- Journal of American Studies Turkey
- Issue: 41
- "An Indefinite Procession of Shadows": Fitzgerald on Film in The Great Gatsby
"An Indefinite Procession of Shadows": Fitzgerald on Film in The Great Gatsby
Authors : Ian Olney
Pages : 17-23
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Publication Date : 2015-04-01
Article Type : Other
Abstract :This article examines F. Scott Fitzgerald’s representation of film in The Great Gatsby. Offering a close reading of Chapter VI of the novel, I seek to demonstrate that cinema functions in it as a means of metaphorically underscoring the illusory nature of Gatsby’s lifestyle and identity. Although critics have tended to focus on the crucial role film plays in Fitzgerald’s later fiction, I argue it is here, early in his career, that Fitzgerald begins to work out the themes that consume him in its final phaseKeywords : Fitzgerald, Gatsby, film, metaphor, illusion