The Shakespearean Stahr: Using Genette’s Theory of Intertextuality to Compare The Last Tycoon to Shakespeare’s Tragedies
2017 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
This essay uses Gerard Genette’s theory of intertextuality – in particular, architextuality - in order to establish the connection between Shakespearean tragedies and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last novel, The Last Tycoon. The essay relies mainly on known Shakespeare critic A.C Bradley and the categories he uses in order to establish what makes a Shakespearean tragedy a Shakespearean tragedy. This framework will then be used to further elaborate upon the architextual connection between Shakespeare and Fitzgerald. The essay also compares the characters from The Last Tycoon directly to characters from Shakespeare’s tragedies in order to further show the intertextual connections. For example, Fitzgerald's main character Monroe Stahr is compared to Julius Caesar, from Shakespeare's play of the same name, while the antagonist Mr Brady is compared to both Cassius from the previously mentioned Julius Caesar, as well as Iago from Othello
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 36
Keywords [en]
F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Shakespeare, The Last Tycoon, Gerard Genette, A.C Bradley, Architextuality, Shakespearean Tragedy, Intertextuality
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Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-62125OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-62125DiVA, id: diva2:1087269
Subject / course
English
Educational program
International Administration Programme with foreign language, 180 credits
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Examiners
2017-04-242017-04-062018-01-13Bibliographically approved