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The prime example of the Künstlerroman in the English literature, Joyce's novel traces the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus as he begins to question and rebel against the Catholic and Irish conventions he has been brought up in. He finally leaves for Paris to pursue his calling as an artist. ''Portrait'' is a complete rewrite of his earlier attempt at the story, ''Stephen Hero'', which he grew frustrated with in 1905. Large portions of ''Stephen Hero'' found their way, sometimes nearly unchanged, into ''Portrait'', but the tone was changed considerably in order to focus more exclusively on the perspective of Stephen Dedalus. For instance, several of his siblings made prominent appearances in the earlier novel, but are almost completely absent in ''Portrait''. The incomplete first draft of ''Stephen Hero'' was published posthumously in 1944. The book is most noted for its Stream-of-consciousness style that sets out to mirror what the protagonist is thinking. Since the work covers the protagonist aging from a young child to a man, the style of the work differs in each of its five sections, with the complexity and vocabulary gradually increasing. Stylistically, the novel is mostly written as a Third Person Narrative , though towards the end of the book Dialogue and finally journal entries by Stephen are relied on instead to mirror his alienation from society. The book is set in Joyce's native Ireland , especially in Dublin . It deals with many Irish issues such as the quest for Autonomy and the role of the Catholic Church . The title has been plagiarised and parodied by many writers including Charles Perry in " Portrait Of A Young Man Drowning ", Dylan Thomas in his '' Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog '', Joseph Heller in ''A Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man'', Andrew Barlow and Kent Roberts' ''A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man'' and in Grayson Perry's biography ''Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl''. TRIVIA
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