J. Joyce (G.B. Grassi)
STYLE
MAIN WORKS
LIFE
moved to Trieste, where he taught english
fell in love with Nora
after living in Paris, he came back in Ireland because his mother's illness 1903
born 1882 in Dublin
gradueted in modern language
influenced from catholic Church
Finnegans Wake
Ulysses 1922
Dubliners 1914
he remained poor, died in 1941
The Dead
Eveline
different point of view, without omniscent narrator
perspective of charachters
simple, naturalistic technique, realistic, without punctuation or grammar connection
stream of consciousness, transleted into words with interior monologue
THEME
difference between life and death (The Dead)
passionate love vs mature love (The Dead)
epiphany, sudden revelation, that doesn't change the situation
no great hero, because of the irreparable lost of classic values (Ulysses)
paralysis of Dublin (Dubliners)
every value transformed in economical matters
subjective perception of time