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Dubliners

A Collection of Short Stories by James Joyce. Dubliners . James Joyce 1882-1941. Born in Dublin, Ireland Oldest of 10 children Unstable childhood, financial instability Left Ireland for Paris, but came back when his mother was dying

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Dubliners

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  1. A Collection of Short Stories by James Joyce Dubliners

  2. James Joyce 1882-1941 • Born in Dublin, Ireland • Oldest of 10 children • Unstable childhood, financial instability • Left Ireland for Paris, but came back when his mother was dying • Spent the rest of his life traveling in and around Europe • Relationship to his home country was complex

  3. James Joyce 1882-1941 • Known for his experimental use of language • Extensive use of inner monologue • Network of symbolic parallels to history, myth, and literature • Stream of consciousness style • Became a literary celebrity • Use of obscenities in his writing lead to landmark legal decisions

  4. Most Famous Works • Chamber Music (1907) • Dubliners (1914) • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) • Ulysses (1922) • Finnegan’s Wake (1939)

  5. Dubliners • A collection of short stories • Each is about people living in Dublin • Joyce said his goal was to write a moral history of his home city • Chose Dublin because he said it was the center of “paralysis” • Stories deal with this theme through childhood, adolescence, maturity and public life

  6. Dubliners • Characters are all everyday people doing everyday things • Stories usually involve an epiphany, or a moment of realization or awakening • Theme of paralysis is pervasive throughout the text • The final story in the series, “The Dead,” is one of the most famous short stories in British Literature

  7. Dubliners • Stories are short, but filled with detail, symbolism and allusions

  8. Dubliners • Paralysis – what does that mean? • Literal and figurative • What internal conflicts can make someone paralyzed? • External conflicts?

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