James Joyce Araby 主题情节人物及背景分析.pptx

Araby;experimental; Joyces writing reflects this in the use of dashes instead of quotation marks to indicate that a character is speaking. Joyce had a very difficult time getting Dubliners published. It took him over ten years to find a publisher who was willing to risk publishing the stories because of their unconventional style and themes. Once he found a publisher, he fought very hard with the editors to keep the stories the way he had written them. Years later, these stories are heralded not only for their portrayal of life in Dublin at the turn of the century, but also as the beginning of the career of one of the most brilliant English-language writers of the twentieth century.;of the lights, he thinks that he is a creature driven and derided by vanity and his eyes burned with anguish and anger.;While on the one hand the narrator describes her romantically, he also describes her in reverential terms which call to mind the Virgin Mary. This dual image description of Mangans sister represents the religious and romantic confusion of the narrator. Mangan: Mangan is the same age and in the same class at the Christian Brothers school as the narrator, and so he and the narrator often play together after school. His older sister is the object of the narrators confused feelings. Narrators Aunt: The narrators aunt, who is a mother figure in the story, takes the narrator with her to do the marketing. When it seems as though the uncle has forgotten his promise to the narrator that he could go to the bazaar, she warns the boy that he may have to put off the bazaar for this night of Our Lord. While this statement makes her seem strict in a religious sense, she also exhibits empathy for the boys plight. She pleads his case when the uncle forgets about the boys plans to go to Araby. Narrators Uncle: The narrators uncle seems self-centered and very unreliable. When the narrator reminds him that he wants to go to the bazaar, he replies, Yes, boy, I know. But on