Open Access“From Baby Tackoo To Sunny Jim”: Joyce’s “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” As Fictional Biography
Author(s) -
Nicoleta Stanca
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
linguaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2285-9403
pISSN - 2067-9696
DOI - 10.47743/lincu-2011-2-1-254
Subject(s) - portrait , biography , art , art history , trace (psycholinguistics) , literature , visual arts , philosophy , linguistics
The reader must not identify Stephen Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man with James Joyce in every respect. For instance, Stephen is represented at Clongowes as a timid boy, conscious of his smallness and weakness. Conversely, young Joyce was keen on hurdling and cricket, won cups in sports competitions and earned the nickname “Sunny Jim” due to his cheerful disposition. This paper will trace autobiographical elements in the novel with the purpose to prove that they are meant not as mere recordings of particular autobiographical experiences but as instances of universality. Hence, the choice of the novel title, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.