Ulysses, James Joyce, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica Ulysses, James Joyce e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! Rachele Gialletti 5N The Modern Age J. Joyce, Ulysses 1. Before being published in Paris in 1922, Ulysses was serialized 4 years earlier in an American magazine, but it was stopped because the novel was considered obscene. It remained banned in Britain until 1936. 2. The epic model is used as a structure for this modern novel about the wanderings of men and women in modern Dublin. 3. The events are told using the stream of consciousness technique which consists in reproducing the free flow of thoughts, feelings and sensations of the characters without comment by the author. 4. Joyce used the epic model as a parallel to the lives of two men in order to emphasize the lack of heroism, ideals and love in the modern world. 5. The epic structure of Ulysses serves as a mirror in which to reflect the modern wasteland. Leopold Bloom (Ulysses, wanders, funeral, brothel) 1. He is the Ulysses of the title 2. He wanders about Dublin just as Ulysses does in the Homer’s poem. 3. He lives common situation that aren’t heroic at all, like attending the funeral of a friend or going to the library, exc... 4. He ends up in a brothel where he meets Stephen Dedalus and takes him home with him. Stephen Dedalus (first part, home and father, Telemachus) 5. He’s the central character of the first part of the novel. 6. He’s going about Dublin in search of an home and of a father, which he eventually finds in Bloom. 7. He corresponds to Telemachus of the Homer’s Ulysses. Molly Bloom (last part, Penelope, interior monologue) 8. Leopold’s wife, she’s the central character of the last part of the novel. 9. She corresponds to Penelope, Ulysses’ wife, with the difference that Molly is unfaithful to her husband. 10. The novel ends with her stream of consciousness monologue about her past and present life. Questions 1. The plot of Ulysses by James Joyce revolves around the events occurring in a twenty-four hour period in the city of Dublin to a group of closely related characters.