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Finnegans Wake[]
Main article: Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake is an experimental novel that pushes stream of consciousness^[398] and literary allusions^[399] to their extremes. Although the work can be read from beginning to end, Joyce's writing transforms traditional ideas of plot and character development through his wordplay, allowing the book to be read nonlinearly. Much of the word play stems from the work being written in a peculiar and obscure English, based mainly on complex multilevel puns. This approach is similar to, but far more extensive than, that used by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky^[400] and draws on a wide range of languages.^[401] The associative nature of its language has led to it being interpreted as the story of a dream.^[402][aw]
The metaphysics of Giordano Bruno of Nola, who Joyce had read in his youth,^[403] plays an important role in Finnegans Wake, as it provides the framework for how the identities of the characters interplay and are transformed.^[404] Giambattista Vico's cyclical view of history (in which civilisation rises from chaos, passes through theocratic, aristocratic, and democratic phases, and then lapses back into chaos) structures the text's narrative,^[405] as evidenced by the opening and closing words of the book: Finnegans Wake opens with the words "riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs"^[ax] and ends "A way a lone a last a loved a long the".^[406] In other words, the book ends with the beginning of a sentence and begins with the end of the same sentence, turning the narrative into one great cycle.^[407]
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Joyce's work still has a profound influence on contemporary culture.^[408][ay] Ulysses is a model for fiction writers, particularly its explorations in the power of language.^[397] Its emphasis on the details of everyday life have opened up new possibilities of expression for authors, painters and film-makers.^[409] It retains its prestige among readers, often ranking high on 'Great Book' lists.^[410] Joyce's innovations extend beyond English literature: his writing has been an inspiration for Latin American writers,^[411] and Finnegans Wake has become one of the key texts for French post-structuralism.^[412] It also provided the name for the quark, one of the elementary particles proposed by physicist Murray Gell-Mann.^[413][az]
The open-ended form of Joyce's novels keep them open to constant reinterpretation.^[415] They inspire an increasingly global community of literary critics. Joyce studies—based on a relatively small canon of three novels, a small short story collection, one play, and two small books of poems—have generated over 15,000 articles, monographs, theses, translations, and ions.^[416]
In popular culture, the work and life of Joyce is celebrated annually on 16 June, known as Bloomsday, in Dublin and in an increasing number of cities worldwide.^[417]