An Analytical View on the Themes of Dubliners

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Bhuyashi Pathak Abstract: James Joyce’s “Dubliners” published in 1914 comprising fifteen short stories exhibit the innovative skill of the writer. This collection was written at the time of the grim stagnation and paralysis connected with Irish Nationalist Movement, which sought cultural, political and economic liberation from the clutches of Great Britain. The stories centre round the characters of lower middle class – shopkeepers, tradesman, clerks, swindlers, bank officials, salesman etc. Dublin is presented as a prison in which characters are languished to suffer from poverty, dissatisfaction in job and loveless life. The population of Dublin was predominantly Catholic but the protestant minority composed the upper level of society on the pretext of having unquestionable loyalty to Britain. Click here to print/download PDF of this research paper Introduction James Joyce’s Dubliners contains fifteen portraits of life set in Dublin itself with correctness and precision that was innovative at time of the Book’s writing Dubliners peeps into the homes, hearts and minds of people whose lives connect and intermingle through the shared space and spirit of Dublin. The subtle connections in the stories create a sense of shared experience and evoke a map of Dublin life that Joyce would employ in his later works of fiction: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake. Although the stories of the collection sketch daily situations, they present intricate drama...