James Joyce (1882-1941)
Things to Consider:
- Currency (see A35):
- guinea = 21 shillings
- pound (quid) = 20 shillings
- crown = 5 shillings
- florin = 2 shillings
- shilling (bob) = 12 pence
- tanner = 6 pence
- copper = 1 pence
- Alcohol Consumption
- Interpersonal Relationships
Discussion Questions:
- What is a Künstlerroman?
- What
is a Bildungsroman?
1283:
- Why, according to the editors, did
Joyce believe that a career as a writer implied a career as
an exile?
1284:
- According
to Joyce, what is an epiphany?
from Dubliners (1914) 
(watch the 1st 12:30)
"Araby"
1285:
- Describe the setting and its significance to the story.
1286:
- Explain: "Her name sprang to my lips at moments in
strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand"
(1286).
1288:
- Why is the speaker's uncle
late? What has he been doing?
- What "signs" does the speaker "interpret"?
1289:
- Why doesn't the speaker buy anything?
- Explain the final sentence.
Final, Other Discussion
Question:
- To what degree does Joyce suggest that the Narrator's
experiences are universal and to what degree does he suggest
that they are particular to his particular social, religious,
or national context? Explain.