Demirkazık, Gökcan (2010) Analysis of Stephen Dedalus’s search for an identity in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Other thesis, TED ANKARA COLLEGE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL.
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Abstract
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce, is considered to be one of the principal examples of the genre Künstlerroman (the novel of the artist). This study analyzes the search of the protagonist Stephen Dedalus for an identity, which encompasses a time period from his infancy to his late adolescence. Brought up by a pious Catholic governess, Stephen Dedalus is exposed to the term ‘morality’ at a very young age. Due to Ireland’s turbulent political atmosphere, in which the church plays an important role, young Stephen becomes aware of the conflict between the secular front and the Irish Church. As he gradually gets disinterested in Irish politics as a result of its aggressive complexity and the death of a national hero, he begins to develop a sense of ‘difference’, in relation to his realisation of his odd surname. Later on, the economic decline of the Dedalus family and his father’s reckless attitude prompt him to isolate himself from the family firstly through sex, and then through religious uprightness. However, when he finally realises that his surname alludes to a Greek myth of liberation, he spurns the idea of joining a religious order and officially recognises his inherent qualities that fit in with the definition of an artist.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Other) |
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| Additional Information: | Supervisor: Gamze Unay IB Notu: A |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | trials; tribulations; Stephen Dedalus; James Joyce |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Depositing User: | Kamil Çömlekçi |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2010 09:00 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2019 11:05 |
| URI: | http://tedprints.tedankara.k12.tr/id/eprint/97 |
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