A proposal of Dissertation on James Joyce’s treatment of Modernism with special reference to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

James Joyce is one of the most important modernist writers who is also considered as a famous psycho – analyst. His A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is one of the important works of modern age. James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi – autobiographical chronicle of Stephen Dedalus’ odyssey from a student to an independent artist. A key example of Bildungsroman and religio – philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus as he begins to question and rebel against the catholic and Irish conventions he is required to live with. He seeks independence by escaping from Ireland where he finds nothing himself to grow as an artist. Clearly, it is a novel about a young man’s gradual attainment of maturity and self consciousness facing a troubled and almost meaningless life in his home country. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a premier modernist work with its stylistic experimentations and technical innovations. It is, indeed a great work by a great writer.

This novel introduced us with different modernist aspects which touched me even it pushed me to think deeply and differently about literary world. That’s why I am very much interested to do my dissertation on the basis of this very interesting topic

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