EROTIC PASSION IN THE NOVELS OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD AND CAMIL PETRESCU
EROTIC PASSION IN THE NOVELS OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD AND CAMIL PETRESCU

Summary/Abstract: Although most critics have seen The Great Gatsby of F.Scott Fitzgerald and The Last Night of Love, the First Night of War of Camil Petrescu as being about the American dream or war, it cannot be denied that both authors dedicated a major part of their novels to the love stories of the characters. This paper aims to present the way in which the characteristics of limerance affected the characters in the afore mentioned novels. Limerance is a term used in psychology to define erotic passion that pulses into mad love, the condition of being in love. Camil Petrescu seems to be aware of the love theory, but he did not allow his characters to fall under the spell of love. This is way, Ştefan and Ela are not able to fix their marital problems caused by jealousy and lack of confidence and the divorce comes as an inevitable consequence. Jay Gatsby is the only character that is madly in love and all his performance during the plot is a result of his mood.

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