An Encounter

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"An Encounter" is a short story by James Joyce that follows two Dublin schoolboys who skip class seeking adventure, only to face a disturbing experience that exposes the complexities and darker undercurrents of adult life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story
author James Joyce NERFINISHED
centralTheme disillusionment
loss of innocence
paralysis
sexual menace
the dangers of escapism
transition from childhood to adulthood
collectionPublicationTitle Dubliners NERFINISHED
containsMotif Catholic moral codes
escape and adventure
schoolboy rebellion
voyeurism
countryOfOrigin Ireland
explores complexities of adult sexuality as perceived by children
moral ambiguity
urban Irish life
featuresCharacter Mahony NERFINISHED
old man in the field
genre modernist fiction
realist fiction
hasSubject childhood friendship
fear and anxiety
power dynamics between adults and children
includedIn Irish literature curricula
language English
literaryDevice free indirect discourse elements
irony
symbolism
literaryMovement Modernism
literarySignificance early example of Joyce’s epiphanic short fiction
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrativeStyle epiphany-centered
stream-of-consciousness elements
originalCollectionPublicationYear 1914
originalCollectionPublisher Grant Richards NERFINISHED
originalPublicationForm short story collection
partOf Dubliners NERFINISHED
placeInAuthorOeuvre early prose work by James Joyce
protagonist unnamed Dublin schoolboy narrator
sequenceInCollection second story in Dubliners
settingCountry Ireland NERFINISHED
settingLocation Dublin NERFINISHED
settingType urban environment
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century
tone ambiguous
uneasy

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Dubliners hasPart An Encounter