JAMES JOYCE

BATA, Kristine Joy BAYANI, Diana Beatriz CHUA, Adelle DALAGAN, Judith DONES, Antonio Miguel LICUP, Kimberley SIOSON, Minette TUBALLA, Terese UY, Marie Anne

Overview
Biography of James Joyce His Works Historical context Way of Writing Short Stories in Dubliners The Sisters Araby Eveline Ivy Day in the Committee Room The Dead His Impact on British Literature

Feb 2, 1882 Brighton Square, Dublin Eldest of ten Clongowes Wood College Belvedere College University College Henrik Ibsen

Paris

in 1902 Medicine Nora Barnacle Son: Giorgio Daughter: Lucia

 1907

Chamber of Music 1914 Dubliners 1916 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 1918 Exiles 1922 The Ulysees 1939 Finnegans Wake

WWII Zurich

Duodenal

Cancer Jan 13, 1931 Fluntern Cemetery

 Written

1904-

1907 Published in 1914 Sudden consciousness of the soul Childhood, Adolescence, Maturity Paralysis due to outside effects

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 centre of paralysis. -James Joyce (Letter to a Prospective Editor, 1940)

Autobiographical Novel Stephen Dedalus Childhood, Adolescence Growth to Artistic Consciousness

1928-1937 Novel written in dream form Everyman HumpreyChimpdenE arwicker Anna Livia Plurabelle Shem and Shaun Isabel

Irish Nationalism and Independence Movements Nationalists vs. Unionists Social and cultural Repression from the Church Origins of the Paralysis Theme Charles Stewart Parnell: Promise of Irish Independence

 Focused

on the Irish Symbolism Classic Literary and Religious use of Allusions Struggle with Oppressive Morality Routines Restless Desires Inability to escape Environment Epiphany

My goal was to write a chapter on the Moral History of my country

-James Joyce on Dubliners

DUBLINERS

THE SISTERS

The Sisters: Literal Meaning

Experience of losing someone through the eyes of a child

The Sisters: Figurative Meaning

The unnamed boy Young, probably 7 to 10 years old (page 2, 10) Thinks of himself as more mature than he really is (page 3) Taught things that are too complex for his mind Unable to grasp or understand things fully Unable to grasp or understand Father Flynns strange actions
But still grows closer to him despite these actions

The Sisters: Figurative Meaning

In his dream, the boys reference of Father Flynn as it instead of he (page 3) Maleficent and sinful being: Could this be Father Flynn? (page 1)

The Sisters: Figurative Meaning

Father Flynn had very strange habits that made him feel uneasy before I knew him too well (page 5) The close relationship between Father Flynn and the unnamed boy (perhaps too close)

The Sisters: Figurative Meaning

Father Flynn Disappointed Man (page 9) What in his life, priesthood, made him so disappointed? Strange actions around the boy Trembling Hands, Strange Smiles (page 4 and 5 respectively) Owned discolored garments (page 4) Being unclean, and failing to clean himself over and over again

The Sisters: Figurative Meaning

Teaching things that are too complex for the boy to understand (page 1) Shows the priests sadistic nature, probably due to repression Breakage of Chalice: Started the Priests downfall (page 10) Literally: Chalice being shattered Figuratively: Father Flynn taking the boys virginity (chalice as a sign of purity, being broken)

The Sisters: Figurative Meaning

Something has gone wrong with him (too much to bear for him) As a priest, having sexual relations with a boy (with taking his virginity as the climax of this relationship) Repressing the feelings for the boy every time he was with him Father Flynn was not what society expected him to be, hence his being disappointed at his life

The Sisters: Point of View

In the eyes of the unnamed boy Innocence, being nave Not being able to distinguish between right and wrong Having sexual relations with a priest Can also be James Joyce himself As most of his works are indirectly autobiographical James Joyce was educated by priests

