Before you Read Dubliners by James Joyce - Book Summary, Analysis, Review

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  • čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
  • Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we talk about James Joyce's Dubliners. We spent the last three years going through these stories. Revelations were made. Mistakes were made. That's the journey we take with this masterpiece. We hope to get people excited about this book and consider taking another round with us. There are always new stones to overturn with its many themes of paralysis, stagnation, alienation, home rule, independence, frustration, and more. We used the Richard Ellmann and Don Gifford guides at many points.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS:
    0:00 Introduction Animation
    1:23 What is Dubliners?
    3:42 Why is Dubliners Important?
    5:43 Why Should You Read Dubliners?
    7:04 Historical Context, Themes, and Major Considerations
    10:41 Book Versions and Secondary Sources
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    ======License and Copyright Info======
    “Ulysses” author James Joyce and Sylvia Beach, center foreground, at Shakespeare and Company in Paris in 1921. (Photo provided by Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library)
    Joyce Carol Oates: celestialtimepiece.com/2015/0...
    Akutagawa: The full version is available in James Joyce Journal, Vol.18, No.2.
    (The James Joyce Society of Korea), Winter 2012, 207-235.
    Copyright 2012 Eishiro Ito
    "Alexander Nakarada - Adventure Beyond" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license.
    Artist: Alexander Nakarada | Track: Adventure Beyond
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    "Alexander Nakarada - Towards The Horizon" is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 3.0) license
    • 🍀 Celtic Music (Copyri...
    Paper rip:
    • Paper Torn Green Scree...
    Corner paper rips:
    • NEWSPAPER Green Screen...
    Various screen rip transitions:
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    Nabokov Interview:
    • Vladimir Nabokov discu...
    Joyce Carol Oates interview:
    • Arion Press Artist Tal...
    Frank Kiely images are taken from FRANK KIELY ART EXHIBITION at the James Joyce Center
    jamesjoyce.ie/events/dubliner...

Komentáře • 41

  • @TheCodeXCantina
    @TheCodeXCantina  Před rokem +1

    Dubliners Playlist: czcams.com/video/IHPENyJSot0/video.html
    If you liked the video and want to support us: www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina

  • @bighardbooks770
    @bighardbooks770 Před 11 měsíci +10

    "Before you read _Dubliners?"_ ... Have a few pints of Guinness! 😎💯😉

  • @GreenerSideOfSam
    @GreenerSideOfSam Před 11 měsíci +11

    I’m looking forward to reading this! As always, thank you for fantastic content! 😊😊

    • @bighardbooks770
      @bighardbooks770 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Hey, Sam! Una & I are great GREAT Joyceans, indeed, and I am pleased to see your comment, here 😂☘️😎

    • @TheCodeXCantina
      @TheCodeXCantina  Před 11 měsíci +2

      Thanks for the kind words! Hope you love it!!

  • @jamesstout6280
    @jamesstout6280 Před 11 měsíci +7

    You’ve done me proud with this effort!

  • @OccamsRazor393
    @OccamsRazor393 Před 11 měsíci +5

    I started backwards... I read Finnegans Wake first. I finished it, but for the most part I have no idea what I read.

  • @DebMcDonald
    @DebMcDonald Před 11 měsíci +1

    🍀💚Excellent! Love the photos of Dublin. I have a photo of me knocking on that door 😊. I made my husband drive me to Oughterard but I didn’t hear Michael Furey. I’m still glad I went.

    • @TheCodeXCantina
      @TheCodeXCantina  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Nice! We had rented a car to drive to the Cliffs of Moher and had thought about heading to Galway area if we had time but didn’t end up having time. Glad you enjoyed it nevertheless

  • @littlebean1556
    @littlebean1556 Před 8 měsíci

    James Joyce is everything 🍀💚 thank you for this, it’s perfect!

  • @BookishTexan
    @BookishTexan Před 11 měsíci +1

    Great analysis and introduction.
    (and the production values!)

