A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man

　　意識流小說泰斗英國作家喬埃斯（1882~ 1941 ），《一位年輕藝術家的畫像》書中主角史蒂芬超乎尋常的敏感正是成為一個藝術家的徵兆。在他歷經了精神及信仰上的種種歷練之後，終能拒絕神召而全心迎向藝 術生命。全書共分五章，分別呈現史蒂芬成長的階段。第一章為幼年期，第二章為青少年期，第三章精神上的地獄之旅，第四章努力修行卻終歸失敗，第五章型形塑 了自己的美學理論。本書和作者另一巨著《尤里西斯》，同是意識流的經典之作，透過蒙太奇技法，描述內在與外在相互交疊的一個真實世界。

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　　James Joyce's first novel follows the life of Stephen Dedalus, an artistic and fiercely individual young man. Along the way, Stephen learns to negotiate the 'snares of the world', to avoid the pitfalls of his dysfunctional family, his terrifying and repressive boarding school, and the various beautiful young ladies who capture his heart. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an unforgettable depiction of childhood and adolescence, as well as a lyrical evocation of life in Ireland over a century ago. It shocked readers on its publication in 1916 and it is now regarded as one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century.

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詹姆斯．喬伊斯（James Joyce, 1882-1941）

　　出生於都柏林，但長年漂泊歐陸。創作包括短篇小說《都柏林人》、長篇小說《一位年輕藝術家的畫像》、《尤利西斯》與《芬尼根守靈夜》。《尤利西斯》是當代經典之一。

　 　James Joyce (1882-1941) was born into a reasonably wealthy Dublin family that was plunged into financial hardship. Educated at University College, Dublin, he met Nora Barnacle in 1904, and they eloped to Croatia. For the rest of his life he lived as an exile moving from Trieste to Rome, Zurich and Paris. His major works are Dubliners (1914), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Ulysses (1922) and Finnegan's Wake (1939), and he is regarded as one of the greatest novelists the world has ever produced.