James Joyce is regarded as the greatest writer in the history of English literature after Shakespeare, and his achievements in the field of novels represent a peak of modernist literature. To be exact, Joyce is an Irish writer. He was born in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, on February 2nd, 1882, when Ireland was under British rule and was a British colony. Joyce entered Dublin University College on 1898 to study modern languages, and graduated from the university on 1902. He chose to leave Ireland and live on the European continent. He lived in Trieste, a city in the northeast of Italy, for 10 years, teaching English for a living. He has lived in Paris since 1920. Joyce's works include a collection of short stories Dubliners, an autobiographical novel A Portrait of a Young Artist and a novel Ulysses. Joyce is one of the greatest writers in the 20th century. His works and "stream of consciousness" have exerted great influence on the whole world.