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James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
Biography
born in
Dublin
from a
middle class
family
moves to
Trieste
to become a teacher
becomes friends with
Italo Svevo
writes
Dubliners
(1914) and
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
(1916)
at the start of WWI he moves to
Zurich
writes
Ulysses
(1922)
in 1920 he moves to
Paris
, returning to Zurich upon the German invasion and dying there in 1941
Dubliners
(1914)
the stories can be
thematically grouped
in 4 categories
stories about
adulthood
impossibility of escaping the
pain and passivity
typical of the Irish people
stories about the
relationship between the individual and society
personal passivity leads to public passivity
Joyce blames
the city of Dublin
for the passivity of its citizens
stories about
childhood and adolescence
unlike other authors, Joyce conceives children as already
disillusioned
about the future
the last story,
The Dead
, is an outliar as it summarizes all of the themes of the book
about the life of an average middle class man
his ordinary and passive life is the same as not living at all, hence the title
15
short stories
first written by 1907 about the lives of Dublin citizens
key themes
immobility and passivity
Ireland can't grow as a country, leading to a sort of
paralysis
of its citizens
Joyce points to cities such as
Paris
as an example of the contrary
every character wants to pursue its dreams, but every time they desist
psychological paralysis
Joyce sees this as a tenet of modernity
epiphany
the moment in which the character realizes its own paralysis
nothing changes though, because the
will
of the Dubliners isn't strong enough
Ulysses (1922)
novel
in 18 episodes, also takes place in Dublin
three main characters for
three sections
Leopold Bloom
protagonist of the second section,
Odyssey
a modern
Ulysses
, works in advertisement
episodes
4-15
Molly
protagonist of the final
Nostos
section
most famous part of the novel, the ending is written in
Stream of Consciousness
Leopold's wife
Stephen Dedalus
protagonist of
Telemachiad
, the first section
episodes
1-3
already featured in
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
(1916)