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James Joyce and the science of mind - the approach of Cognitive Narratology to Dubliners
ZELENÁ, Lenka
This bachelor's thesis deals with the work of the Irish writer, James Joyce, called Dubliners and its relation to a modern scientific discipline Cognitive narratology. Its aim is to analyse and interpret chosen short stories in terms of the aforementioned discipline. The first part of the thesis introduces the reader to the life of James Joyce and ho his work. Then, the aspects of Cognitive narratology are defined, as they serve as a basic tool for the analysis and most importantly, for the interpretation. The second part deals with the narrative structure in the chosen stories ('The Sisters', 'Araby', 'Eveline', 'After the Race', 'A Little Cloud', 'A Painful Case', 'Grace', 'The Dead'). Apart from analysing the stories in terms of time, setting, point of view and other aspects, the study focuses on the relationships between the author, the characters, and the reader. Finally, there is a summary of the work with the methodology.
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"The Dead" - A critical compilation of existing interpretations
Fíl, Lukáš ; Pilný, Ondřej (advisor) ; Armand, Louis (referee)
The essay collects and discusses several reading perspectives of 'The Dead,' a short-story by James Joyce from his collection Dubliners (1914). It contends that the story is very much open to creative reading and subjective interpretation, as it may be seen as a platform for various discourses, hidden and unfinished stories, themes, historical testimonies, etc. It argues that 'The Dead' even successfully dramatizes the very event of interpreting a literary text. At the same time, the paper pays attention to how the story is closely tied to its author's personality, life history, and how the whole collection to great extent derives from Joyce's overall scepticism held towards his countrymen in Dublin. The chapter "A Biographical Reading" discusses James Joyce as an interpretive principle for the story. It reflects on Richard Ellmann's essay "The Backgrounds of 'The Dead'" and notes its positive aspects, but it also acknowledges drawbacks of what is called a biographical method of reading 'The Dead.' The next chapter, "The Dubliners Project," starts by outlining two reading perspectives that don't defy one another, but may rather be seen as mutually enriching. The first sees 'The Dead' as an individual piece of writing, whereas the second as an integral part of the collection. The chapter then...
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Symbolism in Joyce's "Dubliners"
HÜTTLOVÁ, Monika
This thesis analyses symbolism in Dubliners written by the influential Irish writer James Joyce. The introduction of the thesis focuses on Joyce's reception in Ireland, and his life and work. Furthermore we pay particular attention to the publishing and structure of Dubliners. The core of this thesis is to examine the symbolism in the following short stories: An Encounter, The Boarding House, A Painful Case, A Mother, The Dead. These stories were selected as the representations of the four imaginary sections in Dubliners: childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life. The Dead is a section of its own, and serves as an epilogue to the short story collection. It will be in and through the analysis of symbols that various interpretations of the stories will be explored.
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