The legacy of romantic love in The great Gatsby and The sun also rises
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Claudine Antonin (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Robert Stephens
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to study The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises in the light of Denis de Rougemont's conception of Courtly Love, showing how the two novels manifest the persistency of the Tristan Myth, as well as the process of degradation it has undergone. Both works are closely related, in time, in theme and in narrative technique. Both are a critique of Romanticism and refer constantly to the Courtly tradition. Very few critics, however, have made a connection between them, and no parallel study of the Romantic theme has yet been done. Using a close reading of the texts and available critical commentary, this paper points out the numerous affinities between the Courtly Myth and Hemingway's and Fitzgerald's characters, their relationships and their worlds. Finally I discuss the main reasons for the failure of the Myth in its modern context.
The legacy of romantic love in The great Gatsby and The sun also rises
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- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 1970
- Subjects
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott $q (Francis Scott), $d 1896-1940 $x Criticism and interpretation
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott $q (Francis Scott), $d 1896-1940. $t Great Gatsby
- Hemingway, Ernest, $d 1899-1961 $x Criticism and interpretation
- Hemingway, Ernest, $d 1899-1961. $t Sun also rises
- Love in literature