Students will be encouraged to share analytical and theoretical views on Ulysses in class discussion, and to focus research skills on a relevant subject of their own choice within the parameters of the course in the form of a final research paper. Course objectivesīased on the assumption that participants have already acquired the basic skills for the analysis of literary texts, this course aims to extend these skills both in terms of textual analysis (close reading) and contextual approach (cultural-historical as well as theoretical). This will enable us to familiarize ourselves with some of the recent scholarly work on Joyce and his text. For each week we will read two chapters from Ulysses, coupled with an article or articles from the Cambridge Companion to Joyce, the Cambridge companion to Ulysses, and James Joyce in Context. Questions to be addressed among others will be: what are the major contributions of Joyce to the development of Modernism? How ‘Irish’ is Joyce? How ‘European’ is Joyce? How much does Ulysses rely on Homer’s Odyssey? We will also closely analyse the language(s) and form(s) of the text. We will place his work in its historical, literary, cultural, political, and theoretical contexts. This course offers a detailed study and analytical reading of Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce (1882-1941), one of the most innovative and influential writers in English of the twentieth century. A BA degree in English Language and Culture or equivalent degree.
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