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ERIC Number: EJ112338
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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The Classical Plotline of "The Great Gatsby"
Slattery, Dennis P.
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1, 2, 103-05, W 75
Argues that an understanding of the craft of fiction is furthered by a return to the original creation, concluding that "The Great Gatsby" is one of the best examples of Aristotle's description of tragedy as set forth in "The Poetics." (RB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices, Tragedy, Twentieth Century Literature, Two Year Colleges
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Identifiers: Great Gatsby