Critical Study of Joyce’s Novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Youngman” In The Light of Modernistic Theory

The present study focuses on the aspects of modernism found in the novel. The most findable aspects of modernism are individualism, stream of consciousness, exile, and loss of faith. This paper highlights the role of modernism in changing thoughts and ways of living. Moreover, it describes modernism as the opener of new door for the people determined to get rid out of the boundaries of family, religion and country. Individualism is the centre of modernistic novel around which all aspects of it revolve. How modern novels give preference the inner self of an individual to society's nets and obstacle? This paper discusses in detail the quest of the protagonist of the novel Dedalus who is in search of new ways to see men's role in the world.