Partying Like It's 1925: A Comparison and Contrast of Fitzgerald's <em>The Great Gatsby</em> and Azuela's <em>The Underdogs</em>

<p>This work is an assessment of themes, ideas, and structure between two iconic novels published during the nineteen-twenties: <em>The Great Gatsby</em> (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald and <em>The Underdogs</em> by Mariano Azuela (originally published in 1915, re-written and redistributed in the 1920s, and then given a final version in 1925 that was translated into many languages). Both novels were written during times of great change, cultural innovation, and revolution. Many characters from both works also comment, observe, or partake in the politics and the seemingly accepted or tolerated social interactions of their daily lives. For the sake of cross-cultural understanding and renewing interest in comparative literature, I believe it is essential to examine the literature from ‘other’ and outside sources and compare them to what is already well-known or even unknown.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Valadez, Sarah N.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Joanna Levin
• Brian Glaser
• Anna Leahy

• the great gatsby
• fitzgerald
• the underdogs
• the roaring twenties
• mexican
• mexican revolution
• Latin American History
• Literature in English, North America
• Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority
• Other English Language and Literature
• United States History
• Women's Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/english_theses/36

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.chapman.edu:english_theses-1038