Study On Narrative Voices In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

American writer F.Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most prominent representatives of“Jazz Age”.And the unique narrative techniques and vivid language are the major features of his works.The Great Gatsby tells the legendary experience of Jay Gatsby who pursues success and love but sacrifices his life in the end,and the story is told from the perspective of Nick Carraway.About one hundred years have passed since its publication,but this work can still attract discussions around the world now,which can prove its prominent status in literature history.This thesis explores the narrative voices in The Great Gatsby on the theoretical basis of Wayne.C.Booth’s narrative theory.In the novel,the narrator Nick Carraway has two levels of narrative voices: as a participant of narrative role,and as an observer of “omniscient voice”.Traditionally,scholars often make a simple division on the reliability or unreliability of Nick’s narration.Through analysis,this thesis posits that these two different narrative voices reflect their different reliability and unreliability.Combined with the characteristics of different narrative voices,this thesis explores the differences of Gatsby’s images under different narrative voices with a hope to attain a deeper understanding of Fitzgerald’s thoughts and to demonstrate his unique narrative techniques and artistic charm.