Literary Analysis Eveline
Literary Analysis
ENG 101
Professor Blinder
Jonathan Relvas
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, just south of Dublin in a wealthy suburb called Rathgar. The Joyce family was initially well off as Dublin merchants with bloodlines that connected them to old Irish nobility in the country. James’ father, John Joyce, was a fierce Irish Catholic patriot and his political and religious influences are most evident in Joyce’s two key works A Portrait as a Young Man and Ulysses.
Dublin figured predominately in Joyce’s writings. Through this subject, Joyce felt as though he could to the heart of a universal urban experience. Noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegan’s Wake (1939). Joyce’s technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions.
In 1905, Joyce completed a collection of eight stories, entitled Dubliners, though it was not until 1913 that the volume was actually printed. The delay was due to concern about the frank sexual content and some of the charged political and social issues addressed in the collection. During these frustrating and impoverished years, Joyce heavily relied upon the emotional support of Nora Barnacle, his unmarried Irish lover, as well as the financial support of his younger brother, Stanislaus Joyce. Both Nora and Stanislaus remained as protective, supporting figures for the duration of the writer’s life.
Some similarities can be seen between James Joyce and his short story Eveline; some events that occurred were obvious influences in its creation, however, in Eveline’s reaction and decisions made as a result of these actions were different entirely. This was mainly due to the fact that Eveline was influenced by many different aspects of her life such as her
ENG 101
Professor Blinder
Jonathan Relvas
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, just south of Dublin in a wealthy suburb called Rathgar. The Joyce family was initially well off as Dublin merchants with bloodlines that connected them to old Irish nobility in the country. James’ father, John Joyce, was a fierce Irish Catholic patriot and his political and religious influences are most evident in Joyce’s two key works A Portrait as a Young Man and Ulysses.
Dublin figured predominately in Joyce’s writings. Through this subject, Joyce felt as though he could to the heart of a universal urban experience. Noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegan’s Wake (1939). Joyce’s technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions.
In 1905, Joyce completed a collection of eight stories, entitled Dubliners, though it was not until 1913 that the volume was actually printed. The delay was due to concern about the frank sexual content and some of the charged political and social issues addressed in the collection. During these frustrating and impoverished years, Joyce heavily relied upon the emotional support of Nora Barnacle, his unmarried Irish lover, as well as the financial support of his younger brother, Stanislaus Joyce. Both Nora and Stanislaus remained as protective, supporting figures for the duration of the writer’s life.
Some similarities can be seen between James Joyce and his short story Eveline; some events that occurred were obvious influences in its creation, however, in Eveline’s reaction and decisions made as a result of these actions were different entirely. This was mainly due to the fact that Eveline was influenced by many different aspects of her life such as her