개츠비의 꿈의 변용과 그 성패: 클레이튼의 <위대한 개츠비> (Transformation of Gatsby's Dream and its Outcome: Clayton's The Great Gatsby)

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초록

Jack Clayton’s 1974 film adaptation of F. S. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby faithfully preserves the main plot of its original text. At the same time, Clayton transforms the novel into a romantic melodrama in an individual dimension as well as an indictment of society which drives Gatsby into a pathetic victim.
Clayton’s cinematic translation is generally recognized as a failure. There are several reasons. The first reason for it is that Clayton’s version does not convey the novel’s pivotal theme which elevates the novel to be a ‘great’ classic. The theme is as follows: Gatsby’s dream of new identity, the relationship between Gatsby’s dream of Daisy and his dream of identity as well as the connection of Gatsby’s dream to American Dream. In addition, Clayton’s piece does not contain narrator Nick’s meditation about Gatsby except his intermittent voice-overs and Nick's maturing story of realizing Gatsby’s greatness which are essential to deliver the novel’s theme.
The second reason is that there is a discordance between romantic melodrama of love and death and the superficial representation of American Dream. Gatsby’s dream does not stand for American Dream and Daisy is not represented as a symbol of American Dream. In Clayton’s version, therefore, romantic melodrama does not nicely incorporate with the representation of American Dream.
A small modification and transformation while sticking to the original text results in an unsatisfactory movie in the case of Clayton's work. Despite Clayton’s film technique, visual symbolism, and many creatively invented scenes, his attempt to gain two contradictory goals proves to be a failure.

영어초록

Jack Clayton’s 1974 film adaptation of F. S. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby faithfully preserves the main plot of its original text. At the same time, Clayton transforms the novel into a romantic melodrama in an individual dimension as well as an indictment of society which drives Gatsby into a pathetic victim.
Clayton’s cinematic translation is generally recognized as a failure. There are several reasons. The first reason for it is that Clayton’s version does not convey the novel’s pivotal theme which elevates the novel to be a ‘great’ classic. The theme is as follows: Gatsby’s dream of new identity, the relationship between Gatsby’s dream of Daisy and his dream of identity as well as the connection of Gatsby’s dream to American Dream. In addition, Clayton’s piece does not contain narrator Nick’s meditation about Gatsby except his intermittent voice-overs and Nick's maturing story of realizing Gatsby’s greatness which are essential to deliver the novel’s theme.
The second reason is that there is a discordance between romantic melodrama of love and death and the superficial representation of American Dream. Gatsby’s dream does not stand for American Dream and Daisy is not represented as a symbol of American Dream. In Clayton’s version, therefore, romantic melodrama does not nicely incorporate with the representation of American Dream.
A small modification and transformation while sticking to the original text results in an unsatisfactory movie in the case of Clayton's work. Despite Clayton’s film technique, visual symbolism, and many creatively invented scenes, his attempt to gain two contradictory goals proves to be a failure.

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