English Literature / Unit 16 ENL 1514 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dubliners and Epiphany
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The idea
Dubliners, fifteen stories published in nineteen fourteen, depicts a city in what Joyce saw as paralysis. The anchor says the stories replace the traditional climax with epiphanies, which Joyce defined as "a sudden spiritual manifestation," a moment of sudden insight.
In practice
Paralysis and sudden insight.
Where people slip
The epiphany replaces the climax.
Your place on the trail
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