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Conflict and Assimilation under Patriarchy: An Auditory Narrative Study of “Araby”
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JASES 2025 7(1):230; https://doi.org/10.69610/j.ases.20250131
Received: / Accepted: / Published Online: 31 January 2025
Abstract
Many scholars have interpreted the boy’s epiphany in James Joyce’s short story “Araby” as a disillusionment of his ideals, but this does not adequately explain the origins of his “anguish” and “anger”. Auditory narrative provides a new path for re-reading the classics. There is no lack of direct or indirect depiction of sounds in the story, constituting different “soundscapes”. In this paper, we start from the clues of sounds, and listen to the hidden growth process of the boy from conflict with the patriarchal society to being assimilated in the deep structure of the story, which provides a powerful addition to the explanation of his epiphany.
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Hu, Z. Conflict and Assimilation under Patriarchy: An Auditory Narrative Study of “Araby”. Journal of Arts, Society, and Education Studies, 2025, 7, 230. doi:10.69610/j.ases.20250131
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Hu Z. Conflict and Assimilation under Patriarchy: An Auditory Narrative Study of “Araby”. Journal of Arts, Society, and Education Studies; 2025, 7(1):230. doi:10.69610/j.ases.20250131
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Hu, Ziling 2025. "Conflict and Assimilation under Patriarchy: An Auditory Narrative Study of “Araby”" Journal of Arts, Society, and Education Studies 7, no.1:230. doi:10.69610/j.ases.20250131
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