James Joyce.ppt

1、James Joyce(1882-1941)Introduction of James JoycelifeworkskillSocial status One of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde(先锋先锋)of the early 20th century.The most prominent（著名的）stream-of-consciousness novelistBorn in an Born in an IrishIrish Catholic Catholic family in Dublin.famil

2、y in Dublin.1893-1897 at Belvedere 1893-1897 at Belvedere College in Dublin.College in Dublin.After college,went to After college,went to Europe and stayed there Europe and stayed there for the rest of his life for the rest of his life(1902-1941)(1902-1941)His longest His longest sojourn(sojourn(旅居旅

3、居)occurred during 1903-occurred during 1903-1904 when he went back 1904 when he went back to see his dying mother to see his dying mother and met his future wifeand met his future wifeNora BarnacleJames Joyce 19047 1904,left Dublin with Nora Barnacle,a chambermaid who he married in 1931 Suffered fro

4、m an eye disease and lived all his life on the verge of poverty.Joyce died in Zurich（苏黎世）on January 13,1941.Joyce loves the common people.He finds Joyce loves the common people.He finds great value in great value in love and compassionlove and compassion.He loves.He loves life itself and believes th

5、at love makes life life itself and believes that love makes life worth living and makes human worth living and makes human invincible(invincible(无无敌的敌的).).Never lost sight of his Never lost sight of his prioritypriority（重点）（重点）the ambition to write the greatest literature the ambition to write the g

6、reatest literature of his timeof his timeJames Joyces works Chamber Music室内乐(poems,1907)Dubliners都柏林人都柏林人(short-story collection,1914)A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man一个年轻艺术家的画像(novel,1916)Exiles流亡者(play,1918)Ulysses尤里西斯尤里西斯(novel,1922)Pomes Penyeach penyeach 诗集(poems,1927)Collected Poems诗集(po

7、ems,1936)Finnegans Wake芬尼根的苏醒(Joyces last novel,1939)The Cat and the Devil猫和魔鬼(a childrens book,1936)Dubliners “The Sisters”“An Encounter”“Araby”“Eveline”“After the Race”“Two Gallants”“The Boarding House”“A Little Cloud”“Counterparts”“Clay”“A Painful Case”“Ivy Day in the Committee Room”“A Mother”“Gr

8、ace”“The Dead Ulysses Joyce on Dubliners“a book about human fate as well as a series of sketches of Dublin”“My intention was to write a chapter of the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because that city seemed to me the center of paralysis.”Writing style(1)Joyces technical

9、 Joyces technical innovationsinnovations（创新（创新)in the art of the novel include an in the art of the novel include an extensive use of extensive use of interior monologue(interior monologue(内内心独白心独白););and created a unique and created a unique language of invented words,language of invented words,pun

10、s(puns(双双关语）关语）,and,and allusionsallusions（典故）（典故）.Writing style(2)J o y c e i s n o t e d f o r h i s J o y c e i s n o t e d f o r h i s f r a n k f r a n k representationrepresentation(陈述陈述)of reality.of reality.H e H e e m b r a c e s r e a l i s me m b r a c e s r e a l i s m a g a i n s t a g

11、a i n s t romanticism.romanticism.He is outspoken on important social He is outspoken on important social issues,and insists on portraying all the issues,and insists on portraying all the aspects of manaspects of manthethe good as well as the good as well as the evil sideevil side.For him For him ch

12、aracterizationcharacterization（性格描述）（性格描述）matters more than does plot.matters more than does plot.Writing style(3)In his writings,Joyce likes to use references to ancient stories and adopts a completely new style of writing which allows the reader to move inside the minds of the characters,and prese

13、nts their thoughts and feelings in a continuous dream.This style is known as“stream of consciousness”,and it has had a powerful influence on the work of many other modernist writers.Stream of consciousnessStream of consciousness In literature,technique that records the multifarious（多方面的）（多方面的）thoughts and feelings of a character without regard to logical argument or narrative sequence（顺序，先后）（顺序，先后）.Stream-of-consciousness writing is strongly associated with the modernist movement.