Representation and Rhizome: A Brief Analysis on the Priest’s Death in Sisters

Xinbo Jiao

doi:10.54097/3n316j78

Authors

Xinbo Jiao

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/3n316j78

Keywords:

Sisters, Foucault, Representation, James Joyce

Abstract

The cause of death of the priest in Sisters, as an imagery factor, affects the readers’ understanding on the text. This paper discusses the cause of death of the priest by analyzing the representations of the text, the reality and the author, and studying the literary text, the reality and the author's experience under the equal discourse. This paper finds that all kinds of appearances caused by the death of priests points to the direction- the reality of the collapse of Irish traditional values in the early 20th century and the arduous task of reviving Irish traditional morality.

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