Deseo, resentimiento y represaliarevisitando las emociones del mito en The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald

  1. Gualberto Valverde, Rebeca 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Journal:
Amaltea: revista de mitocrítica

ISSN: 1989-1709

Year of publication: 2015

Issue Title: Mito y emociones / Myth and Emotions

Issue: 7

Pages: 1-18

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/REV_AMAL.2015.V7.48140 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This article aims to reassess F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby (1925), taking into consideration the myth-critical hypotheses of philosopher René Girard. Specifically, this essay will analyse the concepts of mimetic desire, resentment and reprisal violence as emotional components of myth, paying close attention to how the reinterpreted mythical pattern of the novel influences the depiction of such emotions as social traits of corruption. Finally, this article will challenge interpretations that have regarded Gatsby as a successful scapegoat-figure, examining instead how the mythical meanings and structures of the text stage an emotional crisis of frustrated desire and antagonism that ultimately offers no hope of communal restoration.

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