This document summarizes a presentation comparing the novels Revolution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It discusses how comparative studies are useful for developing critical thinking and language skills. It outlines key differences between the novels such as their social commentary, settings, characterization styles, and main characters. The presentation was given at Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University on February 25, 2023.

1. A comparative study of Revolution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat
and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Presented By : Emisha Ravani,
(Student of Department of English, MKBU)
Presented at : P P Savani University
Centre for Language Studies
25 February 2023
(One Day E- International Conference On Centre for Language Studies Lang Lit
Teaching ,Learning and Innovations : Pedagogic issues & Remedies)
Department of English,
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar
University

2. Introduction :
● How comparative studies is useful?
● Critical thinking, strong writing skills and foreign language
comprehension
● The comparative study of ‘The Great Gatsby’ and
‘Revolution Twenty20’
● Studying genetic structuralism
● How different periods create different kinds of stories

3. What is Comparative Literature Studies?
1
Can be seen from
outer space
Located in
Queensland, AU
A multidisciplinary field
Literary forms, Cultural traditions, Ideas
Global context
The idea of comparison : Tracing connections and similarities
An essential part of this multidisciplinary program of study : be
proficient in more than one language
Exploring the connections between literary forms, cultural
traditions, ideas : By breaking down the barriers between
languages, cultures, and geographical regions

4. ● Chetan Bhagat
● India
● Contemporary Indian society, culture, and politics
● Young people
● Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
● American
● Themes of wealth, status, love, and decadence
● Capture the glamour and excess of the Jazz Age
Authors

5. The comparative aspects of the novels
● Social Class - Elite and Middle class
● Setting - United States in the 1920 And Contemporary
India
● Style - Indirect characterization And Direct
characterization
● Characters - larger-than-life figures And More realistic
and grounded

6. I love you the more in that i believe you had liked me for my
own sake and for nothing else. - John Keats
Daisy Buchanan
Jay Gatsby Tom Buchanan
Aarti Pratap Pradhan
Raghav Kashyap Raghav Kashyap
The Great Gatsby Revolution 2020

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_AND_THE_GREAT_GATSBY
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