The purpose of this essay is to study the iconicity of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. The iconicity is the similarity or analogy between the form of a sign and its meaning. It is usually divided into two different types: the imagic iconicity and the diagrammatic one. The two types of it can be applied to analyze and explain some characteristics of the major characters of Finnegans Wake. In the novel, many of the characters morph into other characters from scene to scene, and the two main characters, HCE and ALP, seem to be divided into separate sides of their personality. The multiplicity of their incarnations makes it difficult to identify them in the same way as characters in traditional fiction. The portmanteau word of Finnegans Wake challenges two myths on which most assumptions about the efficacy of language rest. The writer James Joyce used a lot of icons, indices, and simbols(sigla), blending the reality of life with a dream world. He also created a few diagrams or signs for the chief characters, e.g., ⴜ(HCE), △(ALP), ⼕(Shem), ∧(Shaun), and ⊣(Issy). As an experimental novelist, Joyce exploited the iconic aspects of letters and ciphers to go beyond the limits of traditional language.
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
설립연도
1968
분야
인문학>영어와문학
소개
본 학회는 영미어문학의 학술연구와 이에 부합하는 아래의 사업을 기획 수행하며,
또한 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
1. 학회지 발간
2. 연구 발표회, 강연회, 공동연구
3. 영미어문학 관련 도서출판
4. 영미어문학 관계 도서 및 자료의 모집 및 비치
5. 기타 본회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]