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A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
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Portrait of the Artist and Pink Floyd
Hi there, thought I'd post a reasonably fun question about A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. When I first read this book I couldn't help but be struck by certain aspects that resemble certain Pink Floyd songs (or rather, vice versa). For example, the lyrics to Comfortably Numb: 'A distant ships smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I cant hear what youre sayin. When I was a child I had a fever. My hands felt just like two balloons' This verse seems to me to resemble the passage in Portrait: 'The fire rose and fell on the wall. It was like waves...They were talking. It was the noise of the waves. Or the waves talking among themselves as they rose and fell...A tiny light twinkled at the pierhead where the ship was entering: and he saw a multitude of people gathered by the waters' edge to see the ship that was entering their harbour.' Similarily, the childlike opening of the novel resembles some of the earlier songs of Pinkfloyd ('I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like...', etc). And of course the concern with religious/private education is a reaccurring theme in both Portrait and the songs of Pink Floyd (think 'I don't need no education' etc). So, I was wondering, how many links between James Joyce and Pink Floyd can you find? Be creative, be original, and have some fun!
Posted By Jojapo at Sat 29 Aug 2009, 3:52 PM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 8 Replies
Are you the living James Joyce?
What are the events that you would like to add to the novel's plot(A portrait of the artist as a young man)? Are you satisfied with the ending? Why?
Posted By move5000 at Thu 18 Dec 2008, 2:10 PM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 1 Reply
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
What are some ways in which the same impulses which draw Stephen toward religion also help him decide to become a writer?
Posted By elitespart at Wed 30 Apr 2008, 2:23 AM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 2 Replies
Looking for Critical Essay
We were reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in one of my classes, and because I already read the book, I just used my own copy of it, which was a different edition than the teacher assigned, and apparently in the back of the edition the teacher has are several critical essays on the work and the teacher assigned groups dedicated to each of the essays that we are supposed to read. So I have been trying to find the critical essay online with no luck. Does anyone know where I might be able to find or obtain a copy of the essay: R. Brandon Kershner, “The Culture of Dedalus: Urban Circulation, Degeneration, and the Panopticon”
Posted By Dark Muse at Wed 16 Apr 2008, 12:50 AM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 1 Reply
Meaning of Maroon and Green
Well I am reading this book for the second time for the sake of a class I am currently taking, and there is one thing which had confused me in my first reading, and still remain a bit uncertain about. And that was the significance of the brushes which Dante had, in which it talks about how she had one brush of maroon for Michael Davitt, and one of green for Parnell. Though I did some research on the two men and so I have the background information on who they were, but I do not see the significance of these two colors in relation to them. As the idea of connecting maroon and green to Parnell and Davitt, had appeared more than once within the story.
Posted By Dark Muse at Thu 10 Apr 2008, 5:27 PM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 2 Replies
Chapter 3 - chapter 4 = GARBAGE
Starting midway through chapter 3, and ending midway through chapter 4, is 30-40 pages of some of the worst reading I've ever trudged through. It starts with Father Arnall talking about the upcoming holiday of Francis Xavier. Then there are like 30 something pages talking about how holy priests are and how terrible hell is and how damned Stephen feels his spirit is and how he repents and becomes holier than thou with a spotless soul and all that crud. OK JOYCE, WE GET IT. He could have condensed that entire section into 10 or less pages. The ONLY interesting part throughout that section is the repetance itself. It only ends when Stephen get's offered the opportunity of priesthood and he snaps out of his little religious trance. Like I said, we get it Joyce. We get that the extreme of sin you got to was damaging, and that the extreme of religious morality was unbearable as well. Now cut off 20-30 pages and be done with it. I almost gave up on the book as a whole, honestly, because of how bad that section was. I'm glad I havn't though, since it's picking up now and I'm really enjoying it again. Summary: If faced with the options of reading that part of Portrait again or jabbing myself in the eyes with a fork, I think I'd take the fork.
Posted By APEist at Sun 24 Feb 2008, 4:38 PM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 5 Replies
The Journal Entries
I was a bit thrown off by the ending of the story in which it seemed rather out of nowhere these journal entires were just thrown in as the last few pages of the book.
Posted By Dark Muse at Sun 24 Feb 2008, 12:37 AM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 1 Reply
Use of repetition
I have just recently finished reading this book, and I noticed that it seemed throughout the book there were several phrases or sentences that would be repeated more than once. For example, a sentence which was used at the beginning of one paragraph will then be restated in another paragraph, and some phrases were restated two or three times though there seemed to be no real rhyme or reason to how or when it was used. In some chapters it seemed to be used more often than others, and at times it would not be done again for several pages and than he would start to do it again nor am I certain of the significance of the phrases which were chosen for the repetition. If anyone can offer any insight, it would be appreciated.
Posted By Dark Muse at Sun 24 Feb 2008, 12:14 AM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 3 Replies
Colors used in "A Potrait of an Artist as a young man"
What is Joyce's purposeand symbolism behind the use of the colors like green, marron and yellow?
Posted By confused 101 at Wed 16 May 2007, 6:34 PM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 2 Replies
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man question
In James Joyce's Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, what is the meaning to Stephen Dedalus' poem? What recurring themes does he write about? also, how could this poem be an example of his aesthetic theory? Are you not weary of ardent ways, lure of the fallen seraphim? Tell no more of enchanted days. Your eyes have set man's heart ablaze And you have had your will of him. Are you not weary of ardent ways? Above the flame the smoke of praise Goes up from ocean rim to rim. Tell no more of encahnted days. Our broken cries and mournful lays Rise in one eucharistic hymn. Are you not weary of ardent ways? While sacrificing hands upraise The chalice flowing to the brim, Tell no more of enchanted days. And still you hold our longing gaze With languorous look and lavish limb! Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days.
Posted By dmac660 at Tue 8 May 2007, 9:04 PM in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man || 1 Reply