¹Mengyi Yu,²Jingdong Zhong

¹School of Language and Culture, Zhejiang Yuexiu University, Shaoxing, China

²School of English, Zhejiang Yuexiu University, Shaoxing, China

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i7-58

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ABSTRACT

Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, as an illustration of the “Jazz Age,” has established an outstanding position in the American historical literary circle with its profound social significance and forward-looking warning function. This masterpiece has become an important basis for future generations to explore various of modern issues, including gender ones, which are concerned with the gaze theories. Based on the relevant gaze theories and the text analysis, this paper analyzes the gazes of the three male characters on various aspects of female characters, including physiological, economic, moral and ideological gazes. Through examining the impure gazes affected by social culture, economy and politics in the textual, to some extent this paper provides a refreshing perspective for the study on gaze and gender issues.

KEYWORDS:

The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald, gaze, gender issues.

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