Dubliners review

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is considered one of the most influential and important writers of the twentieth century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a historical work in which episodes of Homer's epic are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, the most famous stream of consciousness. Other famous works include the short story collection Dublin Residents (1914), the novels Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Vegans Week (1939). His other publications include three books of poetry, plays, published letters and occasional journalism. Joyce was born in Dublin to a middle-class family. A brilliant student, he attended briefly the O'Connell School run by the Christian Brothers before excelling at the Jesuit Klonjois and Belvedere Schools, despite the chaotic family life imposed by his father's unexpected financial resources. He went to attend University College Dublin.

Dubliners review by James Joyce

Dublin is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the twentieth century, as stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its height, and the search for and purpose of national identity was raging; At the crossroads of history and culture, Ireland has been shaken up by various converging ideas and influences. They focus on Joyce's idea of ​​an epiphany: a moment when a character experiences a life-altering understanding or illumination, and a paralyzing idea as Joyce's sense of Irish nationalism stagnates cultural progress, putting Dublin at the center of this regressive movement. Several Dublin characters later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses. The initial stories in the set are told by the children's protagonists, and as the stories continue, they gradually engage with the lives and interests of the elderly. This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the group into childhood, adolescence and adulthood.