James Joyce: A Life Dedicated to Literature and Dublin, Guide, Progetti e Ricerche di Inglese

Scarica James Joyce: A Life Dedicated to Literature and Dublin e più Guide, Progetti e Ricerche in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! JAMES JOYCE Joyce was born in 41 Brighton Square, Rathgar, Dublin. Joyce came from a big family. He was the eldest of ten children born to John Stanislaus Joyce and his wife Marry Murray Joyce. His father, while a talented singer (he reportedly had one of the finest tenor voices in all of Ireland), didn't provide a stable a household. He liked to drink and his lack of attention to the family finances meant the Joyces never had much money. From an early age, James Joyce showed not only exceeding intelligence but also a gift for writing and a passion for literature. He taught himself Norwegian so he could read Henrik Ibsen's plays in the language they'd been written, and spent his free time devouring Dante, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas. Because of his intelligence Joyce's family pushed him to get an education. Largely educated by Jesuits, Joyce attended the Irish schools of Clongowes Wood College and later Belvedere College before finally landing at University College Dublin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus on modern languages. He only came back to irland to assist his dying mother. He than moved to zurich and to Trieste. In Italy he met Italo Svevo and they became friends, in the midwhile Joyce has been dedicating himself to write a famous novel that we know as “Dubliners”. As the First World War joyce decided to move to Zurich again. Sadly, Joyce never saw the conclusion of World War II. Following an intestinal operation, the writer died at the age of 59 on January 13, 1941 at the Schwesternhause von Roten Kreuz Hospital. His wife and son were at his bedside when he passed. DUBLINERS” Joyce loved and hated his country at the same time, he seems to reject everything that was Irish, but at the same time all his works are mainly about Ireland and Dublin in particular. In “Dubliners”, Joyce gives a realistic picture of every day life in Dublin, but at the same time he writes about the moral history of his country. The city seems paralyzed by the atmosphere of hypocrisy and spiritual inactivity. It’s the paralysis of will, courage: men and women seem to accept the limitation of the social, political context and have no reactions of any kind. The stories are symbolically linked one