ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False:Due to the success of nearly every one of his novels, James Joyce became a very wealthy man.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1927, Joyce was famous and established, made wealthy from Ulysses’s notoriety and living in Paris on handsome pensions from benefactors. But his leaner times were memorialised in the title he chose for his collection of verse.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Ulysses, novel by Irish writer James Joyce, first published in book form in 1922. Stylistically dense and exhilarating, it is generally regarded as a masterpiece and has been the subject of numerous volumes of commentary and analysis.

Detailed explanation-4: -James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.

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