[Note: The system is not online because of copyright issues, this is only the introduction. Links will work only to the entry page of each hypertext, but not within the hypertexts, if you want more information please mail me]

LABYRINTH

This is an intricate hypertext that colour-codes certain sentences (that belong to different threads) in the joycean text. It is dedicated to explore certain themes or symbols in a very dense and rich web of associations that cut through Chapter I of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and move at their own pace instead of going the linear way time imposes. As you travel through the maze, you will have to figure out why those senteces are part of the same thread and how the threads interact with one another at significant moments. Once you think you know, click on the "What is this?" link for each thread and add your voice to the net. To see what others have thought, click on "See net" for each colour. It is better if you have a go yourself before looking at other people's opinions.

The text of the novel (in the 1964 Chester Anderson's edition, with original page numbers) has been divided into chunks that make sense as semi-independent units. At the bottom there is a navigation tool that lets you move through the chapter in linear order. You are encouraged to move using the navigation tool paying attention to one thread at a time or clicking on the coloured threads (a coloured sentence can link to more than one place!) while you try to find out what each colour means, as both these tactics are complementary and you might get stuck if you just use one of them.

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: All quotes from Joyce's novel refer to the 1964 Chester Anderson Viking Press edition.

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