Identify the realist elements and the folkloric elements in a chapter of The Captain’s Daughter. How are they intertwined?

How does the memoir structure impact the narrative and contribute to the themes of The Captain’s Daughter? How would it be different if it were written from multiple points of view?

James Joyce describes The Captain’s Daughter as “a book for boys” (Okri, Ben. “I Began Don Quixote as One Person and Finished as Another.” The Guardian, 8 Mar. 2019) What does this mean? To what extent is this assessment correct?