Author(s)

Wei Huang

Corresponding Author

Wei Huang

ABSTRACT

“Dubliners”, James Joyce's acclaimed collection of short stories, is arguably the most famous collection of short fiction in the whole of the West in the 20th century. The 15 short stories in "Dubliners" are a realistic and satirical portrayal of life in early twentieth-century Dublin, with "paralysis" and "epiphanies" occurring throughout. This essay analyses the "epiphany" and "paralysis" of little Chandler in "A Little Cloud", giving a glimpse of James Joyce's sympathy and despair for the Irish people under the persecution of imperial colonialism in the early twentieth century.

KEYWORDS

James Joyce, Dubliners, Paralysis, Epiphany