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James Joyces A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man contains all the aspects of a modernistic novel. ... Portrait does not simply alternate attention between views of the narrator and those of a specific character, for in many instances one must assign identities and not simply recognize the speaker. ...
First of all, Portrait provides some justification for perceiving such a combination, for many of its passages, without naming Stephen as their source, render images and events using a tone paralleling that associated with his intellect at various stages of his maturation. Phrases from the opening episode, for example, mimic the disposition of the young Stephen, but do not simultaneously establish his consciousness as the indisputable source of the narrative voice. ... The distinction I am making between the formal methods employed in Portrait and the stream of consciousness technique stands as a very precise but necessary one. The careful stylistic manipulation of Portrait establishes distinctive features for every voice contributing to the development of the discourse. ... Throughout Portrait various narrative renditions- a mixture of indirect and free indirect discourse- blur distinctions between descriptions arising from the independent narrative voice and those tinged by phrases associated with the consciousness of Stephen or of other characters. ...
By leaving ambiguous the source or sources for significant portions of the passage, Portrait confronts the reader with questions of voice and of authority: Who is telling the fairy tale?
Approximate Word count = 1103
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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