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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EPIPHANIES IN JAMES JOYCE’S A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
Ms. Neha
Page No. : 124-128
ABSTRACT
In conventional terms, epiphany is an artistic inspiration that is essential in creation of art. It is an integral part of the writings of James Joyce. His aesthetic beliefs evoke him to use the technique of epiphany in his works like “Dubliners”, Stephen Hero, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, etc. According to Joyce, techniques like epiphanies, stream of consciousness, free indirect narrative, etc. help an author to record transient instants of metaphysical beauty. Epiphanies are the narrative base of his novels. This paper will differentiate religious and scientific epiphanies from secular epiphanies stating that the former are objective in nature and once the truth is revealed, a symbol or phenomena always exist as a form of proof.
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