(精选)英美短篇小 说Unit 3The Sisters课件.pptVIP

Unit 3The Sisters ----James Joyce Outline About the author Warm-up questions Textual analysis Critical response and impact About the author---James Joyce (1882-1941) Brief Introduction Irish writer and poet Born into a declining middle class family Received good education, but the rigidity of the religion and its representative effect turned him away from the church to literature Outspoken on important social issues, insisted on portraying all the aspects of man---the good as well as the evil side Theme never forgot to promote the spiritual freedom of his native country with his writings. Irish nationalism features prominently in his works. The theme of Irish discontentment and struggle for freedom always appears as a clear narrative thread. Important Works Collection of short stories: Dubliners (1914) Novels: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) (autobiographical Bildungsroman) Ulysses (1922) Finnegans Wake (1939) Warm-up Questions Why did Joyce mention the words “gnomon” and “simony” in the first paragraph? What’s the function of several times of silence appearing in the text? How do you understand the relationship between the boy and Father Flynn? Textual Analysis Background information Plot summary Theme analysis Symbols and images Background Information The Sisters is a short story by James Joyce, the first of a series of short stories called Dubliners. It was Joyces first published work of fiction. Joyce later revised the story and had it, along with the rest of the series, published in book form in 1914. These stories in Dubliners form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyces idea of an epiphany: a moment where a charact