The Sisters: Title Analysis

Peculiar, the story discusses the perceived brotherhood between Father Flynn and the unnamed boy Freud: women, actions guided by emotions Father Flynn, and the boy; their actions being guided by their emotions Based on Freuds principles, the title could mean the sisterly relationship between Father Flynn and the boy

The Sisters: Final Words

Symbolisms Father Flynn = some members of the Catholic Church Not as good as what people think them to be Hinder the growth of the young, and the new society The unnamed boy = the young and the new society Being formed in the image of the old society Unnamed, as the young and the new are yet to form their own identity

ARABY

Araby: Plot

Araby: Literal Meaning

Sexual Awareness Feelings for the Opposite Sex Epiphany: Romantic Love?
I pressed the palms of my hand together until they trembled, murmuring: Oh love, oh love many times

Araby: Literal Meaning

Loss of Innocence
Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger

Araby: Deeper Meaning

Death of a Priest Araby Bazaar - Orientalism Freemason Affair Child Protagonist

EVELINE

Eveline
- Inspired by his sister Margaret Alice who was also called Poppie. - Bears similarity with Margaret who took care of her siblings after their mothers death.

Summary
Eveline is a dutiful daughter who wants to leave her dreary life by running away with her boyfriend, but at the end she decided to stay.

Characters
Eveline The Father Frank Ms. Gavan, Evelines employer Other absent characters- Harry, the 2 children, the childhood playmates, and the old neighbors.

Plot and Conflict

Pyramidal plot and flashbacks Conflict/s
Fulfilling ones duty to family vs. pursuing personal happiness Woman vs. a male-dominated society Poor vs. the affluent

Point of Views and Images

Third-person, omniscient narrator First paragraph, stillness and movement at the same time Two main parts Eveline's reflections, epiphany (What she must do) on p.33 Narrative shows paralysis (What she actually does, or doesn't, do) Images Evening invading the avenue Dust Photograph of a nameless priest The boat making a long and mournful whistle Evelines face as she says goodbye to Frank

Themes
Religion in everyday life Anxiety brought by change; paralysis is the other option Irish condition Universal experience Beginnings of feminism Male dominance father as the villain, Frank as savior Subjugated woman mother versus Eveline, progress from one generation to another Eveline chickens out. A disappointment?

IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM

Ivy Day in the Committee Room

Commemorates the death anniversary of Charles Parnell

Ivy Day in the Committee Room

Born: June 27, 1846 in County Wicklow Parents: John Henry Parnell and Delia Tudor Stewart 1875 to 1891 Member of the British Parliament Irish Nationalist Founder of the Irish Parliamentary Party

Ivy Day in the Committee Room

Uncrowned King of Ireland Legacy: Irish Home Rule Had an affair with Katherine Oshea Died: October 6, 1891

Ivy Day in the Committee Room: Setting

October 6 in the early 20th century Campaign Period Committee Room in Wicklow Street Weather Condition: Dark, Dismal and Cold Mood: Gloomy

Ivy Day in the Committee Room: Plot

Story of public life in Dublin Based on writings of Stanislaus Joyce Beginning: Formal dramatic comedy Ending: Moment of stasis Epiphany

Ivy Day in the Committee Room: Characters

Richard J. Tierney: Nationalist candidate Mr. Colgan: Working-man candidate

King Edward VII: British monarch Charles Parnell: Nationalist

Ivy Day in the Committee Room: Characters

Canvassing for money
Old Jack Mr. Mat OConnor

Hangers-on
Mr. Lyons Mr. Crofton

Ivy Day in the Committee Room: Characters

Mr. Joe Hynes
Supporter of Colgan Supporter of Parnell

Mr. John Henchy

Sour, cynical, opportunist Inconsistencies

Ivy Day in the Committee Room: Characters

Fr. Keon
Irish priest taking part in Irish politics Badly damaged church with a badly damaged Ireland

Ivy Day in the Committee Room: Themes

Hypocrisy
We all respect him now that hes dead and gone. Drinking

Betrayal
Tierney v. Colgan Edward VII v. Parnell Capitalism v. Independence

THE DEAD

The Dead
Written in 1907 while he was in Rome Final short story and the longest story in the 1914 collection of Dubliners Considered to be Joyces masterpiece among his short stories

