Category: literature

Reinventing the Human Through Media

March 14, 2019

If you care about the effects of the technological era on human consciousness (which you should), you’ve probably read tons of articles on how we’ve become shaped by the phenomenon of media. And it’s only natural – we humans can only respond to change when it happens, just like it’s always been. And social media … More Reinventing the Human Through Media

A Critique of Systems in ‘The Second Coming’

October 21, 2018

When you talk about Modernist poetry, you talk about Yeats. William Butler Yeats, like James Joyce, belong to the canon of revolutionary Irish poets, and were both very opinionated about the Irish political, cultural, and social issues of their time.  He lived many years in London and later returned to Ireland. Although he was proud … More A Critique of Systems in ‘The Second Coming’

The Vivid Colours of Stephen’s Personality in “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”

October 16, 2018

James Joyce’s Modernist novel ” A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” is rich with descriptions of Stephen’s psychological development from being a toddler to an adolescent he tries to make sense of the world around him and come to terms with his own personality and life’s purpose in the chaos-fraught 20th century … More The Vivid Colours of Stephen’s Personality in “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”