Dubliners
( 1914)

Joyse spoke of the psychological state of the Dubliners

they were oppressed by the religious, political and economic forces

"DUBLINERS"

CONSIST OF FIFTEEN (15) SHORT STORIES

THE OPENING STORIES DEAL WITH CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH IN DUBLIN

THE OTHERS CONCERN THE MIDDLE YEARS OF CHARACTERS AND THEIR SOCIAL, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS

THE STORIES ARE ARRANGED INTO FOUR GROUPS

THEY HAVE THE SAME THEMES, SYMBOL AND NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES

THE DESCRIPTION IS REALISTIC AND THERE ARE EXTERNAL DETAILS

THEY USED A TECHINIQUE OF "EPIPHANY"

"THE SUDDEN SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATION CAUSED BY A TRIVIAL GESTURE (L'IMPROVVISA MANIFESTAZIONE SPIRITUALE CAUSATA DA UN GESTO BANALE)

ITS ASPECTS ARE: CHILDHOOD, ADOLESCENCE, MATURITY AND PUBLIC LIFE

THE LAST STORY IS "THE DEAD" CAN BE CONSIDERED JOYCE'S FIRST MASTERPIECE(capolavoro)

THEME: PARALYSIS

IT'S PHYSICAL AND MORAL (LINKED TO RELIGION, POLITICS AND CULTURE)

THE MAIN THEME IS THE FAILURE TO FIND A WAY OUT OF "PARALYSIS"(IL TEMA PRINCIPALE È IL MANCATO TROVARE UNA VIA D'USCITA DALLA "PARALISI")

THE OPPOSITE OF PARALYSIS IS "ESCAPE"

THEY WERE UNABLE TO CUT THE BONDS THAT TIE THEM TO THEIR OWN WORLD (NON SONO STATI IN GRADO DI TAGLIARE I LEGAMI CHE LI LEgano AL LORO MONDO)

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES

EACH STORY IS TOLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A CHARACTER

FREE DIRECT SPEECH

THE LINGUISTIC REGISTER IS VARIED

THE LANGUAGE SUITS THE AGE, THE SOCIAL CLASS....