The Dead : Characters

Gabriel Conroy Kate Morkan and Julia Morkan. Mary Jane Morkan Gretta Conroy Molly Ivors Mr. Browne Freddy Malins Bartell D'Arcy Michael Furey

The Dead : Literal Meaning

An annual party given out on the first week of January (Feast of Epiphany) by the sisters Morkans and their niece Dancing, drinking, mingling and merriment

People going home contented

Patriarchy
Phallocentric Gabriel was full of himself, regards himself to be smarter, more knowledgeable

Patriarchy
Episodes: Aunt Kate and Aunt Julia who are anxious of his arrival
Its such a relief that Gabriel is here.

He was an academic, works at a university He has made many travels to the continent He carves the goose and gives the speech

Patriarchy
Irony Episodes:
With Lily
men are all palaver and what they can get out of you.

With the teasing of his aunts, and Gretta

for Gabriels solicitude was a standing joke with them.

Patriarchy
With Miss Ivors
West Briton Aran Isles

With the memory with Michael Furey

Travel : East vs. West

East = Continent Joyce: Travel is adventure in the lands to the East East is the pursuit of power East is the direction of Europe : England, France, Belgium, Germany Travel to east to keep in touch with language and for change

Travel : East vs. West

West Aran Isles
heartland in which the essence of Irishness had been preserved Saving remnant

Regression Memory

The Dead : Tradition

State of Ireland during that time Preserving Irish Tradition in the midst of colonialism Never once had it fallen flat But the only thing they [Aunt

Julia and Kate] could not stand was back answers.

The fact that Freddy Mallins is still invited

The Dead : Tradition

Freddys opinion about Negro Chieftains Is it because hes only a black? Praise for the Grand Old Operas, Dinorrah and Lucrezia Borgia Why did they never play the grand old operas now?...Because they could not get the voices to sing them, thats why.

The Dead : Tradition

Gabriels Speech
Situational Irony A discrepancy between expected result and actual result

Irish qualities of Humanity, Hospitality and Kindly Humor he was not receiving
Lily the Caretaker
Man of Palaver Palaver = Talk intended to charm or beguile

The Dead : Tradition

Mrs. Ivors
West Briton!

Gretta
During speech: still cherish in our hearts the memory of those dead and gone great ones whose fame the world willingly not die Conflict with his wife

The Dead : Tradition

Times he is at Unison with the party:
Presiding over the toasts Keeping Freddy Mallins in Line Cutting the goose Reciting the Speech
ALL TRADITIONAL

Deconstruction of Irelands values, principles and rituals are slowly taking place

Who is The Dead?

Historical + Cultural Context impact
Preservation of Irish Culture&Ritualism

GRAND THEME/METAPHOR: Paralysis Joyces perception of Ireland Paralysis, defined

GRAND THEME/METAPHOR: PARALYSIS

Paralysis= the inability to act or function in a person, organization or place Paralysis of Gabriel = Paralysis of Ireland Political, Economical and Reigius Upheavals in Ireland lacked a sense of camaraderie lacked a strong influential leader to bind themparalyzed by their own contradictory beliefs

Gabriels Paralysis
Gabriels Social Ineptitude
Lily and Mrs. Ivors Uneasy about showing off the education he attained

Traditional events are done with ease New social efforts are futile Gretta
Crying about Michael Furey (dead) Implication: He had a lasting impression on her

Gabriels Paralysis
Gretta
Michael Transcended time Gabriel could not compare
Could not take command of his own life Escapist nature Minimal impact&Influence

Gabriel = The Literal The Dead

Irelands Paralysis
Irelands Aversion to Nationalism Unionists = Manifests Gabriels escapist nature Paralysis = Holding on to tradition and ritualism Irelands excessively strong grasp on Tradition and Ritualism makes it Economically and Politically stagnant