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Part 1 Survey: "The Great Gatsby" and myth - the American myth, thenon-American myth; the formalist approach - "The Great Gatsby" ascraft, point of view, narrative, symbolism; the authorial perspective -"winter dreams" and "the sensible thing", "the diamond as big as theRitz" and "the rich boy", "absolution"; the socio-historical approach,"the withering of the American dream", the discredited dream, East andWest; character - Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan,Jordan Baker. Part 2 Appraisal: the clock and the moon; a man's book -"The Great Gatsby" and women; "The Great Gatsby" and social class; "TheGreat Gatsby" and history.