◆Bloom,
had a affair with another man. At the end of the book, Molly’s monologue of thousands words also is a exposition to the central meanings of the whole book. ◆Stephen Dedalus, a school teacher, symbol of nihilism(虚无 主义)，who was against religion and rejected to proceed religious ceremony when his father died. Then he walked to to the seaside, and thought about life deeply. The paths of Stephen and Bloom cross and recross through the day. Joyce's technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature
James Joyce is a master of the writing technique of "the stream of consciousness"
★Writing Career ★Main Works
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Chapter1 Telemachus Chapter2 Nestor Chapter4 Calypso Chapter7 Aeolus Chapter10 Wandering Rocks Chapter13 Nausicca Chapter16 Eumaeus Chapter3 Proteus Chapter5 Lotus Eaters Chapter6 Hades Chapter8 Lestrygonians Chapter11 Sirens Chapter14 Oxen of the Sun Chapter17 Ithaca Chapter9 Scylla and Charybdis Chapter12 Cyclops Chapter15 Circe Chapter18 Penelope
Characters:
The main characters are Leopold Bloom, his wife Molly, and Stephen Dedalus, the hero from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. They are intended to be modern counterparts(反英 雄意象) of Telemachus, Ulysses, and Penelope. a Jewish advertising canvasser, symbol of bourgeois-ism (布尔乔亚主义，即庸人主义 )， his adventures are less heroic and his homecoming is less violent. Bloom makes his trip to the underworld by attending a funeral at Glasnevin Cemetary. "We are praying now for the repose of his soul. Hoping you're well and not in hell. Nice change of air. Out of the frying pan of life into the fire of purgatory." ◆Molly Bloom， Bloom’ wife, symbol of sensualism （肉欲主义)，
Dubliners
Contents
无独有偶（Counterparts） 姐妹们（The Sisters） 偶遇（An Encounter） 粘土（Clay） 阿拉比（Araby） 痛心的往事（A Painful Case） 伊芙琳（Eveline） 会议室里的常青藤日（Ivy Day 车赛之后（After the Race） in the Committee Room） 两个浪子（Two Gallants） 一位母亲（A Mother） 寄宿公寓（The Boarding House） 圣恩（Grace） 一朵浮云（A Little Cloud） 死者（The Dead）
My Love Is in a Light Attire Appleamong the Apple-trees
My love is in a light attire Among the apple-trees, Where the gay winds do most desire To run in companies. There, where the gay winds stay to woo The young leaves as they pass, My love goes slowly, bending to Her shadow on the grass; And where the sky's a pale blue cup Over the laughing land, My love goes lightly, holding up Her dress with dainty hand.
writing career started in 1904 after his mothers’ death. During the early period Joyce wrote most of DUBLINERS (1914), all of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the play, EXILES (1918), and large sections of Ulysses. In 1907 Joyce published a collection of poems, CHAMBER MUSIC. In 1916 appeared Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, an autobiographical novel. At the outset of the First World War, Joyce moved with his family to Zürich, where Joyce started to develop the early chapters of Ulysses. Joyce’s most famous novel, Ulysses, was published in Paris in 1922. In the same year he started work on his last great book, Finnegan’s Wake, which was published in1939.
Main Works:
◎The Play------EXILES 《流亡者》 ◎The Collection of Poems------CHAMBER MUSIC 《室内乐集》 Many of them have been made into songs. “I have left my book, \ I have left my room, / For I heard you singing / Through the gloom.” ◎Novels------DUBLINERS《都伯林人》, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 《青年艺术家的画像》, Stephen Hero,《斯蒂芬英雄 》 Finnegans Wake《芬尼根守夜人》,Ulysses 《尤利西斯》
Ulysses originated from Greek mythology. The story, using stream-of-consciousness technique, parallel the major events in Odyssey (telling Odysseus' journey after Troy War), whose Hero---Odysseus' Latin name is Ulysses. Ulysses contained 18 chapters, each of their titles taked from Greek mythology.
Effect
The book became famous for several reasons, but mainly because it is written in a new style called stream of consciousness. The book is now thought to be an important book of modernist literature. Many professors and teachers teach this book in universities and colleges. It relates to various extended knowledge, such as literature, religion, politics and history, even near 30 kinds of language. Combining author’s experience, Ulysses is considered as reflection of Joyce’s own history, Irish history and the history of mankind. Ulysses has been telling the micro-epic taking place in western world. However, it is very difficult to understand. Faced oppugns and criticism, Joyce once said,“if Ulysses isn't fit to read,life isn't fit to live ”, with the great confidence. Despite it suffered a lot criticism, none can deny its status on the history of literature. Ulysses will always be significant, as the top 1 of the greastest literature in 20 century.