"inthenovel,discussesthedeepconnotationthatisimpartedbythenovelistandexplainsthedecisiveroleofthesymbolismofthisterminthenovelinshapingthefigures,developingtheplotofthestory,anddeepeningthethemesofthework.
出版日期
2011年04月20日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
