Abstract: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is an American famous novelist in the period of modernism, his novels record the 1920s and 1930s of the United States. With the rapid development of film industry, his writing is inseparably connected with the art of film. Based on the research by the scholar home and abroad, I will discuss in this paper how the image narrative techniques are used in the Great Gatsby. The reasons why these techniques appeared in his novels and the impacts on readers and novel writing are explored as well.  

Key words: Fitzgerald; the Great Gatsby; image narrative techniques; montage

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

1.1 Introduction of Fitzgerald-1

1.2 Introduction of The Great Gatsby-2

2. Introduction of Image Narrative Techniques-3

2.1 General Study of Image Narrative-3

2.1.1 Image Narrative is Similar to Visualization-4

2.1.2 Image Narrative is not Equal to Film Adaptation-5

2.2 An Overview of Image Narrative Techniques-6

3. Analysis of Image Narrative Techniques Used in the Great Gatsby-8

3.1 Extensive Use of Dialogues-8

3.2 Use of Color and Sounds in a Single Scene-10

3.3 Use of Montage to Adjust Time Order and Space-12

4. Causes of Fitzgerald’s Use of Image Narrative-14

4.1 Background of Social Transition-14

4.2 Image Culture in Fitzgerald’s Time--- Jazz Age-16

4.3 The Change of Novel’s Aesthetic Value for Readers-17

5. Conclusion-18

References-20