Together at Last: The Great Gatsby and The Talented Mr. Ripley

Class | This program is completed

Adult

9/12/2019-10/31/2019

11:00 AM-12:30 PM CDT on Th

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$40.00

When was the last time you read The Great Gatsby? Maybe decades ago? Let’s breathe new life into F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, and pair it with Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley – the first of her five “Ripliad” novels – in which young sociopath Tom Ripley wreaks havoc from New York City to Italy. This may seem like an odd couple, but we will explore how Gatsby and Ripley enrich each other – and us – in delightful ways.

  • Instructor: Parley Ann Boswell graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign just months after Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece The Godfather Part II was released. Now Professor Emerita of English, at Eastern Illinois University she taught Film Studies and American Literature – from colonial through early 20th century – for thirty years.
  • Students are encouraged to secure copies of the novels before the start of the semester:
  • The Great Gatsby: ISBN 9780743273565
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley: ISBN 0393332144