A05 Flashcards
What does Kathleen Parkinson say in reference to Daisy’s existence?
‘Fitzgerald only allows Daisy to exist in the images men create of her.’
What does Rena Sanderson say Flapperdom stood for?
Individual rebellion against old pieties and restraints
What is Lois Tyson’s feminist reading of the novel?
‘The novel enforces a patriarchal standpoint through its representation of women as limited and shallow.’
Why does Lois Tyson call the novel, ‘a drama of dysfunctional love?’
She argues that the characters fear that formation of emotional ties result in emotional destruction
What did Fitzgerald himself write in a 1925 letter to Maxwell Perkins?
There are ‘no important female characters.’
How does Fitzgerald actually view the youth of 1920’s America?
‘Brave, shallow, cynical, impatient, turbulent and empty. I like them not.’
What does Tony Tanner say of Gatsby?
His lack of language and ‘systematic deletion makes Gatsby a far more shadowy, less Knowable, more elusive figure.’
4% of the novel are Gatsby’s words
what does Thomas Flanagan say of Gatsby
‘Gatsby is somewhat vague, the reader’s eye can never quite focus upon him, his outlines are dim.’
What does Francis Kerr say of Jordan?
No other woman has such control
What does Fetterly say in regards to Daisy?
Ownership of women is evoked as the index of power: he who possesses Daisy Fay is the most powerful boy.
What type of novel can this be argued to be due to Nick’s elevation of Gatsby
A hagiography
what is a fancy word for self love
philautia
What does RW Stallman say of Gatsby?
He is ‘a modern Icarus.’
How does Robert Forrey criticise the portrayal of race in the novel?
- Nick is surprised at the idea that black Americans can be successful or wealthy themselves.
- In chapter 4 Nick ‘laughed aloud,’ when he saw ‘two bucks and a girl’ in a limousine.
- He argues that Nick uses ‘disparaging language’ to describe black Americans, using terms such as Buck, a trading term from America’s history of trading.
