Nestor

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Nestor is the second episode of James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," focusing on Stephen Dedalus’s morning teaching at a boys’ school and his reflections on history and authority.

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instanceOf chapter of a novel
episode of a novel
author James Joyce NERFINISHED
basedOn Homeric figure Nestor NERFINISHED
centralActivity Stephen Dedalus teaching at a boys’ school
containsCharacter Cyril Sargent NERFINISHED
Mr Deasy NERFINISHED
schoolboys taught by Stephen Dedalus
correspondsTo Nestor episode in Homer’s Odyssey NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ireland
featuresCharacter Stephen Dedalus NERFINISHED
followedBy Proteus (Ulysses episode) NERFINISHED
follows Telemachus (Ulysses episode) NERFINISHED
genre modernist fiction
hasInterpretation often read as critique of didactic authority
often read as meditation on the burden of history
hasSubject British imperialism NERFINISHED
Irish history
economic anxiety
religion and nationalism in Ireland
role of the teacher
internalChronology immediately after events of Telemachus episode
language English
literaryTechnique free indirect discourse
interior monologue
narrativeFunction contrasts Stephen’s ideals with institutional authority
develops Stephen Dedalus’s intellectual and moral concerns
partOf Ulysses (novel) NERFINISHED
primaryMedium print
proseStyle dense allusive narrative
protagonistPerspective Stephen Dedalus’s reflections on history and authority
sequenceNumber 2
settingLocation Dalkey NERFINISHED
boys’ school in Dublin area
theme authority
education
history
memory
power relations
timeInNarrative morning of 16 June 1904
workPublishedIn Ulysses first published in 1922

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