A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Religion as Repression
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Like his protagonist, James Joyce was an Irish Catholic. He was also sent to Clongowes Wood College to board and study as a young boy. In effect the story is in part an autobiography of Joyce's own life up to the age of twenty or so (Kershner 6). In his essay A Portrait as Rebellion Norman Holland states: Because of Portrait's peculiar combination of novel and autobiography, I feel called upon to see Joyce's schoolfellows in two ways at once. They are characters in a novel, bigger than life, and they are real people like me and my school and college pals. (280) The Catholic religion is a significant and recurring theme in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Though brought up in the church, several major events lead Stephen to defy the lessons of his Catholic school education and choose a life of his own, the life of an artist. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus both matures and gradually discovers an identity of his own. As a young boy, religion is crucial to Stephen's life. Stephen was reared in a strict Catholic family. The demand for compliance placed on Stephen shapes his life early at Clongowes, a prepara
Stephen's mind rarely dwells on religion at this point in time. He Suzette Henke observes in her critique Stephen Dedalus and Women: into a new life of freedom. Stephen decides to become an artist. confrontation with Cranly gives rise to Stephen's ultimate break with Kershner, R.B. Introduction. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:
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