ANG 096070, ANGA 080126 Autumn 2008 James Joyces Ulysses as a Modernist Master-Narrative 1 9 Sept. 2 16 Sept. 3 23 Sept.

Introduction to the course. How to read Ulysses: contexts, structure, style I: The Telemachiad Telemachus Nestor Proteus Seamus Deane: Joyce the Irishman

Dr. V Gabriella Tuesday, 12-14.15 E 419 (A/432)

Bernard Benstock: Telemachus Garry Leonard: Mockery, Heresy, and the Transubstantiation of Masculinity in Telemachus E.L. Epstein: Nestor Robert Spoo: Genders of History in Nestor Morse, J. Mitchell. Proteus Cheryl Herr: Old Wives Tales as Portals of Discovery . . .

4 30 Sept.

II: The Wanderings of Ulysses Calypso Lotus-Eaters

Adelaine Gasheen: Calypso Carol Schloss: Milly, Molly, and the Mullingar Photo Shop . . . Philip F. Herring: Lotus-Eaters Maud Ellmann: Skinscapes in Lotus-Eaters R.M. Adams: Hades Kimberly J. Devlin: Visible Shades and Shades of Visibility. . . M. J. C. Hodgart: Eolus Patrick McGee: Machines, Empire, and the Wise Virgins . . . Melvin J. Friedman: Lestrygonians Karen Lawrence: Legal Fiction or Pulp Fiction . . . Robert Kellogg: Scylla and Charybdis Joseph Valente: The Perils of Masculinity . . . Clive Hart: Wandering Rocks Bonnie Kime Scott: Diversions from Mastery in Wandering Rocks Jackson I. Cope: Sirens Jules Law: Political Sirens David Hayman: Cyclops Marilyn Reizbaum: When the Saints Come Marching In: ReDeeming Cyclops Fritz Senn: Nausicaa John Bishop: The Metaphysics of Coitus in Nausicaa

5 7 Oct.

Hades Aeolus

6 14 Oct.

Lestrygonians Scylla and Charybdis

7 28 Oct.

The Wandering Rocks

Sirens 8 4 Nov. Cyclops Nausicaa

9 11 Nov. 10. 18 Nov.

Students presentations: research topics, resources and findings Oxen of the Sun J. S. Atherton: Oxen of the Sun Edna Duffy: Interesting States: Birthing and the Nation . . .

11. 25 Nov. 12. 2 Dec.

Circe

Hugh Kenner: Circe Margot Norris: Disenchanting Enchantment: The Theatrical Brothel of Circe Gerald L. Burns: Eumaeus Colleen Lamos: The Double Life of Eumaeus A. Walton Litz: Ithaca Vicki Mahaffey: Sidereal Writing: Male Refractions . . . Robert S.J. Bayle: Penelope Christine Van Boheemen: Mollys Heavenly Body and the Economy of the Sign: The Invention of Gender in Penelope

III: The Homecoming Eumaeus Ithaca

13 9 Dec.

