A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Joyce
- First Published: 1914
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: 1882-1903
- Setting: Ireland
- Principal Characters: Stephen Dedalus, Simon Dedalus, Emma
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Culture, Language or languages, Values, Family or family life, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Sin or Original sin, Friendship, Schools or school life, Writing, Creative process, Catholics or Catholic Church, Boys, Students or student life, Ireland or Irish people, Naivete
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
The Story:
When Stephen Dedalus went to school for the first time, his last name soon got him into trouble. It sounded too Latin, and the boys teased him about it. The other boys saw that he was sensitive and shy, and they began to bully him. School was filled with unfortunate incidents for Stephen. He was happy when he became sick and was put in the infirmary away from the other boys. Once, when he was there just before the Christmas holidays, he worried about dying and death. As he lay on the bed thinking, he heard the news of Charles Stewart Parnell’s death. The death of...
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