AN ARCHETYPAL APPROACH TOWARDS THE GREAT GATSBY: THE TRANSFORMATIONAL AMERICAN DREAM THROUGH META-MEME IN THE GREAT GATSBY

An Analysis of Social Systems in the Translation of The Great Gatsby

This article was written based on the key concept of polysystem theory which, in translating any literary text, emphasizes the transference of the social systems in which a text is embedded. As stated by Tynjanov (1978a), polysystem theory saw translated literature as a system operating in the larger social systems of the target text. Thus, the task of understanding as well as transferring such...

Introduction to The Great Gatsby (Wordsworth Editions)

The great narcissist: a study of Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby.

Many critics of The Great Gatsby believe, as John Chambers (1989) does, that Jay Gatsby "has a vitality and potential for intense happiness" (p. 115). A few critics, of whom Bettina (1963)is typical, believe that the best than can be said of Gatsby is that he is "a self-made phony" (p. 141). Obviously, those who admire Gatsby find Nick Carroway to be a reliable narrator, and those who deplore G...

Uncommon Convergences: A Hemispheric and Comparative Approach to The Great Gatsby and Pedro Páramo

........................................................................................iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......................................................................iv CHAPTER ONE Introduction................................................................1 CHAPTER TWO Uncommon Convergences: Reification in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo..........

an analysis of social systems in the translation of the great gatsby

this article was written based on the key concept of polysystem theory which, in translating any literary text, emphasizes the transference of the social systems in which a text is embedded. as stated by tynjanov (1978a), polysystem theory saw translated literature as a system operating in the larger social systems of the target text. thus, the task of understanding as well as transferring such...