Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner

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Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner (AMST 246)Professor Wai Chee Dimock concludes her discussion of The Great Gatsby by evaluating the cross-mapping of the auditory and visual fields in the novels main pairs of characters. Beginning with an analysis of the Jazz Age, she argues that linkages between what is heard and what is seen have important implications for the overarching themes of The Great Gatsby, including notions of accountability, responsibility, illusion, and disillusion. She focuses on the linked characters of Daisy and Jordan Baker, Gatsby and Nick Carraway, to show how their convergences and divergences tell the entire store of Gatsbys decline and fall.0000 - Chapter 1. The Jazz Age and The Great Gatsby0603 - Chapter 2. Cross-Mapping the Sensation of Vagueness 0815 - Chapter 3. Auditory Field with Color1003 - Chapter 4. Visual Field with Noise1615 - Chapter 5. Thematic Implications of Visual-Auditory Coupling for Daisy and Jordan2315 - Chapter 6. Thematic Coupling of Nick and Gatsby3404 - Chapter 7. Extinguishing Sound for Nick and Gatsby4014 - Chapter 8. Thematic Divergence between Nick and Gatsby4259 - Chapter 9. The Logic of Substitution for Nick Carraway Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpoyc.yale.eduThis course was recorded in Fall 2011.