English 150

Other Readings and Media

Ellmann, R.: James Joyce; Jackson, J. W. and McGinley, B. (eds): James Joyce's Dubliners: An Illustrated Edition with Annotations; Joyce, J.: Finnegans Wake, Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Text & Criticism, Ulysses. Recommended Texts: Blamires, H.: The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide through Ulysses; Budgen, F.: James Joyce and the Making of 'Ulysses'; Gifford, D.: Ulysses Annotated; Gilbert, S.: James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

Description

A polytropically intensive examination of Joyce's fiction. We'll begin the semester with a rapid study of Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, focus lengthily on Ulysses over the major part of the term, and conclude with a brief gaze into the lucid darkness of Finnegans Wake. Members of the seminar will be expected to work on a long seminar-paper during the semester and to participate in class discussions.