A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | In-Depth Summary & Analysis
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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth analysis of James Joyce's novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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Relying on a stream-of-consciousness narrative rich with sensory detail, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man describes Stephen Dedalus’s journey from conflicted boy to nascent artist. The character is based loosely on the author’s own development as a writer.
Beginning in rural Ireland, it depicts the religious conflicts of the era through the eyes of young Dedalus, who attends a religious school and is subjected to its restrictive mores.
However, his experiences with sex and other secular pursuits eventually persuade him that an ecclesiastical life is not for him. He is far too fascinated by other pleasures and resolves to devote his life to art instead.
Irish author and playwright James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was first published in 1914-15. Based on his own youth and coming of age, Joyce uses his experiences with school, the church, and leaving Ireland for Paris as a young man to bring vibrant authenticity to the novel.
The novel A portrait of the Artist as a Young Man has many important symbols, including colors, as opposing colors, particularly red and green, represent opposites or opposing views; Daedalus, as references to birds, wings, and flying develop the symbolic link between art and flying; and the wading girl, representing a muse, a goddess who inspires artists to create. Important motifs include father figures and quotations.
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I am annoyed at the people who are annoyed by the narattor. Everyone has a unique personality and i would prefer an enthusiastic teacher over a dull one anyday. It actually imprints the words in our brains and leaves a lasting impression on our memory i.e. it helps us remember better.
Plus, he is a gem for giving us quality content with great animation for free, so be thankful guys.
If someone speaks slowly, y'all complain. If they're happy, y'all complain. Lovely summary, thank you. ♥
do u have exam tomorrow cause same
Chill! I'm sure they appreciate some honest feedback
Gotta appreciate Russell’s tone of voice in these videos - he trying to make it less boring
Exactly. Because most of these novels are so damn boring
hope this man has got both a raise and a promotion
Summary starts at 3:40, y'all
Thank you
Such a thorough explanation! He literally put in so much effort 👌
I find the Course Hero summaries immensely helpful because they focus on precisely the most important points of a book. However, it would be nice if they are presented with less varying intonation because it's sort of distracting (and mildly annoying?). Well done in any case.
I agree with you!
@@sarat.8029 Well, well, well...look who I ran into ;)
I love these videos, they are so helpful and enjoyable. Thank you so much.
Very helpful to clear doubts. Perfect explanation in a vivid language.
Thanks sir that is really helpful and your way of presentation is so amazing 💚
I've already read this book, but now that I'm rediscovering it, I'm extremely intimidated. I'm not an expert on poetry and world literature, nor do I know Latin nor any language other than English and Spanish. I'm also preparing to reread Ulysses with a guidebook, but it seems that it would be important to study poetry for a year or two before making the attempt.
I have to be tested on it because it's related to my major, Eng Lit. Don't be afraid, you're doing well.
WELL EXPLAINED 🖤🖤🖤
How far away is the microphone? Why are you yelling?
Excellent content
Thank you
Very helpful thank you ❤
Perfect content but I wish the narration was a little less animated. It's distracting.
Video is helpful but this over ethusiastic tone of the narrator is irritating.
🤣🤣🤣
Yah... little bit
Hi. I have this novel in the exam and I'll be gratful if you can help me understand it
Yeah, seriously 😂
It's not a tone
He just has a strong local I Irish accent 😆
Woah! That narrator is intense. Over the top.
what do Stephen and Dedalus stand for?
Dedalus stands for the Greek inventor who lost his son Icarus when they tried to escape Minos. There is a line in Ulysses where Stephen Bloom compares himself with a lapwing, the theory is that lapwings pretend to fall to distract predators from their nest. Apparently this is a sign of cowardice in English culture, as provided by Romantic poetry.
Dedalus and Bloom are essentially the same character, they both serve as alter ego's for Joyce in his books, and so the comparison to the lapwing shows Joyce's endless struggle to overcome Catholicism and his Ireland, constantly oscillating between identifying himself with the images of an eagle and a lapwing, respectively Daedalus, who was a great inventor but also a great coward who eventually paid with the death of his son. So, in a way, Joyce compares himself to be a *modern* tragic hero. He is modern because he perceives the mythology upon which the modern world is built, he is a hero because he desires to have a purpose, yet he also believes he is a coward because he can't find the means to escape this mythology and create something real, instead replacing it with another myth.(*) He is a product of his time, his education, his culture, and that is his greatest struggle.
(*) For example, Bloom is married and it's quite obvious the marriage only stands because a divorce is considered taboo in Irish society. Marriage defined as a holy vow that cannot be broken without penalty is considered a myth nowadays in western society. At the same time, Bloom tries to fill his meaningless life with another mythology, Homer's Odyssey, the oldest story in Western literature. Starting from there, he deconstructs his life as if it were to encapsulate the entire history of European literature, portraying himself as a product of history.
Great analysis...thank you for this sir❤.....let some dogs bark
very well said! ♥
Am I the only one that doesn’t find his loudness irritating? Why is the video super helpful to me this way? Could I be autistic?
stop screaming at me
Which literary theory could be applicable for this novel...
Yes
Psychoanalysis
Fart bunk
Darude Sandstorm
modernism babes
Ha, I love how all the most recent comments are complaining about how overhyped this guy is
There are parallels with my life. 😊
Video very helpful but you reallyy speak faster
Could the lecturer be any more irritating?? try taking it down about 27 notches.
Yeah, very irritating, shame, like the content...
What exactly is your problem here?
I feel like he's shouting at me - which is sad because the content is good.
ungrateful hag
Exams a week later, so Hi from me
Jesus Christ, I was hoping for a pleasant synopsis and explanation. Why does this man insist on being so loud and grating?
Who is the first modernist author? Would it be Marcel Proust?
i think u could trace it back to Baudelaire
SIR, ARE YOU READING FROM ANY SOURCE? SPEAK IN SLOW SPACE PL, INDIA
So nice video i like video
dude stop yelling
Is ALBERT a "DEAD"ALUS of His Own Kind?
fucking hell this is hard to listen to
y u yelling bro
That is what happens when you are excited. Trolls sitting in their mom's basement won't know that feeling
Do you not get this excited about Joyce?
I booge my pants reading Joyce prose
you speak really fast which make we don't like to listen cuz it is more like hip hop speak clear and calmly not like this ...
.75x
Or .8x on desktop
then make your own analysis you lewser
the explanation is good but the guy's overenthusiasm is a deal braker. he is literally screaming.
This man is too loud and fast, and it makes him unclear, I prefer the other lady
Speak decently
Why shouting?
Be cool and teach
Just relax please you are confusing us be calm
why u always had to scream like that??? It's annoying.
Something wrong with narrator otherwise content is good ,be normal don't try to over do