ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -James Joyce, in full James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, (born February 2, 1882, Dublin, Ireland-died January 13, 1941, Zürich, Switzerland), Irish novelist noted for his experimental use of language and exploration of new literary methods in such large works of fiction as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939).

Detailed explanation-2: -Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 at 41 Brighton Square, Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland, to John Stanislaus Joyce and Mary Jane “May” (née Murray).

Detailed explanation-3: -He made Zurich his home during the First World War. James Joyce, the famous Irish writer, is reputed to have once said that Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse was so clean that one could drink minestrone soup off the pavement. During the First World War, Joyce sought refuge in neutral Switzerland.

Detailed explanation-4: -James Joyce lives and works in Zurich during the First World War, and his life here has left traces that are still visible today. 2 February 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Joyce’s best-known work, «Ulysses».

Detailed explanation-5: -James Joyce was born in Dublin in 1882 and was just 22 years of age when left Ireland on the 8th of October 1904 accompanied by Nora Barnacle on a journey that took them across Europe to Pula on the Adriatic, where Joyce secured a post as a language teacher.