y and its people. If we take into account the fact that the prototype of the hero himself is Joyce, and the novel has many autobiographical moments, it turns out that the book allows the reader trace simultaneously the development of personality of the creator and the story of the writer.
In addition, the name of the hero - Stephen - carries additional connotations: it resembles the Christian protomartyr Stephan and, accordingly, shows that the destiny of the artist is to be misunderstood and persecuted. It is also an indication of the crown of glory - "Stephanos", genius who wasn t recognized during his lifetime. There are thoughts about the eternal, bitter and at the same time saving loneliness of an artist in the heart of the novel, how he should defend for his individuality and independence of his inner world. The words of Stephen Dedalus Silence, exile, skill became a motto for Joyce and a beginning of a new phase of his life and work. In the article "Day of Crowds" the young Joyce suggested the idea that the artist devoted himself to true art, can create only outside of Ireland. A related thesis about the deliberate exclusion of the artist who doesn t have to go on deal with the crowd: "This radical principle ... is especially applicable in times of crisis, and today, when the highest form of the art was kept only at the cost of incredible sacrifices, it is so strange to see that artist deals with the crowd ". Ultimately, the "crowd" becomes the whole society for the artist and the attempt to gain freedom becomes an illusion, finishing by the tragedy of Icarus.
(gumer.info/bogoslov_Buks) main object of study in a number of papers becomes the figure of Stephen Dedalus itself and his aesthetic theory of relation to the art of the Joyce.old school regarded Stephen as alter ego of Joyce; the new school stressed the ironic attitude of Joyce to Stephen, and thought that the views of the hero and the author, if aren t opposite, but quite differ from each other. whole world that surrounded Stephen Dedalus - people, things, houses, cities - are drawn only so far as they contribute to the disclosure of the inner world of the hero. There is no clearly identified and sufficiently clear manifesting in the plot, which could be related to the development of Stephen in life. (Www.dissercat.com/content)
Some facts related to the life and the work of James Joyce:
1. Joseph Strick directed a film of the book Ulysses , which awarded an Oscar in 1968 as best adapted screenplay; Golden Globe Awards in 1968 as the best foreign film in English; the prize of British Academy in 1968 for Best British A...
