JAMES JOYCE

Professor Samuel Black

 HUMBLE ORIGINS
• Irish novelist
• Short story writer
• Poet
• teacher
• Literary critic

• Born 1882
• Rathgar Ireland
 WORKS BY JAMES JOYCE
• Ulysses (1918)
• Dubliners (1914)
• The Dead (1914
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916)
• Finnegan’s Wake (1939)
ULYSSES
• One of Joyce's most famous
Pieces
• References lots of topics and
Subjects
• Highlights Joyce’s use of stream
Of consciousness
Thinking especially
 STYLISTIC FEATURES OF JOYCE
• Stream of Consciousness
• Dublin features strongly in many of his works
• Characters of his novel resembles friends, family and enemies from the same area.
• Evaluation of a person’s mental workings
• Subtle yet frank portrayal of human nature
 PERSONAL FACTS
• One of ten siblings, two died from illnesses
• His daughter Lucia suffered from a mental disorder,
that resulted in her having to be placed in a mental
institution.
• Taught English in Zurich, Switzerland
• Wife’s name was Nora
• Initially wanted to become a doctor.
 WATCH THIS VIDEO ON JOYCE

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SuHkY2wAQA
 VIDEO SHOWING JOYCE IN 1920S

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ0ceusyFOw
 SHORT ACTIVTY FOR DUBLINER
WORK
• Student’s Page­Dubliners
• “Araby”
• Writing an Epilogue
• Objective: Predicting an appropriate ending for a story
• Activity
• Many of the stories within Dubliners end abruptly. Although Joyce’s short stories do have endings, the
• plot’s conflict is frequently left unresolved. For instance, there is no indication whether the narrator of
• “The Sisters” ever stops evading his grief over Father Flynn’s death, nor does Joyce indicate if or how the
• boys in “An Encounter” return home. The reader, who has connected with the characters in each short
• story, is left wondering what happens to them after the narration stops.
• Some writers add an epilogue to the end of a story to provide information about unresolved issues or
• future events in characters’ lives.
• There are still many unresolved situations at the end of “Araby,” and there are numerous events that could
• occur after the narrator leaves the bazaar in the dark. An epilogue would be an ideal way to address these
• issues. Using clues from the story, predict what could happen if it were extended. Then, based on one of
• your predictions, write an epilogue to it.
 CONCLUSION
• James Joyce was one of the most celebrated writers of his time.
• His groundbreaking stream of consciousness technique is still used to this day.
• His family life was plagued with struggles.
• Devoted author, husband, father
• Highly intelligent
• Known for helping to develop new literary forms.
• Helped to usher in Modernism as we know it.
 REFERENCE
• James Stephen Atherton.James Joyce.Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia
Britannica, inc. February 06, 2019 https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Joyce.
April 21, 2019
• Gibson, A. (2006). James Joyce. London: Reaktion
• Hossick, M., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), & Films Media Group. (2011).
James Joyce: A concise biography. New York, N.Y. Films Media Group.