Deadline for the essay Penelope

Texts 1. Ulysses, preferably the Gabler edition. 2. Critical guidance and reference for the text (all available on CooSpace): Blamires, Harry. The Bloomsday Book: A Guide through Ulysses (1966). London: Routledge, 1994. Gifford, Don with Robert J. Seidman. Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyces Ulysses. Berkeley: U of California P, 1988. 3. Additional critical reading: Cheng, Vincent. Catching the Conscience of a Race. Joyce, Race, and Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995. 15-57. . Ulysses: Imagining Selves and Nations: Imagining Selves. Ibid. 151-84. . Ulysses: Imagining Selves and Nations: Imagining Nations. Ibid. 285-218. . Ulysses: Imagining Selves and Nations: Imagining Futures: Nations, Narratives, Selves. Ibid. 219-48. Deane, Seamus. Joyce and Nationalism. MacCabe, Colin (ed.). James Joyce: New Perspectives. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1982. 168-83. . Joyce the Irishman. Derek Attridge (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1990. 31-54. Devlin, Kimberly Jane and Marilyn Reizbaum (ed): Ulysses: En-Gendered Perspectives. Columbia: U of South Carolona P, 1999. Doyle, Laura. Races and Chains: Repression, Representation, and Interior States in Ulysses. Friedman, Susan Stanford (ed.). Joyce: The Return of the Repressed. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1993. !49-89. Hart, Clive and David Hayman. James Joyces Ulysses: Critical Essays. Berkeley: U of California P, 1974. Nadel, Ira B. Joyce and the Idea of the Jew: Identity. Joyce and the Jews: Culture and Texts. London: Macmillan, 1989. 139-53. . Joyce and the Idea of the Jew: Joyce and the Mystique of the Jewish Woman. Ibid. 154-80. Course requirements Reading: Students are kindly requested to come to class having read and prepared the text(s) assigned in the reading and discussion schedule. The Blamires book (The New Bloomsday Book) is an essential and required study aid to be consulted together with the primary text. It is not specified in the syllabus, but is required reading. Tests and essay: There will be random written tests checking primary and critical reading, an end-term test and an essay of about 4000 words length required for this course. The essay is due by week 12 of the semester (2 December), and will be devoted to some aspect of Joyces work. Titles will be suggested along the discussions. Please note that your argument must be supported by at least 5 critical works, which must be cited as references. You can use the critical material listed in the syllabus, or you may do some individual research in the library or in the Chadwyck database (Criticism and Reference section). All reference material should be properly credited. Late paper policy: Essays coming in late will lose a mark each weekday. Grading for this course will be based on class work, the tests and the essay. Attendance: No more than two absences are acceptable without excuse.

Cheng, Vincent. Catching the Conscience of a Race . Ulysses: Imagining Selves and Nations: Imagining Selves. . Ulysses: Imagining Selves and Nations: Imagining Nations. . Ulysses: Imagining Selves and Nations: Imagining Futures: Nations, Narratives, Selves. Deane, Seamus. Joyce and Nationalism. . Joyce the Irishman. Derek Attridge (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1990. 31-54. Doyle, Laura. Races and Chains: Repression, Representation, and Interior States in Ulysses Nadel, Ira B. Joyce and the Idea of the Jew: Identity. . Joyce and the Idea of the Jew: Joyce and the Mystique of the Jewish Woman. ----------------------------------------------------------Garry Leonard: Mockery, Heresy, and the Transubstantiation of Masculinity in Telemachus Robert Spoo: Genders of History in Nestor Cheryl Herr: Old Wives Tales as Portals of Discovery in Proteus Carol Schloss: Milly, Molly, and the Mullingar Photo Shop \: Developing Negatives in Calypso Maud Ellmann: Skinscapes in Lotus-Eaters Kimberly J. Devlin: Visible Shades and Shades of Visibility: The En-Gendering of Death in Hades Patrick McGee: Machines, Empire, and the Wise Virgins: Cultural Revolution in Aeolus Karen Lawrence: Legal Fiction or Pulp Fiction in Lestrygonians Joseph Valente: The Perils of Masculinity in Scylla and Charybdis Bonnie Kime Scott: Diversions from Mastery in Wandering Rocks Jules Law: Political Sirens Marilyn Reizbaum: When the Saints Come Marching In: Re-Deeming Cyclops John Bishop: The Metaphysics of Coitus in Nausicaa Edna Duffy: Interesting States: Birthing and the Nation in Oxen of the Sun Margot Norris: Disenchanting Enchantment: The Theatrical Brothel of Circe Colleen Lamos: The Double Life of Eumaeus Vicki Mahaffey: Sidereal Writing: Male Refractions and Malefactions in Ithaca Christine Van Boheemen: Mollys Heavenly Body and the Economy of the Sign: The Invention of Gender in Penelope