Scarica JOYCE ULYSSES APPUNTI INGLESE e più Dispense in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! Published in 1922. Setting in time a single day, Thursday 16th June, 1904. The setting in place Dublin. A detailed account of ordinary life on an ordinary day. The theme is moral human life means suffering but also struggling to seek the good. 6. Ulysses James Joyce – Ulysses Only Connect ... New Directions Ulysses, London, Egoist Press, 1922 (first English edition, printed in France). Leopold Bloom Joyce's common man; he stands for the whole of mankind. Molly Bloom Leopold’s wife; she stands for flesh, sensuality, fecundity. Stephen Dedalus pure intellect; he embodies every young man seeking maturity. 7. Ulysses: characters James Joyce – Ulysses Only Connect ... New Directions Poster for Sean Walsh’s Bloom (2003) The stream of consciousness technique The cinematic technique Dramatic dialogue Juxtaposition of events Question and answers The language rich in puns, paradoxes, images, interruptions, symbols, slang expressions; different linguistic registers to give voice to the unspoken activity of the mind. 10. Ulysses: a revolutionary prose Collage technique James Joyce – Ulysses Only Connect ... New Directions • Use of interior monologue 2 levels of narration. 1st level: actions narrated from the outside neutral point of view. 2nd level: Leopold’s thoughts Bloom’s point of view The action takes place in his mind. There is no difference between past, present and future. 11. Ulysses: The Funeral Part III Leopold attends a funeral. James Joyce – Ulysses Only Connect ... New Directions Use of extreme interior monologue. Molly’s thoughts are free to move backwards (“they called it on…”) and forwards in time (“shall I wear…”). Complete absence of punctuation and introductions to people and events, spelling and grammar mistakes they give voice to her flow of thoughts. 12. Ulysses: Molly’s monologue James Joyce – Ulysses Only Connect ... New Directions A modern epic in prose • The story of a day in the life of 3 characters; • Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged jewish salesman who gets up and walks around Dublin; he combines the two extremes of his companions; • Stephen Dedalus, the young artist in search for a new house and a father, who meets Leopold along the way; he stands for intellect and mind; • Molly Bloom, a semi-professional singer and an unfaithful wife; she stands for flesh and sensuality; • The journey is the search for their own identity: it is a journey through their consciousness. Only Connect ... New Direxctions The epic travels of Ulysses • Bloom’s wanderings reproduce, imitate and parody Homer’s Odyssey; • It is divided into 3 parts and 18 episodes; • Bloom is a modern Ulysses, an archetypal hero who can stand for humanity, for Everyone; • Leopold’s journey is similar to Ulysses’s one: Leopold is looking for his own country, family, wife, son, identity; • Unlike Ulysses, Leopold is not a hero, he is a modern man who can’t rely on the kindness of the Gods. Only Connect ... New Direxctions The narrative technique I • The “stream of consciousness” technique tries to focus its attention on the mental activity that devolops in the human mind; • The methods used to depict consciousness include cinematic devices like “montage”, “flashbacks”, “close-ups”, tracking shots, similes, metaphors……. • The interior monologue is the instrument used to translate the stream of consciousness activity into words Only C;;;;nnect ... New Direxctions
