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Dubliners (375-6) - Coggle Diagram
Dubliners (375-6)
Structure & Setting
15 short stories
NO obvious action
disclose human situations + moments of intensity
lead to
moral, social or spiritual Revelation
childhood and youth in
Dublin
(=paralysis)
Joyce= Modernist novelist
hostile to city life (degraded its citizens)
Dublin= place where NO true feelings + compassion
cruelty + selfishness
4 groups
Childhood
Adolescence
Maturity
Public Life
The Dead
last story + 1st masterpiece
themes and motifs of the other 14 stories
"epilogue"
Realism & Symbolism
every description is
realistic
concise
detailed
depressing
external details have a depper meaning
Religious Symbolism (es. holy chalice in
The Sisters
)
Colour Symbolism
brown+yellow+grey= despair & paralysis
Symbolism= take the reader beyond the usual aspects of life through the analysis of the particular
Style
interior monologue + chiasmous (create melodic effects)
point of view of a young boy
1st 3 stories--> 1st-person narrator (namless+NOT identified)
12 stories--> 3rd-person narrator
interior monologue+ free direct speech
language is
simple
objective
neutral
Characters
Dublin as affected people
cause the oppressive effects of
religious, political, cultural and economic forces
caught up in an endless web of despair
they are unable to escape cause they are spiritually weak
Epiphany
the sudden spiritual manifestation
reveals the character's inner truths
the reader's attention focuses on the real meaning of the narrative