Essays about: "Fitzgerald"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 32 essays containing the word Fitzgerald.

  1. 21. The Shakespearean Stahr : Using Genette’s Theory of Intertextuality to Compare The Last Tycoon to Shakespeare’s Tragedies

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Therese Andersson Edén; [2017]
    Keywords : F. Scott Fitzgerald; William Shakespeare; The Last Tycoon; Gerard Genette; A.C Bradley; Architextuality; Shakespearean Tragedy; Intertextuality;

    Abstract : This essay uses Gerard Genette’s theory of intertextuality – in particular, architextuality - in order to establish the connection between Shakespearean tragedies and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last novel, The Last Tycoon. The essay relies mainly on known Shakespeare critic A. READ MORE

  3. 22. Rattling Society´s Cage in The Great Gatsby : A Marxist Analysis of Character motivation in The Great Gatsby

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Björn Brox; [2017]
    Keywords : Gatsby; Nick; Great Gatsby; Marxist; Marxism;

    Abstract : The Great Gatsby är en berömd roman som först publicerades år 1926 och skrevs av F. Scott Fitzgerald. Den är väldigt kritisk till den Amerikanska drömmen, ett koncept som har blivit starkt kopplat till kapitalismen. Detta gör det lättare att analysera texten från ett Marxistiskt perspektiv trots att marxism aldrig nämns i romanen. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Struggle to be Honest in a Corrupt World : Narration and Relations in The Great Gatsby

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Lindgren; [2017]
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    Abstract : Although many attempts have been made on determining the trustworthiness of the narrator in The Great Gatsby, I would like to argue that there is more to say on that matter. Critics like Gary Scrimegeour and Colin Cass claim that the narrator Nick Carraway is hypocrisy embodied. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Great Gatsby – novel into movie : A Comparison of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Baz Luhrmann’s Movie Adaptation

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Melodi Haghanipour; [2016]
    Keywords : -;

    Abstract : In this essay I will discuss alterations that have been made to the storyline of the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, when the novel is made into the movie with the same name. READ MORE

  6. 25. The American Dream as a Means of Social Criticism in The Great Gatsby

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Lovisa Lindberg; [2015-02-16]
    Keywords : American Dream; social criticism; The Great Gatsby; Fitzgerald;

    Abstract : Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show how Fitzgerald uses the American Dream as a means of social criticism of the moral implications that accompany great wealth and material excess. This is portrayed in the characters of The Great Gatsby. READ MORE