1James Joyce.ppt

James Joyce(1872-1941)Key wordslJames JoycelIrish writerlStream of Consciousnessl“Araby”Dubliners(1914)First phrase:a collection of poems Chamber Music(1907);a playExiles(1918)Dubliners:“a book about human fate as well as a series of sketches of Dublin”“he had to come directly to terms with the life he has rejected,to see it for what it was and for what it meant”lIt is the frustrated quest for beauty is drabness at last.It reflects the situation in Ireland in the particular period.The society is of coldness,gloom and harshness.The word Araby comes from Arabian which reminds the reader of the oriental land-a wonderful and dreaming world.In his story,Araby is the name of a bazaar which symbolizes the dream,the ideal and the embodiment of beauty for the boy.