두 문명 간의 충돌

This article aims at analyzing the conflicting forces between various classes in the Irish society during the first few decades of the 20th century. Joyce makes through his main works the succinct and implicit statements about the contemporary political events and diagnoses this situation a state of paralysis as in Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses. Joyce reveals the true cause of the paralysis in Ireland and explains that it is attributed to the British imperial control over Ireland. Joyce identifies there are two conflicting groups the Irish people and society; the English and the Irish and the Irish and the Anglo-hish Joyce believes that the English and the Anglo-hish prevails the Irish society. Therefore, Joyce recognizes that the clash between different groups in Ireland is indispensable and has always existed In his opinion, splits between groups lead to oppositions and antagonisms, accentuating and deepening social disintegration in the critical periods of Irish history which must have the opportunity to achieve Home Rule or independence from the English government. However, Joyce censures both sides in that the Catholic Irish excessively resort to the physical forces and the Anglo-Irish overtly conforms to or supports the imperial politics. In fact, there were so many revolutionary violences and counter-violences and innocent Irish people were imprisoned and sentenced to death. Joyce draws a conclusion that the opposite identities-the Irishness and the Englishness or the Anglo- Irishness-bring about a series of incessant conflicts which procrastinate Home Rule and independence for a long time, thereby resulting in the whole Ireland trapped in the state of imperialistic oppression.