James Joyce's Ulysses an intertextual approach

In this class we will approach Ulysses, certainly an icon of modernism, from an intertextual perspective. I suggest that we contrast Leopold Bloom's experience of walking through Dublin on 16 June 1904 with our daily routines in the year 2016. Can we still imagine the liberating and terrifying experience of urbanity in an age prior to iPods®, Kindles™, facebook© and pre-washed salad? Can we help but feel nostalgic about a man walking the streets of Dublin, attending a funeral, meeting friends, having a drink at the pub, reading the paper, writing a letter, discussing politics over drinks, and returning late at night with a friend, making cocoa before going to bed? What do we make of Molly Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, the other protagonists? Do they still speak to us? Can we conceive of a time (the early 20s of the last century) when this novel was read as a panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history. (Eliot 483) The focus of the reappraisal of Ulysses is on intertextuality: can we conceive of the city as text, and is Homer's blueprint still a relevant reference for us? Do other intertextual references take pride of place today? We will look at Joyce's appropriation of Homer's Odyssey, consider Stuart Gilbert's study from 1930 and discuss recent Joyce scholarship. A reader including selected papers will be provided. Seminar für Anglistik Beachten Sie, dass Sie diesen Kurs nach den Prüfungsordnungen ab 2011 nicht besuchen dürfen, wenn Sie die für dieses Modulelement laut Fachspezifischen Bestimmungen und Modulhandbuch notwendigen Voraussetzungen noch nicht erfüllen. Universität Siegen SoSe 2016 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sprang Felix