F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night: Cinematic Techniques and Narrative Structure

Explore a 47-minute lecture from Yale University's "Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner" course, focusing on F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender Is the Night." Delve into Professor Wai Chee Dimock's analysis of the novel's cinematic techniques, including flashbacks, switchability, and montage, influenced by Fitzgerald's Hollywood screenwriting career. Examine how love and war are interwoven in the narrative, drawing parallels between wartime death and individual murder. Discover the novel's publication history and its connection to Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale." Investigate the micro and macro scales of switchability, the concepts of "hard" and "pitiful," and the cinematic portrayal of murder in the text. Access complete course materials on the Open Yale Courses website for this Fall 2011 recording.