The Great Gatsby

Part 1 “The Great Gatsby” and myth – the American myth, the non-American myth; the formalist approach – “The Great Gatsby” as craft, point of view, narrative, symbolism; the authorial perspective – “winter dreams” and “the sensible thing”, “the diamond as big as the Ritz” and “the rich boy”, “absolution”; the socio-historical approach, “the withering of the American dream”, the discredited dream, East and West; character – Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker. Part 2 the clock and the moon; a man’s book – “The Great Gatsby” and women; “The Great Gatsby” and social class; “The Great Gatsby” and history.
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