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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上学 期 论 文学期论文题目：Epiphany in James Joyces “Araby”课 程： 英美短篇小说赏析学生姓名： 祁守锁学 号： 8院（系）： 外国语学院班 级： 英语112班课程教师姓名：郭建学期时间： 2013-2014-2（外国语学院制表）Epiphany in James Joyces “Araby”OutlinePart I .The background of the storyPart II.The plots of the storyPart III.Analysis of the themes of the storyPart IV.

2、SummaryDubliners published in 1914, it is James Joyce youth to create a collection of short stories, is set in Dublin, vividly depicted in the early 19th century Dublin street life of the people with a variety of mentality, and also reveals in the social life is a kind of insensitive and lifeless. A

3、raby is the third piece in the collection, vividly describes a child to obscure the romance of love and disillusioned pursuit. In the novel the most obvious feature is the spirit of Joyce use a novel insight to show character complex thoughts and feelings.Live in the North Richmond Street, a boy hop

4、ed to win his friends elder sisters heart. One day, the boy with a romantic idea to Manns sister, promised to go to the east bazaar and bring a gift for her. After uncle promised money, the boy for a few days have been thinking about girls and bring gifts for her. But on that day to the bazaar, uncl

5、e come home very late, so when the boy arrived, market is almost closed. Only a few stalls sell things. Boys look at some of the goods, feel that they are very expensive, beyond his ability to purchase. The boy in Araby bazaar were disappointed.Joyce through the description of character moments of f

6、ine feeling right and vividly reveals a teenagers first love feelings. Everything is so simple and real, but makes the young youth conflict , beautiful, rambling, and at the same time the reader into the heros inner world.Traditional psychoanalysis criticism, literary works is the author of the drea

7、m or something similar, is the symbol of the artists unconscious fantasies, can reveal the authors writing attitude and psychological state. Work is the leading role of the writers the externalization of themselves. Therefore, in a sense, we can say Araby is Joyces childhood experiences and emotions

8、, is the first love of Joyce.First love is usually good. This from the title of the article we can see the authors intentions. The word Araby contains quite rich. As early as when Napoleon conquest of Egypt, Araby became synonymous with romance in the Middle East, has the different region amorous fe

9、elings of Arab and the infinite charm of Oriental world. Joyce used it as a subject, and it is not only used as the name of a shopping mall, Dublin is more use of the name of romantic with good imagination space to us, also symbolizes the protagonist exploration and pursuit of the goal. He is to con

10、struct an ideal world.As a bold innovation, effective experimental modern writer. Joyce in Dubliners the stream of consciousness techniques has yet to use to describe characters.But he used a kind of novel and unique creative skills of the spirit of enlightenment to show people the wrong heald compl

11、ex thoughts and feelings. Spiritual enlightenment, is a kind of sense of literature and the technique of sudden apparition, or the perception of the mind. Epiphany moments is man suddenly wake up at a time, to see their situation, realize the true meaning of life. Joyce is interpreted it as a kind o

12、f suddenly got the message just a fragment, but all contain the meaning of life.In the article the author finally has the description: Although knows the female traders is the only commercial instinct to care me. I still wandering at the counter of her before. Then I slowly turned around and walked

13、into the middle of the hall. Let the hand of two penny coins land on a sixpence coins pocket, when I heard the voice of the lights out a passageway. The whole hall became dark.it is a stark contrast to the front of the boys mood.Joyce once again through the objective description of the protagonist m

14、ovement and sensory, let the reader feel the boys psychology is very frustrated, the performance of all of these are because of the hero in the moment to see their plight. Before this, lack of awareness of his surroundings, wanted to seek romantic thought.At the moment, the hero fantasies of Araby t

15、horoughly burst. The boy pursuits of romantic love, actually to he experienced a self-knowledge of spiritual journey. Joyce used the technique of spiritual enlightenment not only vividly shows the subtle psychological change characters, and it also shows that such a harsh fact, namely in dead Dublin

16、 society, even the innocent children cannot get rid of the shadow of paralysis. In this novel, the hero is not a surprise to comprehend the spirit of enlightenment, but the character itself through gradually.Joyce did the hero of spiritual enlightenment orchestrated a period at the end of the novel,

17、 is the climax of the novel. In the hero when I feel the truth of life, the work here to a screeching halt, not only just right, the spirit of the protagonists Epiphany left a deep impression on the readers. Also left a vast space for imagination to the reader.The hero found how to continue his life

18、 after the thing, he will become like the people around him, or continue to look for the ideal of his heart. All this to the reader to think, make the person aftertaste.Epiphany often needs objective corresponding motivation and cooperation, by a certain situation or certain events to arouse peoples

19、 feelings. Our objectives correlative than what is stated here, imagination of Araby is my ideal situation, and realistic than stimulate the heros heart. Made him not only to the Araby and it is for the whole of the world in which he lived with a fresh understanding. In Araby the boy was feels about

20、 their environment very numb, because he passed than events, the objective of stimulating pulled him out of their building suddenly pulled out in an ideal situation. In the dreamful place he heard the vulgar dialogue, make him feels there is no romance in his heart, here and the place where he lived

21、 as callousness, lifeless.James Joyces work is to explore the inner world of human beings. In the short story Araby, for those who help lend unique spirit enlightenment writing technique, through the hero to obscure the romance of love pursuit and disillusionment of tracing the process of writing, t

22、o the whole deep understanding of the society and the people for the whole period. In Araby, Joyces well written style is exemplified, as well as his deep thoughts. From the perspective of literary devices, Joyce employ “impressionism” and “epiphany” which are special artistic devices he hao applied

23、 in this story. The author discusses the plot, setting in Araby, and analyze the characters in it. Through a thorough study of Araby, the thesis is in order to push forward the understanding of Joyces purpose in writing the story. The discussion of impressionism and epiphany in this thesis is an attempt to focus the discussion on the story alone, combing the inner unity and integrity of this device, providing better understanding of the functions and management of such new innovation, thus a better understanding of the work itself.专心-专注-专业