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What is Dubliners?
What is Dubliners?
- A biography of James Joyce
- A novel about a famous city in Europe
- A collection of short stories by James Joyce (correct)
- A play about ordinary people in Dublin
What is the recurrent theme in Dubliners?
What is the recurrent theme in Dubliners?
- Adventure and exploration
- Wealth and power
- Cultural, social, and political traditions (correct)
- Love and romance
What is the writing style of Dubliners?
What is the writing style of Dubliners?
- Stream of consciousness
- Satirical and humorous
- Traditional with elements of experimental work (correct)
- Experimental and unconventional
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Study Notes
- Dubliners is a collection of short stories by James Joyce published in 1914
- The stories portray the lives of ordinary people in Dublin
- The city itself is a protagonist in the novel
- Paralysis is a recurrent theme, caused by cultural, social, and political traditions
- Relationships are conditioned by repressive religious and moral codes
- Joyce defined Dublin as "the centre of paralysis"
- The stories are written in a traditional style with elements of experimental work
- There is no moralizing narrative voice
- Characters' inner thoughts are described
- Each story is told from the perspective of a particular character.
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