一个青年艺术家的画像（英文版）

　　A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. It is the semi-autobiographical portrayal of James Joyce's early upbringing as an Irish Catholic in late 19th century and early 20th century Dublin. In his first and still most widely read novel， James Joyce makes a strange peace with the traditional narrative of a young man's self-discovery by respecting its substance while exploding its form， thereby inaugurating a literary revolution.　The novel begins with the confidence， ease and innocence of a story told to a child and ends with a tone that is hesitant， suspicious， fragmented and estranged. Between the two comes the education of one Stephen Dedalus， as the nets of race， religion and family attempt to ensnare his tender soul and complex imagination.　The publication of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and the short story collection Dubliners earned Joyce a place at the forefront of literary modernism.

　　詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce），爱尔兰诗人、作家。后现代主义文学的开山鼻祖，其代表作《尤利西斯》、《一个青年艺术家的画像》、《芬尼根的守灵夜》和《都柏林人》在世界文学史上占有举足轻重的地位。前三部作品均入选兰登书屋评选的"20世纪一百本优秀英文小说"。乔伊斯一生颠沛流离，辗转于欧洲各地，靠教授英语和写作糊口，晚年饱受眼疾之痛，几近失明。但他一生坚持文学创作，终成一代巨匠。