ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Facts about Joyce’s most famous or landmark novel:A) recounts a single day in Dublin; B) is a modern retelling of Homer’s Odyssey; C) its central characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom, and Molly Bloom.
A
Finnegan’s Wake
B
The Dead
C
Dubliners
D
Ulysses
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is James Joyce famous for? James Joyce is known for his experimental use of language and exploration of new literary methods, including interior monologue, use of a complex network of symbolic parallels, and invented words, puns, and allusions in his novels, especially Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939).

Detailed explanation-2: -Ulysses, a novel by the Irish writer James Joyce, is a key text of literary modernism. Divided into 18 chapters, it follows the structure of Homer’s Odyssey, the ancient Greek epic poem about Odysseus’s journey home from the Trojan War to his wife Penelope in Ithaca.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ulysses is the Latinized version of the Greek name Odysseus, and the book’s eighteen episodes are loosely based on Homer’s epic poem Odyssey. So, that means Leopold Bloom is Ulysses, Stephen Dedalus is Telemachus, and Molly Bloom is Penelope, right?

Detailed explanation-4: -Ulysses in particular is set in the streets and alleyways of the city. Joyce is quoted as saying, “For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal."

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