Ulysses by James Joyce, Dispense di Inglese

Scarica Ulysses by James Joyce e più Dispense in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! ULYSSES BY JAMES JOYCE I will put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant J. Joyce – “Ulysses” A MODERN EPIC IN PROSE MITHYCAL METHOD A new form of realism An attempt to bridge the divide between the modern world and the classic one PARODY 18 episodes modelled on equivalent episodes in Homer's text Telemachiad (chapters 1-3) Odyssey (chapters 4-15) Nostos (chapters 16-18) Each episode connected to a colour-an hour-an organ of the body-a sense-a symbol HERO Exceptional qualities, can count on the favour of gods, a stereotyped character ANTI-HERO Imperfect, cannot rely on the kindness of gods deep and vital character Employs every single rethorical style in  Latin  English  Liturgy  Anglo-Saxon Poetry  The language of advertising  Slogans  The language of popular magazines An enciclopedic novel The whole history of Western Culture QUOTATIONS FROM:  Dante  Virgil  Shakespeare  Vico  Aquinas Cubist artists Juxtaposition of events – a scene from all perspectives Collage technique Dramatic dialogue Question and answer Cinematic technique A psychic phenomenon – thoughts connected through free associations  No formal logical order  No chronological order  New information interferes with thoughts that are being elaborated Stream of consciousness Verbal expression of a psychic phenomenon tries to simulate the workings of the consciousness in several ways:  Freedom from introductory expressions  Incomplete sentences  No rules of punctuation  Sudden changes of tenses Interior monologue Different modern techniques Revolutionary prose Difficulty in reproducing the human mind through traditional techniques TIME AN ODYSSEY IN CONSCIOUSNESS The wonderings of Leopold, Stephen and Molly Voyages into their own consciousness Joyce records the subjects' impressions - quotations - memories and fantasies as they occur, thriggered by physical sensations or associations of ideas External time 24 hours June 16th 1904 Interior time Dilated intermingling of past/ present/ future