Title: Exploring capitalist fiction : business through literature and film /
Authors: Younkins, Edward W. 1948-
Year: 2014
Subjects: American fiction History and criticism; Business in literature.; Capitalism in literature.; Business in motion pictures.
Abstract: In Exploring Capitalist Fiction: Business through Literature and Film, Edward W. Younkins proposes that the use of imaginative literature to portray and explain the behavior of individuals in business is a method that is richer and more realistic than what is presented in journal articles, textbooks, and even case studies. Through critical examinations of works such as Atlas Shrugged and Wall Street, Younkins shows how fiction is a powerful teaching tool to sensitize business students without business experience and to educate and train managers in real businesses.
Contents: Introduction: the fictions of capitalism -- The rise of Silas Lapham: a story of self-identity, self-respect, and morality -- Taking a look at Edward Bellamy's Looking backward -- Frank Norris's The octopus: an epic of wheat and railroads -- The financier: Theodore Dreiser's portrait of a Darwinian businessman -- Abraham Cahan's The rise of David Levinsky -- Babbit: Sinclair Lewis's portrait of a middle-aged middle class businessman -- "Who is Henry M. Galt?": a review of Garet Garrett's The driver -- F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby -- An American romance: King Vidor's epic film of immigration and the American dream -- Arthur Miller's Death of a salesman: a case of self-delusion -- John P. Marquand's Point of no return -- Henry Hazlitt's Time will run back: a tale of the reinvention of capitalism -- Executive suite: a story of corporate success and succession -- Cash McCall: the story of a heroic corporate raider -- Sloan Wilson's The man in the gray flannel suit -- Atlas shrugged: an epic story of heroic businessmen -- Sometimes a great notion: the story of a family who would never give an inch -- Wilfrid Sheed's Office politics: a lesson about organizational conflict -- The franchiser: Stanley Elkin's story of a man who wanted to costume the country -- Glengarry Glen Ross: a David Mamet word play - Wall Street: Oliver Stone's zero-sum vision of capitalism -- Tucker: the man and his dream -- David Lodge's Nice work: a tale of two cultures -- Other people's money: a tale of capitalism and creative destruction -- Wall street: money never sleeps -- Conclusion: business through literature and film.