Ideas and Topics for Papers
VII TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. In what ways does the lieutenant believe the Church has failed the people? What evidence does the novel produce to […]
Month: January 2009
Related Titles and Adaptations
The Power and the Glory was adapted for the screen by Dudley Nichols and directed and produced by John Ford as The Fugitive in 1947. […]
About the Author
James Joyce was one of the most celebrated and influential English-language writers of the 20th century, and his later works of fiction, including Ulysses (1922) […]
Setting and Overview
The publication of Portrait in book form in 1916 coincided with one of the most important events in modern Irish history: the Easter Rising (also […]
Themes and Characters
Of all the characters in the novel, Stephen Dedalus is the only one whose portrait is fully realized. His most intimate thoughts, memories and sensations […]
Literary Qualities
The term “epiphany” looms large in Joyce’s earlier work, providing a helpful point of entry into both Dubliners and Portrait. The term’s roots are Greek; […]
Social Sensitivity
As a novel about a young man’s development as he tries to realize an ideal vision of himself as an artist who stands aloof from […]
Ideas and Topics for Papers
VII TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. How likable is Stephen Dedalus? What are the positive and negative aspects of his character? 2. How does Stephen develop […]
Related Titles and Adaptations
A fairly well-received film version of Portrait was made in 1979 by Joseph Strick with Bosco Hogan playing the role of Stephen. The novel’s “sequel,” […]
About the Author
Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of indigent actors. At age three, when his parents died, Poe was […]