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James Joyce: Innovator of Modernist Literature

Explore the life and works of James Joyce, the influential Irish novelist known for his groundbreaking use of language in novels such as Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Discover his literary innovations and the reasons behind the monument dedicated to him in Pula.

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James Joyce: Innovator of Modernist Literature

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  1. Do you know whois this?

  2. ONLY A man: • ... who knew 17 world languages • ...who is on the Irish £10 banknote • ...who wroteone of the most challenging and rewarding novels ever written • ... considered one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century • people or worksthat are experimental or innovative

  3. James Joyce

  4. Biography • James Joyce (1882-1941),Irish novelist, born in Dublin, noted for his experimental use of language in works such as: • Ulysses(1922) • Finnegans Wake (1939) • Dubliners (1914) • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916)... • Joyce's innovations in literature: • He perfected the stream of consciousness • Complex network of symbolic parallels drawn frommythology,history, and literature • Hecreated a unique language ofinvented words, puns, and allusions

  5. Do you know some of his workS?

  6. Ulysses • Joyce’s novel • Approximately265,000 words in length, uses a lexicon of 30,030 words and is divided into 18 episodes. • The”Modern Library” rankedUlysses1ston its list of the ”100 best English-language novels of the 20th century”. • .

  7. Finnegans wake • • It’s a work of comic prose. • •Written in Paris and published in 1939, two years before the author's death, ”Finnegans Wake” was Joyce's final work. • • Anthony Burgesshas praised the book as a great comic vision, one of few books of the world that can make us laugh aloud on nearly every page.

  8. Why is there a monument to James Joyce in Pula? • Simply because James Joyce was once one of Pula's famous inhabitants. The author came to Pula in 1905 and taught English to officers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The ground floor of the building in which he stayed is now a café, but some landmarks of Pula, like the Triumphal Arch, remain the same. • Some facts about the monument: • A monument to James Joyce sits near the Triumphal Arch of the Sergius Family in Pula. • It’s situated so that it looks like the famous Irish author is sitting in a caféenjoying the weather.

  9. James Joyce’s monument in Pula

  10. Made by: • • Pamela Milotić • • Mateja Derežić • • Klaudia Tukić • Class: 2c • School: Secondary School of Nursing Pula

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