Ayas, Reyhan (2010) To what extent does the aesthetic theory of Stephen Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce follow that of Saint Thomas Aquinas? Other thesis, TED ANKARA COLLEGE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL.
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Abstract
In A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce, Stephen Dedalus asserts his own aesthetic theory and defines it as “applied Aquinas”, but there are contradicting views on how he is affected by Saint Thomas. This essay investigates the similarities and discrepancies between the aesthetic theories of James Joyce and Saint Thomas, and thus attempts to answer the following research question: To what extent does the aesthetic theory of Stephen Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce follow that of Saint Thomas Aquinas? In this investigation, a point‐by‐point comparison of the theories will be made, under three principles Stephen asserts by two quotations by Aquinas. Throughout the investigation, it will be revealed that, Joyce asserts three propositions on aesthete: firstly, he states that arts is a stasis brought by the rhythm of beauty; secondly, he claims that the beautiful is more akin to truth than it is to the good; thirdly, he defines the three qualities of beauty as integritas, consonantia and claritas. After investigating each proposition profoundly and taking the context that the propositions are made by Joyce and Aquinas into consideration, it will be argued that understanding of artistic stasis of Joyce is different from that of Aquinas and he sanction Aquinas for the definitions of the good, the beautiful and the true, in order to free himself from the acquisitions of being a dilettante. Besides, it will be notices that he interprets Aquinas in accordance his own thoughts. In the conclusion, it will be proved that Joyce creates a “Godless Thomism of his own” by separating Aquinas’s ideas from the context in which they are written and by attributing the artist the notions of the God as stated in Aquinas’s theory.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Other) |
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| Additional Information: | Supervisor: Gamze Unay IB Notu: A |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | aesthetic theory; Stephen Dedalus; James Joyce; Saint Thomas Aquinas |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Depositing User: | Kamil Çömlekçi |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2010 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2019 11:03 |
| URI: | http://tedprints.tedankara.k12.tr/id/eprint/103 |
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