James Joyce Group at eNotes

In the 'Dubliners' collection of short stories, James Joyce mentions...

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:28:28 PST

In the 'Dubliners' collection of short stories, James Joyce mentions children and childhood a few times. In 'Eveline' we see the life of a girl whose childhood has suddenly been cut short by the early loss of a mother from an illness with an unpleasant,possibly delirious, end - a shocking and traumatic life event to go through particularly when that child,being a girl in a 'doll's house' like Ibsen's, is left to bring up the younger children....

what is james joyce's view on children and their relationship to adults...

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:59:08 PST

what is james joyce's view on children and their relationship to adults in his writings?

What is James Joyce's view on children and nature in his writings?

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:49:59 PST

What is James Joyce's view on children and nature in his writings?

Explain one element of Chinua Achebe's argument that Joseph Conrad's...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:45:14 PST

Explain one element of Chinua Achebe's argument that Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness is racist.

what is James Joyce's view on children and nature in his writings?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:16:02 PST

what is James Joyce's view on children and nature in his writings?

What is the concept of "exile" in Joyce James-The Dubliners, and William...

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:57:41 PST

What is the concept of "exile" in Joyce James-The Dubliners, and William Faulkner's-The Sound and the Fury?

Stephen, the boy-hero of Joyce's novel, is the author's alter-ego...

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:34:35 PST

Stephen, the boy-hero of Joyce's novel, is the author's alter-ego growing in Dublin from his nursery through his boyhood and adolescence to his coming of age. It is a novel of growth that ends with Stephen's decision to leave Ireland in order to search for his dreams of art and aesthetics. He is, in that sense, a voluntary exile. But the intellectual as well as religio-philosophical awakening that leads to his decision of going abroad to...

As Stephen comes of age in Joyce's work, he begins to fully grasp the...

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:14:46 PST

As Stephen comes of age in Joyce's work, he begins to fully grasp the implications of his "non- serviam credo." The establishment of his identity and his sense of self allow him to view both himself and his world in different contexts. As he awakens through age to embrace his conception of himself as an artist, he begins to see that he is increasingly separate from his world. He is not linked to political struggle, traditionalist forms...

Is Stephen Dedaelus, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, a...

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:00:48 PST

Is Stephen Dedaelus, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, a voluntary or involuntary exile?

First consider the adolescent mind confined to a blind alley, the North...

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:52:02 PST

First consider the adolescent mind confined to a blind alley, the North Richmond Street, a mind which is nostalgic and imaginative, and searching for something adorable and liberating. Secondly, you should comment upon the boy's 'confused adoration' for Mangan's sister, the brown-clad image of the girl symbolising the holy chalice to be protected from the vulgarities of the mundane market-dominated hard realities of life. Thirdly, comment on...

A good thesis to begin discussion/analysis of the narrator/boy of James...

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:10:55 PST

A good thesis to begin discussion/analysis of the narrator/boy of James Joyce's "Araby" can include the themes of this story since it is the character who is intrinsic to the development of these themes. Such a thesis can point to the story as one of adolescent maturation by stating that the boy who is the narrator of "Araby" arrives at maturation through a journey of fantasy and disillusionment and a resulting emtional growth. He...

Writing about the narrator will give you the much to work with since he...

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:54:54 PST

Writing about the narrator will give you the much to work with since he is the major character. "Araby" is an initiation story in that he loses his illusions and grows up to face a cruel reality by the end of the story. For your three points, you could discuss him in the beginning, as he reads the priest's books and dreams of romance with Mangan's sister. He is romantic and naive. Then you could discuss his growing obsession with Araby and...

In a character analysis of the boy of "Araby," what is a good thesis...

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:01:46 PST

In a character analysis of the boy of "Araby," what is a good thesis statement with three points?

Cunning, or craftiness/ skilful deceit, technically means the same thing...

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:44:19 PST

Cunning, or craftiness/ skilful deceit, technically means the same thing today as it did in the early 20th century when Joyce was writing. It is used less often in modern day language however, and thus to use it in casual day to day interaction would probably sound awkward and unnatural. To use the word cunning today would likely imbue the speaker with a certain affectedness. In Joyce's time the word cunning was used with more frequency, and...

Does "cunning" has the same meaning today as it did when Joyce was writing?

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:31:52 PST

Does "cunning" has the same meaning today as it did when Joyce was writing?

hi Epollock, Of course something happened to joyce in mullingar one...

Fri, 29 May 2009 15:19:11 PST

hi Epollock, Of course something happened to joyce in mullingar one afternoon ,actually not to far from where i live ,just 20 meters away from my door.It was an event that etched all the good things and bad thing that he encountered in mullingar in his mind forever. A patient from the local mental hospital had escaped and tragically drowned in the royal canal .Joyce stood at the banks of the royal canal and witnessed the patient being...

jackthestroller, Great link, thanks. Even though he visited the place...

Wed, 27 May 2009 05:49:56 PST

jackthestroller, Great link, thanks. Even though he visited the place when he was a young man, he did vividly remember the place and you can see it in many of his writings. The same can be said with Worsworth. He visted many locations with his sister and he wrote about them years later from a single narrator perspective.

hi epollock .Thanks for your post ,However much environment plays a part...

Wed, 27 May 2009 02:42:07 PST

hi epollock .Thanks for your post ,However much environment plays a part on someones writings.The fact remains that when joyce visited mullingar on just 2 occasions .He was only a young man .And had not even started writing yet.He came to mullingar with his father.His father at the time was employed by the county to fix the register of electors at the time . I have a very good link for you to check out . the link is an audio link of a tour i...

James Joyce and his connection to Mullingar is another piece of evidence...

Tue, 26 May 2009 22:22:58 PST

James Joyce and his connection to Mullingar is another piece of evidence that we, as people, are products of our heredity and our environment. In Joyce's case, environment did play an awful large part in shaping him in who he was, and also allowing him to use these settings to help explain the characters of which he writes.

james joyce and the huge connection with mullingar

Tue, 26 May 2009 10:43:42 PST

It wasn't until 2000 that as a mullingar man i realised that if joyce had not lived in Mullingarfor the 4-5 weeks with his father . That his most famous book of all would never have been written. Ulysses's , stephen hero , a portrait of a young man , and finnigans wake , all contain a mention of mullingar .

but why you may ask . well let the discussion begin