PERSONAL AND HISTORICAL NOSTALGIA AS PORTRAYED IN ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S A MOVEABLE FEAST AND WOODY ALLEN’S MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
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Nostalgia seems to be coloured by familiarity and independence - it operates as everyman’s authentic feeling and it does not belong to anyone specifically. This paper aims at examining the concept of nostalgia in the context of Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast (1964) and Woody Allan’s film Midnight in Paris (2011). The introductory part of the paper provides a review of the relevant literature on the topic of nostalgia, conceptualized in such a manner to provide help in the comprehension of nostalgia’s portrayal in these two artistic works. In addition, a brief review on the socio-historical context of the period of the Roaring Twenties is provided. Further, the style in which A Moveable Feast was written is presented in the framework the Hemingwayesque, which is constituted of several prominent components of author’s prose style (notably minimalism, repetition and omission). Hence, personal and historical nostalgia are analysed in accordance with the provided contexts both in literary and cinematic work of art. Taking into account all of the above, it can be concluded that a Moveable Feast could be read as a distinctive unity of personal and historical nostalgia, whereas Midnight in Paris could be read as a text which addresses historical nostalgia and escapism directly and treats them as its central theme.
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