James Joyce's 'Dubliners' / Epiphany & Paralysis
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A 5 page paper looking at these two recurrent themes in James Joyce's intense and evocative collection of short stories. The paper shows how Joyce's characters experience a sudden burst of enlightenment about their situation, coupled with a frustrating awareness of their powerlessness to do anything about it. Particular stories analyzed are 'Araby,' 'Eveline,' and 'A Painful Case.' Bibliography lists one source.
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James Joyce's 'Dubliners' vs. Portrait Of The Artist.../ Structure and Form
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A 5 page paper on form and structure in James Joyce's early fiction. The paper concludes that Joyce's writing in these two works seems difficult because he threw over the predictable formulas of writing that authors had been using for more than a century, and substituted episodic constructions built on themes and epiphanies. Bibliography lists ten sources.
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James Joyce's 'Eveline'
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A 4 page paper featuring James Joyce's story, 'Eveline' from his short story collection, Dubliners (1914). It is a letter from Eveline to her father, explaining her reasons for wanting to leave home, her uncertainty as to where she should go and expresses being torn between desire and familial obligation. No additional sources cited.
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James Joyce's 'Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man'
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An 8 page paper exploring James Joyce's departure from traditional fiction in his modernist 1916 novel, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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James Joyce's 'Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man' / Artistry
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An 8 page paper analyzing the way James Joyce handled symbol, language, and dramatic form in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The paper calls attention to the unusually high level of artistry in this novel, and shows how Joyce's innovations spawned an entire literary movement single-handedly. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.
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James Joyce's 'Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man' / Color
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A 10 page paper showing how James Joyce's handling of the symbolism of color in this novel enhances our understanding of its complex levels of meaning. The paper concludes that this is accomplished through Joyce's willingness to let symbol be fluid, to change shape and meaning as demanded by the persona and the text itself. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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James Joyce's 'Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man' / Religion
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A 5 page paper showing how James Joyce's protagonist liberates himself from this spiritually-inhibiting worldview of Irish Catholicism and embarks on a lifetime adventure of self-discovery. The writer points out the tension between Stephen Dedalus's two names -- that of the Christian martyr, and the Greek mythologically credited with giving man the power of flight. No additional sources cited.
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James Joyce's 'Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man' v. 'Ulysses'/ Irish Vision
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A 12 page paper discussing the distinctively Irish quality of these two works by James Joyce. The paper concludes that as much as the Irish idealize the workings of the spirit, they value the life of the body also, and James Joyce is able to combine both these traits abundantly in both these works. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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James Joyce's 'Ulysses' / Joyce's Quest For Home
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A 7 page examination of Joyce's monumental work as a map for the journey of the myth of the Hero and his quest for home. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Ulys.rtf