... Young Man- by James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -1914, 1915- draws on many details from Joyce's early life. The novel's protagonist, Stephen Dedalus, is in many ways Joyce's fictional double. Like Joyce himself, Stephen is the son of an impoverished father and a highly devout Catholic mother. Also like Joyce, he attends ... and his coming-of-age process involves confronting and dismantling these restrictions. He grows up in the hierarchies and rituals of school and church, a structure in which his growing adolescent lust is not acknowledged or validated. His newfound s...

• Word Count: 4998
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... is an autobiographical novel of James Joyce. The novel Stephen Hero was originally written as Joyce's autobiography, which was reworked from the autobiographical piece entitled "Portrait of the Artist." This piece was written for a journal, but was rejected due to sexual content. In each of these works it was Joyce's main goal to create a story, in which the protagonist was a Catholic hero as well as ... it helps guide him, as does Virgil in Dante's Inferno. Education leads Joyce, or Stephen, to become the author he is. It helps him learn that in order to become the artist he yearns to ...

• Word Count: 1521
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... is an autobiographical novel of James Joyce. The novel Stephen Hero was originally written as Joyce's autobiography, which was reworked from the autobiographical piece entitled "Portrait of the Artist." This piece was written for a journal, but was rejected due to sexual content. In each of these works it was Joyce's main goal to create a story, in which the protagonist was a Catholic hero as well as ... it helps guide him, as does Virgil in Dante's Inferno. Education leads Joyce, or Stephen, to become the author he is. It helps him learn that in order to become the artist he yearns to ...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... you analyze the sources of the conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid plot summary. In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce follows the mental and physical maturation of Stephen Dedalus. The dawn of Stephen's psychological and intellectual enlightenment is seen especially in the resolution of conflicts revolving around the cultural and ... attempts at introspection through his art. Throughout Portrait, Joyce develops a myriad of patriarchal roles and authority figures which play major roles in the protagonist's development. As...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate