Who is the literary spokesman of the Jazz Age? How does his fiction embody the spirit of the Jazz Age?
【正确答案】：FITZGERALD IS THE LITERARY SPOKESMAN OF THE JAZZ AGE.FITZGERALD’S FICTIONAL WORLD IS THE BEST EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF THE JAZZ AGE, IN WHICH HE SHOWS A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE UPPER-CLASS SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY THE UPPER-CLASS YOUNG PEOPLE. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE 1920S HAD A SENSE OF RECKLESS CONFIDENCE NOT ONLY ABOUT MONEY BUT ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL. BENEATH THEIR MASKS OF RELAXATION AND JOVIALITY THERE WAS ONLY STERILITY, MEANINGLESSNESS AND FUTILITY, AND AMID THE GRANDEUR AND EXTRAVAGANCE A SPIRITUAL WASTELAND AND A HINT OF DECADENCE AND MORAL DECAY. THIS UNDENIABLE JUXTAPOSITION OF APPEARANCE WITH REALITY, OF THE PRETENSE OF GAIETY WITH THE TENSION UNDERNEATH, IS EASILY RECOGNIZABLE IN FITZGERALD'S NOVELS AND STORIES.
【题目解析】：教材579页第四段和580页第一段。菲茨杰拉德的小说世界是爵士时代精神的最佳体现。他的小说对上层社会，尤其是上层阶级颇为关注。20年代的青年男女对金钱和生活一般都有种盲目的自信，但是在轻松享乐的背后是一片精神的荒原和道德沦丧。这些在菲茨杰拉德笔下都得到了很好的表现，特别在他的代表作《了不起的盖茨比》中。
