Modern English Literature by Umberto Scorza https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml Umberto Scorza VF LS Volta en-us 2018-03-04 16:27:34 UTC 2025-11-23 16:23:04 UTC hello@padlet.com James Joyce umby_1999 https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237813107 Life
  • Born in Dublin in 1882
  • Graduated in modern languages
  • Life of self-imposed exile, finding in Ireland an obstacle 
  • Anyway, Dublin and Ireland are always present in his works
  • Died in Zurich in 1941
]]> 2018-03-04 16:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237813107 James Joyce umby_1999 https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237814013 Works
"DUBLINERS" (1914)
  • 15 short stories
  • Life in Dublin as paralysis
  • Four stages: childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life
  • Will to escape
  • Realistic style 
  • Symbols as epiphany

"ULYSSES" (1922)
  • "Parody" of Homer's Odissey:
    • Infinite time vs 1day
    • Penelope's loyalty vs unfaithful Molly
    • Ulysses' heroism vs Leopold's monotony
  • Ordinary life events seen from character's mind
  • Reworking of myth
  • Lack of heroism, love, trust in reality
  • Stream of consciousness' technique
]]> 2018-03-04 16:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237814013 umby_1999 https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237816249 2018-03-04 16:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237816249 Virginia Woolf umby_1999 https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237816315 Life
  • Born in London in 1882
  • Her house was a center for the Bloomsbury Group
  • Mental instability after family deaths
  • Leading Modernist writer
  • Time, water and sea as central themes
  • Strong supporter of female emancipation
  • Drowned herself in Sussex in 1941
]]> 2018-03-04 16:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237816315 Virginia Woolf umby_1999 https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237818776 Works
"MRS DALLOWAY" (1925)
  • Ordinary lives during one day in London
  • Past memories vs present life
  • Mind rather than external reality
  • Stream of consciousness technique

"TO THE LIGHTHOUSE" (1927)
  • Intuitive female consciousness of Mrs Ramsey vs rigorous Mr Ramsey
  • Reject of Virginia's father figure
  • Two days (separated by 10 years)
  • Mind's insights
]]> 2018-03-04 17:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237818776 umby_1999 https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237820442 2018-03-04 17:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/umby_1999/81micsh0o0ml/wish/237820442