th1.1 Francis scoot key Fitzgerald, who was born in 24, Sep, 1896 and stdied in 21, Dec, 1940, was one of the most outstanding American authors in 20 century. Fitzgerald was an American novelist living in ST. Paul, Minnesota. His father was a furnisher. After finishing his education in senior high school in 1913 and he was admitted into Princeton University to receive further education. He wrote the scripts and lyrics for the Princeton triangle club musicals. He found a theatrical company himself and wrote for literary review in campus, he was a contributor to the Princeton tiger humor magazine and the Nassau literary magazine. Unfortunately, he dropped out of school because of his poor health. In 1917, he was recruited and engaged in military training all day long, but never joined any battle abroad. After retiring from the army, he kept writing. In 1918, he married an arrogant and disobedient girl named Zelda. In 1920, his long novel named this slide of paradise was published, which made him a famous literary figure; he also formed good relationships with many famous American writers such as Hemingway. In 1925, the great Gatsby that I will talk about today was published. This novel helped Fitzgerald gain a good reputation in modern American literature, he was also a spokesman for “Jazz Age “in 1920s and one of the representative of “lost generation” writers. Fitzgerald kept a diligent writing life after gaining great fame. However, his wife swank and suffered a mental disorders, which brought him great pain. It became hard for him to make the ends meet. He accompanied so serious poverty that he once went to Hollywood to write a script to earn a living. In 1929, America was stroked by the great depression, Fitzgerald?s golden age had gone away, Fitzgerald drawn himself in spiritual collapse and immoderate drinking. In 1940, Fitzgerald died of heart disease very young at the age of 44 in Los Angeles. 1.2 Brief introduction: This is a story about Gatsby and his pursuit for the ?American dreams?. During the World War One, the poor soldier Gatsby fell in love with an upper class girl named Daisy. But due to the wide gap between them, Daisy decided to marry Tom, a man of her class, instead of Gatsby. Broken-hearted Gatsby then held the conviction that money was of the greatest importance. He strongly believed in the ?American dreams?, which as we all know, advocates that one can achieve whatever he or she likes through continuous efforts. He strived for five years to become a millionaire and bought a villa near Daisy?s to attract her. He was too addicted to his fantasy to realize that Daisy was no longer the lovely girl she used to be. Eventually, he was killed because of her crime. 2.1 during the war. Daisy failed to keep her love for Gatsby who was fighting for his country. She married tom, a man with large wealth and high social status. Although Gatsby had tried to win back daisy. However, the previous goddess in Gatsby?s heart had changed into a material girl. She cared about nothing but herself and money. Daisy was touched by Gatsby?s perseverance and infatuation, which lead to his death in flesh and in spirit. 2.2 In the novel, Gatsby reveals himself to be an innocent, hopeful young man who stakes everything on his dream, not realizing that his dream is unworthy of him. To Gatsby, his dream I of spiritual reunion with Daisy, but his prior dream is wealth. He thinks that wealth can solve all his problems: time, Daisy, and love. In the novel, Gatsby uses the most lavish party, sumptuous mansion, and gorgeous machine to impress

Daisy. And the green light, situated at the end of Daisy’s East Egg dock, represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby associates it with Daisy.But in the end, daisy wasn’t moved by Gatsby’s persistence and devotion, what’s worse, Gatsby lost his life for daisy’s murder to myrtle. 2.3 nick, the first narrative point of view in this novel was a neutral person. He was a viewer of the whole story and didn’t get himself involved in the conflicts. He was just telling us the truth and what he saw. It was his role in this novel that made his comments on people and things more objective and reliable. 3.1 The great Gatsby is about the American dream and the downfall of those who attempt to reach the illusionary goals. American dream means that America is a land of infinite possibility in which everyone has the opportunity to succeed in his life. The dream differs from people to people. In the great Gatsby, the dream is that one can acquire happiness through wealth and power. His American dream is not material possession. He only comes into riches so that he can fulfill his true American dream, daisy. The great Gatsby is an elegy of corruption of the Americandream; the novel clearly shows that there is no way from money to love, from material to spirit. The author criticizes the American society in 1920s. It is not only the tragedy of love between Daisy and Gatsby but also the tragedy of the American dream. 4.1 the employment of symbolism Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

第二篇：《经典阅读》评分标准和读书报告格式【演示稿】

《经典阅读》课程评分标准

重庆大学20xx年秋季学期通识核心课程

课程满分为100分，及格为60分。

平时成绩占40分，包括课程出勤和发言，以及小组讨论出勤和发言。评分由助教给出初评，由授课教师决定。

作业和期末成绩占60分，内容为三次读书报告的总成绩。

每次读书报告不少于2000字，要求在阅读的基础上独立思考，杜绝抄袭。凡被判定为严重抄袭者，取消课程成绩。

附：《经典阅读》读书报告格式

标题：黑体小三号加粗居中

空一行，作者信息：姓名 年级专业 学号 楷体小四居中

读书报告学术要求：

1.要求独立思考，杜绝抄袭。凡被授课教师判定为严重抄袭者，取消课程成绩；凡被判定为抄袭者，严重警告一次，取消当次读书报告成绩。

2.引用他人论著，必须在注释中标明详细来源。引用网络材料，除网络一手材料之外，请查找核对原始出处。

3. 可以广泛阅读相关研究文献，可以与同学和助教讨论，然而在写作中需要独立思考，有理有据。

4.必须在规定时间之内提交报告，迟交者将被取消当次成绩。

读书报告格式：

正文：

左起空两格开始正文（宋体小四）。

如有小标题，可用以下格式：

一、导论

??

二、XX

??

X、结论

引用：

引用课程文本，如王焕生译，埃斯库罗斯悲剧《普罗米修斯》书直接用夹注标明行数，以后的课程文本也是如此，如：

“让他从而学会服从宙斯的无限权力，不再做袒护人类的事情”（10-11） “请你们不要认为我傲慢，认为我骄矜，

才这样沉默不语，岂知我思绪揪心，

每当我看见自己如此遭受凌辱。”（436-439）

建议同学们用自己的语言来梳理和概括文本内容、主题或关键词，不建议大段引用原文。

其他注释用脚注（小五号宋体，如直接引用文字需要标明具体页码） 引用期刊论文1

引用著作2

注意查对出版社的地址，出版年份，页码。

文章最后以引用前后顺序列出参考文献。格式如：

【参考文献】

埃斯库罗斯：《普罗米修斯》，载埃斯库罗斯等：《古希腊悲剧喜剧全集》，张竹明、王焕生译，南京：译林出版社，20xx年。

刘小枫：《重启古典诗学》，北京：华夏出版社，20xx年。

刘小枫：《一个故事两种讲法——读赫西俄德笔下的普罗米修斯神话》，《中山大学学报》（社会科学版）20xx年第2期。

姜异新：《“让鲁迅的文本自己说话”——张旭东教授访谈录》，《文艺研究》20xx年第4期。

此外，为提高交流效率，同学们给助教或老师的读书报告邮件标题建议为： 第X次读书报告：姓名，专业，学号

如有任何疑问，请电邮：andyegotist@gmail.com 陈颀 课程助教老师

2011/10/26 1 刘小枫：《一个故事两种讲法——读赫西俄德笔下的普罗米修斯神话》，《中山大学学报》（社会科学版）20xx年第2期。 2 刘小枫：《重启古典诗学》，北京：华夏出版社，20xx年，第XX页。