USEFUL LINKS:
Ulysses - Nausicca
Something about James Joyce - HERE and HERE
STUDY QUESTIONS - NAUSICAA
1. Define the relationship between Joyce's ULYSSES and Homer's ODYSSEY.
2. Find parallels between Homer' s and Joyce' s Nausicaa.3. Define the narrative technique used in this part.
4. How is Gerty described (positively / negatively)? What do we know about her?
5. Compare Gerty' s and Leopold' s perspective. What kind of information is excluded from Gerty' s part and why? What insights does Leopold' s narrative introduce into our perception of the story?
6. Find examples of juxtaposition and parallax in the text.
STUDY QUESTIONS: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel.
2. Briefly characterize the main characters.
3. What is the setting? What role does it play in the novel and in the character’s development?
4. When dividing the character’s life into several periods – childhood, teen age, adulthood (university) – how did his life change? Comment on the influence of family and religion on him during these periods.
5. How does the language change throughout the novel?
6. What is the genre of the novel?
7. Interpret the symbolical meaning of the protagonist’ name? To what does it allude?
8. What is the climax of the story? (non serviam)
9. Define Stephen’s concept of an artist.
