Hysterical Fantasy in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night.docVIP

Hysterical Fantasy in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night 　　[a]　Department　of　English　Literature，　Fukuoka　Womens　University，　Fukuoka，　Japan. *Corresponding　author. Received　12　July　2012；　accepted　30　September　2012. Abstract Through　many　years，　F.　Scott　Fitzgeralds　Tender　is　the　Night　has　remained　a　novel　worthy　of　reading　and　analyzing　for　various　reasons.　It　can　be　clearly　seen　that　Fitzgerald　found　a　way　to　give　it　a　symmetry　that　is　not　usually　found　in　long　psychological　novels.　Having　conceived　a　new，　modernist　structure　and　adopted　a　third　person　limited　omniscient　point　of　view，　Fcess　of　collapse　until　Diver　has　nothing　left　in　his　life；　his　marriage　and　his　friendships　are　all　destroyed.　With　the　aim　of　bringing　out　a　new　way　of　reading　Tender　is　the　Night，　this　paper　investigates　the　reasons　for　Dick　Divers　downfall，　fessional　career　and　personal　life　using　the　framework　of　Freudian　theory　and　in　particular　the　concept　of　hysterical　fantasy.　It　is　then　further　suggested　that　Divers　fantasy　derives　from　the　trauma　in　his　childhood　with　the　loss　of　his　father.　According　to　Freuds　dynamic　view，　hysterical　fantasy　in　men　relates　to　either　hidden　sexual　desire　or　ambitions　in　life.　Considering　Ftagonists　case，　the　present　paper　argues　that　Dick　Dfessional　career. Key　words：　Freud；　Fantasy；　Downfall；　Trauma；　Loss Thi　Huong　Giang　Bui　（2012）.　Hysterical　Fantasy　in　F.　Scott　Fitzgeralds　Tender　is　the　Night.　Studies　in　Literature　and　Language，　5（2），　-0.　Available　from　http：///index.php/sll/view/j.sll.1923156320120502.688 DOI：　10.3968/j.sll.1923156320120502.688 INTRODUCTION Tender　is　the　Night　can　be　seen　as　F.　Scott　Fplicated　novel，　with　“a　new　plot　set　in　Europe　about　an　American　psychiatrist　who　is　ruined　by　his　marriage　to　a　wealthy　mental　patient”　（Bruccoli，　2002，　p.330）.　Fention　to　make　it　“a　novel　of　our　time　showing　the　break　up　of　a　fine　personality.　Unlike　The　Beautiful　and　Dpromises　forced　upon　him　by　circumstances”　（Bruccol