フランク・マコートとジェイムズ・ジョイス -文学と教育の間-

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As Mark Karr has suggested, Frank McCourt's voice can be compared with James Joyce's. There are many similarities between the two authors. It could enhance the study of literature if we examine the value of the works of both authors. We can recognize the relationship between literature and education, between writing records and writing artistic works, and between teaching language and writing books. In this paper McCourt's trilogy is carefully read and it is pointed out that he has certain critical views, for example, against thesystem of the country which leads young boys to war, while he maintains his calm, humorous awkwardness toward his bosses, students and himself. McCourt's Teacher Man can be traced back to James Joyce's Episode 2 of Ulysses, where Joyce's arts are found to describe thenarrator's detachment toward his students. The reasons and the significance of Joyce's handling of anything British and historicalare noticed and scrutinized.As we investigate and compare the two writers, we can conclude that James Joyce's stance, ambition and artifices flow into Frank McCourt's bold though shy, a little experimental thick memoirs. Although there are several differences between the two writers such as their directions of writing as well as their intentions, it should also be noted that they share many similar aspects.
2011-03-16