Ep 21. Joyce€™s Portrait as Modernist Narrative
- TV-PG
- November 1, 2016
- 30 min
In this second lecture on Portrait, consider how the English language presents a great tension for Irish writers, and see how Joyce€™s solution was to conquer the language of the conquerors. Then watch as the book€™s hero, Stephen Dedalus, takes his first steps as an artist to €œforge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.€