A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | In-Depth Summary & Analysis

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | In-Depth Summary & Analysis

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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth analysis of James Joyce's novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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Relying on a stream-of-consciousness narrative rich with sensory detail, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man describes Stephen Dedalus’s journey from conflicted boy to nascent artist. The character is based loosely on the author’s own development as a writer.
Beginning in rural Ireland, it depicts the religious conflicts of the era through the eyes of young Dedalus, who attends a religious school and is subjected to its restrictive mores.
However, his experiences with sex and other secular pursuits eventually persuade him that an ecclesiastical life is not for him. He is far too fascinated by other pleasures and resolves to devote his life to art instead.
Irish author and playwright James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was first published in 1914-15. Based on his own youth and coming of age, Joyce uses his experiences with school, the church, and leaving Ireland for Paris as a young man to bring vibrant authenticity to the novel.
The novel A portrait of the Artist as a Young Man has many important symbols, including colors, as opposing colors, particularly red and green, represent opposites or opposing views; Daedalus, as references to birds, wings, and flying develop the symbolic link between art and flying; and the wading girl, representing a muse, a goddess who inspires artists to create. Important motifs include father figures and quotations.
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@phoenix_teardrops5588 2 жыл бұрын

I am annoyed at the people who are annoyed by the narattor. Everyone has a unique personality and i would prefer an enthusiastic teacher over a dull one anyday. It actually imprints the words in our brains and leaves a lasting impression on our memory i.e. it helps us remember better. Plus, he is a gem for giving us quality content with great animation for free, so be thankful guys.

@dylanbrentrabie5679 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta appreciate Russell’s tone of voice in these videos - he trying to make it less boring

@GlossaME Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Because most of these novels are so damn boring

@dylancorreya1627 2 жыл бұрын

hope this man has got both a raise and a promotion

@jovankamarkoska8687 3 жыл бұрын

I find the Course Hero summaries immensely helpful because they focus on precisely the most important points of a book. However, it would be nice if they are presented with less varying intonation because it's sort of distracting (and mildly annoying?). Well done in any case.

@sarat.8029 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you!

@pinkbelossom 3 жыл бұрын

@@sarat.8029 Well, well, well...look who I ran into ;)

@aarzoofatmanaqvi5044 Жыл бұрын

Such a thorough explanation! He literally put in so much effort 👌

@silvias2828 2 жыл бұрын

Summary starts at 3:40, y'all

@ebeweleglory1450 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@AshaBisht-fp4vk 3 жыл бұрын

Video is helpful but this over ethusiastic tone of the narrator is irritating.

@sandratuekam7305 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@jerfinjr Жыл бұрын

Yah... little bit

@abdelghaffarlaftouhi7960 Жыл бұрын

Hi. I have this novel in the exam and I'll be gratful if you can help me understand it

@Kdramabingy Жыл бұрын

Yeah, seriously 😂

@marwaferradji1630 10 ай бұрын

It's not a tone He just has a strong local I Irish accent 😆

@btetschner 3 жыл бұрын

I love these videos, they are so helpful and enjoyable. Thank you so much.

@roshan5640 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect content but I wish the narration was a little less animated. It's distracting.

@rohantanbir6058 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful to clear doubts. Perfect explanation in a vivid language.

@user-iu6ug5cr9g Ай бұрын

I've already read this book, but now that I'm rediscovering it, I'm extremely intimidated. I'm not an expert on poetry and world literature, nor do I know Latin nor any language other than English and Spanish. I'm also preparing to reread Ulysses with a guidebook, but it seems that it would be important to study poetry for a year or two before making the attempt.

@lalice4949 3 жыл бұрын

WELL EXPLAINED 🖤🖤🖤

@ars4542 Ай бұрын

Thank you

@user-gb6hd5hi5s 2 жыл бұрын

stop screaming at me

@krittikasharda972 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent content

@withnoor4944 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful thank you ❤

@Tradairn 4 жыл бұрын

Could the lecturer be any more irritating?? try taking it down about 27 notches.

@infinitafenix3153 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, very irritating, shame, like the content...

@harshityadavCamper 3 жыл бұрын

What exactly is your problem here?

@CREANER 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like he's shouting at me - which is sad because the content is good.

