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Kaleidoscope in Jazz Age: On Symbolic Meanings of Colors in The Great Gatsby
SUN Xiao-fang
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2017.01.005
Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, China
F. S. Fitzgerald is one of the greatest American novelists and his work, The Great Gatsby is the paradigmatic writing of Jazz Age. In the fiction, the symbolic representation of colors is more strikingly exhibited, which is part and parcel of the total artistic achievement of this masterpiece. This essay intends to explore the symbolic meanings of colors in the novel, suggesting that the color imagery contributes to reproducing the kaleidoscope in the magnificent social life of Jazz Age and implies the inevitable disillusionment of the protagonist’s American dream that is defined as his pursuit of romantic love with Daisy, further intertwined with the search for a personal grail.
The Great Gatsby, symbolic meanings of colors, kaleidoscope
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