Ulysses di Joyce riassunto e analisi., Sintesi del corso di Inglese

Scarica Ulysses di Joyce riassunto e analisi. e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! Ulysses The book consists of 18 chapters. Every chapter corresponds to an hour. The sections are three. e Section 1(Chapters 1-3) Stephen Dedalus, a writer returning Paris. He thinks that Dublin is depressing and not uplifting. He thinks that his wish of becoming an author will never come true. He's pessimistic about it. ® Section 2 (Chapters 4-15): The focus is on Leopold Bloom, Jewish. He travels through Dublin which is described in details. The main characters’ thoughts are described. ® Section 3 (Chapters 16-18): It is about three characters: Leopold, Stephen, and . The novel ends with a chapter on Molly. Characters 1. Stephen Dedalus: writer, intelligent, he likes music, struggles with issues of faith and doubt in the wake of his mother’s death. 2. Leopold Bloom: 38, advertising canvasser, Jewish, he enjoys reading. Molly's husband. He is worried about his wife. 3. Molly Bloom: Leopold Bloom’s wife, singer. She wants to lay with his husband although he doesn't feel like it since his son’s death. Themes 1. Paternity: Ulysses is a metaphor. This is related to the fact that he has lost his . He also wants to reinforce his identity and heritage through progeny. Plus, there's a link with Telemachus' myth. 2. Remorse: Paralyzing, sometimes positive. It helps constituting the individual in the present with no sins. 3. Ulysses-Odyssey: It underlines the lack of heroism of the modern novel. Narrative technique 1. Shifting of the narrator and of the point of view 2. Stream of consciousness: Thoughts flow with no control 3. Multiple perspective with a view to showing the fallibility of one single perspective. 4. No external events described, no third person narrator, no paragraphs, no punctation, no subordinate sentences.