Joycean novels: A broad secularizing project

Title

Joycean novels: A broad secularizing project

Creator

Nayar A.

Description

This paper discusses how the Irish novelist James Joyce used the Novel form as an interface of religion and secularism in fiction. The secularism of his novels is a nuanced, complex project, as he was deeply haunted by the fabric of religious upbringing which he had only partially disowned. Joyce's works as well as life reflect an ambiguous relationship to religious texts, themes, and institutions. A non-teleological concept of modernity is what is present in the works of Joyce especially in his novels, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. Here, the secular and the religious exist in an intimately antinomian, mutually defining opposition in many aspects of cultural life, including literature. 2015 Journal of Dharma: Dharmaram Journal of Religions and Philosophies (DVK, Bangalore), ISSN: 0253-7222.

Source

Journal of Dharma, Vol-40, No. 1, pp. 49-66.

Date

2015-01-01

Publisher

Dharmaram College, Centre for the Study of World Religions

Subject

Ideology; Irish; Joyce; Language; Modernism; Nationalism; Post-secular; Race; Religion; Secular; Theology

Coverage

Nayar A., Department of Theatre Studies, Christ University Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 2537222

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

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