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J.M. Synge (1871-1909)
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This 15 page report gives an overview of the life and work of Irish dramatist J.M. Synge. The report also discusses the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland and the powerful impact they had on Synge. Synge is best-known for The Playboy of the Western World produced in 1906. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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James Joyce's 'Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man' / Fascist
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A 9 page paper examining the presence of proto-fascism and its antithesis, humanism, in Joyce's first novel. The paper asserts that while it is not technically correct to search for examples of fascism in the book since the term did not exist at the time the novel was written, examples of this type of mentality can be fruitfully analyzed in contrast to the book's celebration of humanism. Bibliography lists ten sources.
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A Portrait of James Joyce as a Young Man
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A 10 page paper looking at the life of James Joyce and showing how it is reflected in his novel Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Particular emphasis is placed on the issues in Irish politics during Joyce's youth and the influence of Catholicism on his writing. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Death, Politics, and Memory in Joyce’s “The Dead”
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A five page paper looking at the importance of these three themes in James Joyce’s classic short story. The paper maintains that Joyce views Ireland as a nation essentially dead, whose greatest power lays in its memories and imagination. Bibliography lists two sources.
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Images of Passion and Intellect in Joyce’s “The Dead”
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A 6 page paper looking at this classic story by James Joyce in terms of its complex use of imagery to connote death, life, and death-in-life. The paper argues that Joyce’s story depicts the clash of the Dionysian (passionate) and Apollonian (intellectual) ways of life. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Irish Identity Through Colonialism According to James Joyce & W.B. Yeats
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This 8 page paper discusses how both the poet, W. B. Yeats, and the novelist, James Joyce, explored ideas of Irish identity through different aspects of colonialism. Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' and several of Yeats' poems are used as illustrative examples. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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James Joyce's 'Araby' / In A Boy's Dream
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A 5 page essay which examines the rite of passage of a boy's first crush and the religious and political symbolism that James Joyce uses in this short story. No additional sources cited.
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James Joyce's 'Araby' / Setting
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A 5 page paper analyzing Joyce's use of setting in this deeply affecting story. The paper analyzes several of Joyce's motifs, particularly romance versus realism and West versus East, to gain insight into the way Joyce contrasts his working-class protagonist's background with the vision of romance he has created for himself. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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James Joyce's 'Dubliners'
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A 6 page paper providing a plot summary of the stories that make up this collection by James Joyce. Following Joyce's lead, it breaks the book down into four sections: Childhood, Adolescence, Maturity, and Public Life, and shows how Joyce's world gives readers a better understanding of the subtle forces that shape their own. No additional sources cited.
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