Dubliners
James Joyce · 1914 · Short Story
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It introduced modernist techniques like the 'epiphany' and a focus on interiority, laying groundwork for later experimental narratives and psychological realism in short fiction.
What it is
A collection of fifteen short stories depicting the lives of various Dublin residents, exploring themes of paralysis, disillusionment, and epiphany.
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Ulysses· 1922↓ open
Joyce's short stories introduced the concept of epiphany and early modernist techniques, which he expanded into the monumental *Ulysses*.
Mrs Dalloway· 1925↓ open
Both works explore the inner lives of characters within a single day in an urban environment, using modernist techniques to capture subjective experience.