@swaggyscene 6 ай бұрын

Am I the only one that doesn’t find his loudness irritating? Why is the video super helpful to me this way? Could I be autistic?

@hdave4862 3 жыл бұрын

what do Stephen and Dedalus stand for?

@DarkAngelEU 3 жыл бұрын

Dedalus stands for the Greek inventor who lost his son Icarus when they tried to escape Minos. There is a line in Ulysses where Stephen Bloom compares himself with a lapwing, the theory is that lapwings pretend to fall to distract predators from their nest. Apparently this is a sign of cowardice in English culture, as provided by Romantic poetry. Dedalus and Bloom are essentially the same character, they both serve as alter ego's for Joyce in his books, and so the comparison to the lapwing shows Joyce's endless struggle to overcome Catholicism and his Ireland, constantly oscillating between identifying himself with the images of an eagle and a lapwing, respectively Daedalus, who was a great inventor but also a great coward who eventually paid with the death of his son. So, in a way, Joyce compares himself to be a *modern* tragic hero. He is modern because he perceives the mythology upon which the modern world is built, he is a hero because he desires to have a purpose, yet he also believes he is a coward because he can't find the means to escape this mythology and create something real, instead replacing it with another myth.(*) He is a product of his time, his education, his culture, and that is his greatest struggle. (*) For example, Bloom is married and it's quite obvious the marriage only stands because a divorce is considered taboo in Irish society. Marriage defined as a holy vow that cannot be broken without penalty is considered a myth nowadays in western society. At the same time, Bloom tries to fill his meaningless life with another mythology, Homer's Odyssey, the oldest story in Western literature. Starting from there, he deconstructs his life as if it were to encapsulate the entire history of European literature, portraying himself as a product of history.

@Ad-im1ne 2 жыл бұрын

Ha, I love how all the most recent comments are complaining about how overhyped this guy is

@multismashify 3 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ, I was hoping for a pleasant synopsis and explanation. Why does this man insist on being so loud and grating?

@nadamil914 Жыл бұрын

Video very helpful but you reallyy speak faster

@tinkageorgewilliam871 2 жыл бұрын

There are parallels with my life. 😊

@vandaloo 3 жыл бұрын

dude stop yelling

@Kpopfandom360 3 жыл бұрын

Which literary theory could be applicable for this novel...

@shengdezhang1449 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@aidan6081 2 жыл бұрын

Psychoanalysis

@Speedy_Cheeto 2 жыл бұрын

Fart bunk

@tylergriffsmith 11 ай бұрын

Darude Sandstorm

@jibonali6407 4 жыл бұрын

So nice video i like video

@vin.handle 4 жыл бұрын

Who is the first modernist author? Would it be Marcel Proust?

@simonag.8587 2 жыл бұрын

i think u could trace it back to Baudelaire

@tommyc3303 4 жыл бұрын

y u yelling bro

@harshityadavCamper 3 жыл бұрын

That is what happens when you are excited. Trolls sitting in their mom's basement won't know that feeling

@s3xyn0sfera2 3 жыл бұрын

Do you not get this excited about Joyce?

@Speedy_Cheeto 2 жыл бұрын

I booge my pants reading Joyce prose

@anandjoseph8241 3 жыл бұрын

SIR, ARE YOU READING FROM ANY SOURCE? SPEAK IN SLOW SPACE PL, INDIA

@alexferguson1139 3 жыл бұрын

fucking hell this is hard to listen to

@user-dg9he2xg2g 9 ай бұрын

Is ALBERT a "DEAD"ALUS of His Own Kind?

@shivanisarat.737 7 ай бұрын

the explanation is good but the guy's overenthusiasm is a deal braker. he is literally screaming.

@user-jg4qp1wh9t 6 ай бұрын

you speak really fast which make we don't like to listen cuz it is more like hip hop speak clear and calmly not like this ...

@drgiriprasad.7977 2 жыл бұрын

Why shouting? Be cool and teach

@user-kw5po7hg3w 3 ай бұрын

Speak decently

@user-mo6xw2jd6z Жыл бұрын

Just relax please you are confusing us be calm

@ritaksudan7521 2 жыл бұрын

why u always had to scream like that??? It's annoying.

@Khedarr 2 жыл бұрын

This man is too loud and fast, and it makes him unclear, I prefer the other lady