The Women Characters in Scott F. Fitzgerald's Fictions: His Autobiographical Commentary
Anubha Ray
- Pages
- pp. 160-166
- Published
- July 1, 2011
Anubha Ray (2011). The Women Characters in Scott F. Fitzgerald's Fictions: His Autobiographical Commentary. Labyrinth, 2(3), 160-166.
Abstract
1920 saw the emergence of American social novel with galaxies of writers who brought forth the flowering of second American renaissance. Among the new breed of writers who defined the modern America was F. Scott Fitzgerald. That year 'This side of Paradise', the first novel of Scott broke into the American literary tera firma and was an instant rage for its commentary on the youth of that period. With this the unforgettable Flapper heroine was also born who became the symbol of changing female consciousness of his time. Fitzgerald as a social historian depicted the revolution of the female characters drawn mostly from his experience of the women who he knew and lived with, especially his wife Zelda Syre or Genevra King, the love of his young life. The experience with them became the inspiration for basing most of the female characters of his short stories and novels. Scott's interest for their beauty and personality led him to model many of his female characters
Keywords:Fictional womenFlapper HeroineF. Scott FitzgeraldGinevra KingZelda Syre