  • @bellamorts
    @bellamorts Před 11 měsíci

    this video couldn't come in a better time; I have been reading the Brazilian Portuguese translation from the 60s and all stories keep up with time. All themes still feel very current - I'm already at its last story and, while reading, liked to imagine all of these stories happening somewhat simultaneously as streets and alleys that connect. We, as the reader, knowing its map, are able to walk through each one of them without getting lost, but more and more found in each of the centers of characters. Great book!

    • @TheCodeXCantina
      @TheCodeXCantina  Před 11 měsíci +1

      That’s a great way to view it! An active city makes an active book!

  • @ahnmensch3115
    @ahnmensch3115 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Great introduction! Your series going through each story really helped me with my comprehension.
    So, now that you've done Portrait of the Artist and Dubliners, are Ulysses discussions on the horizon or is that a little too ambitious for now? (Let alone Finnegans Wake, which I'd imagine would probably require an entire video for every single paragraph alone lol)

    • @TheCodeXCantina
      @TheCodeXCantina  Před 11 měsíci +2

      Well, Ulysses is probably too ambitious but we’re doing it anyways. It’ll be slow to work through it but we’re on chapter 8 now. Very different!

    • @contretemps6565
      @contretemps6565 Před 11 měsíci

      Yes, we're down for it! 🎉 You guys are the heros and I'm sure yours will definitely be impeccable, no one should miss it once released. Looking forward to it, cheers!

  • @JinxTheConcept
    @JinxTheConcept Před 11 měsíci

    One way or another, the characters of these 15 short stories all experience an epiphany. Dubliners is a very good introduction to Joyce, but one has to read Ulysses to understand Joyce’s genius. I always come back to it the same way I always come back to Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu. As for Finnegans Wake, I hope I’ll finish it someday!
    By the way, great Bloomsday T-shirt and congratulations on your channel! I love your Faulkner videos!

  • @PentoPaper
    @PentoPaper Před 11 měsíci +4

    🍀

  • @bighardbooks770
    @bighardbooks770 Před 11 měsíci

    You know my favorite story is "Grace," or "Eveline" (or "Two Gallants!") but I was thinking about "Clay" and Maria and the ritualistic party games they played; the tiny hidden toys in the cake ... Need some "footnotes" on all that 😂

  • @Starscreamlive
    @Starscreamlive Před 4 měsíci

    🍀 ☘

  • @divipromstojakovo3859
    @divipromstojakovo3859 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Are you planning to cover Notes from the Underground by Dostoevsky and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?

    • @TheCodeXCantina
      @TheCodeXCantina  Před 11 měsíci +3

      Yep, we are planning on Notes being next book after we finish Ulysses

  • @bighardbooks770
    @bighardbooks770 Před 11 měsíci

    Very, very impressive (even I learned some new things)! Were the photos from your recent visits to Ireland, Una?

  • @sweetnuthin
    @sweetnuthin Před 6 měsíci

    I very recently read this book - or I tried to. I managed most of it, but I found it just too boring! I'm all for human, everyday stories; for instance, Bukowski is my favourite writer. So what's wrong here? What am I missing?
    Great video by the way!

    • @TheCodeXCantina
      @TheCodeXCantina  Před 6 měsíci

      There’s no singular piece of literature that’s for everyone. And also maybe it will hit people differently at different points in their life.

    • @sweetnuthin
      @sweetnuthin Před 6 měsíci

      @@TheCodeXCantina That's a good point. I guess I'll come back to it one day. Thanks for the reply.

  • @NondescriptMammal
    @NondescriptMammal Před 3 měsíci

    Why would anyone want to watch a review and analysis of a book before reading it?

  • @anridvalishvili5908
    @anridvalishvili5908 Před 11 měsíci

    I think dubliners is much greater than ulysses for its depth and infinite discoveries in your life. Ulysses is just tremendous information about everything and the style wich is enigmatic and relaxing. Dubliners lightens numerous ways in your life and it slaps you in the face. I think it's the greatest book ever written when it comes to doing something helpful for an individual reader or humanity generally.

    • @TheCodeXCantina
      @TheCodeXCantina  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Dubliners is fantastic for all these reasons. 💯

  • @micahlively8321
    @micahlively8321 Před 11 měsíci

    🍀