Araby

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 I looked up papers about James Joyce, and there were many papers, Dubline itself was interpreted as a place to monitor children. Adults can see children playing in the plaza at every angle, and it is the background of trying to be included in such social norms. However, in this surveillance city, the boy found Mangan's sister while looking around the city and fell in love with her. However, the boy always hides and looks at the girl only in hidden places. The boy can feel joy while looking at the girl, but the girl can't. Also, only the scene where the boy looks at the girl is depicted, but the girl looking at the boy is not depicted. When I look at this, I think I can feel the male gaze that the teacher said. In the process of looking at a girl, the image created by the boy through the insertion of subtle sentences is added and deteriorated. However, as this city itself is a space for surveillance, it has not created anything more than a deteriorated gaze. No further development is made other than just watching. In the end, the boy can be seen as a person who has not broken through the norms of the world.

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  1. Garrioch2022년 3월 23일 오후 5:53

    I have never heard this detail about the urban design of Dublin, but it makes sense! If you find a good paper, do keep the link and share it. There is a TON of stuff in JSTOR about Joyce and definitely Araby. This is a very good analysis you present with some continuation of points I made in class that have gone deeper. Indeed, the story is one-sided and we have NO IDEA what Mangan's sister is thinking or if she even thinks about the boy at all. He is so far from practicality in this story (he is buying a gift for a girl he has barely said a word to?) that indeed he is a "creature" driven by vanity. Good work Hyunseop.

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    1. Hyunseop Shin2022년 3월 24일 오전 6:27

      Thanks!! I also want to share this paper but it’s Korean paper so… 🥲🥲
      But if you still want to see it
      http://www.riss.kr/search/detail/DetailView.do?p_mat_type=be54d9b8bc7cdb09&control_no=03a37604fa7d7d75ffe0bdc3ef48d419&keyword=%EC%95%A0%EB%9F%AC%EB%B9%84
      This is the link!!
      It’s about Lacan's Theory of Mirror and Freud’s psychanalysis about house and place.

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