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Comparison between James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. Baldin Ruben Class 5A. Virginia Woolf. The adoption of the interior monologue Plot is reduced to the minimum There are simultaneous time and chronological time Omniscient third person narrator
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Comparisonbetween James Joyce and Virginia Woolf Baldin Ruben Class 5A
Virginia Woolf • The adoptionof the interiormonologue • Plot isreducedto the minimum • There are simultaneoustime and chronologicaltime • Omniscientthirdpersonnarrator • The shiftof the pointofview • Poeticallanguagewithpoeticaldevices
James Joyce • Streamofconsciousness • Simultaneoustime • No punctuation • Narrative realism • Mythicmethod
Whatis the Streamofconsciousness ? Streamofconsciousness a narrative deviceto depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind.
The differentuseofstreamofconsciousness In James Joyce Intellectual analysis of human being supported by a searched and brave language ( metaphors and new words) and without the inseriment of the third person narrator extremeobjectivityofevents, and the narratoriscovered in Virginia Woolf Use the thirdnarrator, and indirect interior monologue to represent a gap between chronological and interior time, the retoric speech of analogy rappresents a lighthouse for for the reader the narrator is also present, he helps the reader to orient in the text
Epiphany “a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or in a memorable phase of the mind itself. He believed that it was for the man of letters to record these epiphanies with extreme care, seeing that they themselves are the most delicate and evanescent of moments. “ quotation by James Joyce’ s Stephen hero
Finalityofepiphany in James Joyce it is a realization that occurs at the end of the story (it has a similar function to moral in fairy tales), it happens at a time like lightning (in a short part of time). in Virginia Woolf it is a process that develops during the all story, it is the result of a reflection in a very long time.
Musicality in James Joyce and Virginia Woolf Foneticretoricspeech • In bothartisthavefunctiontofind the associations between the events described and memories to start the reflections of themselves • Accompany the advent of epiphany have the same function of leimotiv in music
Analogies and differences Analogies Differences • Useofstreamofconsciousness • Focus on the psychologyofcharacters • Useoffoneticretoricspeech and symbolism • exceed the canons of romance buildum • Differentpresentationofepiphany • level of objectivity (higher in James Joyce)
The end Sources: notes during english lessons, notes ofteacher in site, and http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/60073620/james-joyces-epiphany-virginia-woolfs-moment-importance