What are the 4 Literary Lens are we going to use whilst reading?
Marxist
Feminist
New Historicism
Psychoanalytical
What is New Historicism?
the idea that literature is largely influenced by the culture of the author’s time
Great Gatsby takes place…
in the 1920s
between WWI and The Great Depression
Nick makes many references to…
WWI
Fitzgerald is credited with predicting the Great Depression with his depictions of…
the unstable party life and excess money spending