英国文学JamesJoyce课件.ppt

James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 1882-1941 Contents 1. A Brief Introduction to James Joyce 2.Life of James Joyce 3.Major works of James Joyce 4.Style of Joyces Literaturature 5.Themes of Joyce’s Literature 6.Achievements A Brief Introduction to James Joyce James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish novelist, noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Joyces 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, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions. A Brief Introduction to James Joyce One of the greatest literary Pioneers of the 20th century A leading modernist Paradoxically （自相矛盾的） Dublin---the city which provides the settings in his fiction Tempestuous early relationship with the Irish Roman Catholic Church Stream of consciousness and Interior monologue Life of James joyce Early life and Education Born 1882 Irish Catholic Upper Middle class, then Lower Dad failed distiller Mom strict religious; 15 pregnancies Lots of siblings (兄弟姐妹） Educated sporadically-Jesuits Clongowes and Belvedere as adolescent University College as graduate Evidence shows he was interested in becoming a priest Life of James joyce Later Life Begins to question the church and the Nationalist movement Rebellious shift in his early teens Needs to LEAVE to be a writer Paris, France (study medicine) Trieste, Italy Zurich, Switzerland Only returns to Dublin once for mother’s funeral All works set in Ireland Infrequent work Teacher, journalist financed by mom, brother, philanthropists Critical failure and success; Life of James joyce Personal Life Married Nora Barnacle Uneducated Maid, non-literate 20 years old—left Ireland together 1904 married much later after children 1931 Children Giorgio and Lucia (who had a nervous break