LITERARY STUDIES James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist

James Joyce 1882 – 1941 Born in Ireland Raised Roman Catholic Came from a poor family Spent youth in Ireland; Lived abroad for adult life Like father, drank heavily in his adulthood

Major Works Dubliners A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Ulysses Finnegan’s Wake

Dubliners Published in 1914 Contains 15 short stories All stories set in Dublin, Ireland Each story is unique, yet has overlapping characters and themes Each story focuses on a different type of paralysis crippling the Irish people

Dubliners paralysis |p ə ˈ ral ə sis|noun ( pl. -ses |-sēz|) the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury. inability to act or function in a person, organization, or place

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Published in 1916 Formative years of Stephen Dedaelus  Name come from Greek Mythology: Daedelus  Semi-autobiographical Novel follows Stephen from early childhood into young adulthood

Ulysses Published in 1922 #1 on list of 100 Greatest English Novels (1999) Banned in America until 1934 Follows two charcters: Leopold Bloom & Stephen Dedaelus Each chapter is 1 hour during June 16, 1904

Ulysses Explicit and Implicit allusions to Homer’s Odyssey Gilbert Schema: most chapters thematically contain:  Allusion to Odyssey  Place  Organ  Symbol  Western Art  Literary Technique

Ulysses Example of Gilbert Schema: TitleSceneHourOrganColorSymbolArtTechnic CalypsoHouse8 AmKidneyOrangeNymphEcon- omics Narrative (mature) HadesGrave- yard 11 AmHeartWhite Black CartakerReligionIncubism SirensConcert Room 4 pmEar--BarmaidsMusicFuga per canonem PenelopeBed--Flesh--Earth--Mono- Logue (female)

Finnegan’s Wake “ One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wideawake language, cutanddry grammar and goahead plot.” --James Joyce, 1926

Finnegan’s Wake “I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.” --James Joyce

Finnegan’s Wake Published in 1939 (17 years to write!) Stream of consciousness Seemingly written in a different language: Joycean Plays with language, grammar and all literary conventions No consensus on plot, characters or other details

Schema for Finnegan’s Wake

James Joyce “I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” --James Joyce