Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31192/np.20.1.11
James Joyce’s Stay in Pula (1904 – 1905) Viewed in a Wider Context of FLT Reform Movement
Renata Šamo
; Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Humanities, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
A great master of the world literature, James Joyce (1882-1941), spent a shorter period (30th October 1904 – 5th March 1905) in Pula, teaching English to the Austrian officers in one of the Berlitz schools, which was very influential at that time. This paper first surveys the key bio-bibliographical data about Joyce and presents the circumstances of his arrival to the most important naval port in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and then considers their possible influences on his writing. Special attention is paid to the above-mentioned school and its activities, pointing out the specific features of the Berlitz method, even today easily identified around the world, since it had a significant role in developing the methodology of foreign language teaching, especially before the Great War. It should be emphasised that data under this analysis have largely resulted from his correspondence mostly with his brother and the local newspaper clips about the foreign language learning courses. Regarding Joyce in such an unusual context, the paper should be seen also as a contribution to research on the history of English teaching and learning in the Republic of Croatia, and might be interesting to experts in the history of literature, particularly the ones studying the life and work of the famous Irish writer.
Keywords
Berlitz school; Direct Method; James Joyce; Pula; Reform Movement
Hrčak ID:
274159
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Publication date:
17.3.2022.
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