Week Eight (2015.4.16) --- James Joyce's ''Araby'' from Dubliners
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in an array of contrasting literary styles, perhaps most prominent among these the stream of consciousness technique he utilized. Other well-known works are the short-story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, occasional journalism, and his published letters.
Major works of James Joyce:
- Dubliners: is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irishmiddle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: is a nearly complete rewrite of the abandoned novel Stephen Hero. Joyce attempted to burn the original manuscript in a fit of rage during an argument with Nora, though to his subsequent relief it was rescued by his sister.
- Exiles and poetry --- Exiles is a play by James Joyce, who is principally remembered for his novels. It draws on the story of "The Dead", the final short story in Joyce's first major work, Dubliners, and was rejected by W. B. Yeats for production by the Abbey Theatre. Its first major London performance was in 1970, when Harold Pinter directed it at the Mermaid Theatre.
- Ulysses: is a modernist novel, considered to be one of the most important works of modernist literature, and has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement".
- Finnegans Wake: is significant for its experimental style and reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the English language.
''Araby'' (SparkNotes) (Fiction)
How many of these young-adult books have you read?
A mistake usually found in writing: realize my own dream → fulfill my own dream
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