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Notes about James Joyce - 07/02/12
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Epiphany is referred to a narrative technique in fiction mainly used by James Joyce. According to which everyone has sudden flashing of perception and insite. Epiphany is twelve night, that is the sixth of January when Christ was visited by the Three Wise Men and his divinity was revealed to the world.
JOYCE'S SECULAR EPYPHANY
Epyphany derives from a Greek word "epifanien", it means to manifest. In the prechristian time it was used to record apparence of gods and goddesses. Traditionally, the word has capted this specific religious association, but in our century it has been secularized to refer to other not divine form of revelations.
Joyce was interested in subbern, dramatic and startling moments of being which seemed to hare high significant and to be surrounded with the kind of magical aura.