Michael Groden — James Joyce's Ulysses
English 4520F — Fall 2011
Course Home Page and Schedule
Bibliography
— Books on Reserve
Joyce
on the Web
Notes
on Ulysses
Classes: Mondays
7:00-10:00 - UC 282
Office: UC 383 - Office Hours: Mondays 3:30-4:20,
Tuesdays 10:30-11:20, 3:30-4:20
Email instructor - Instructor's website
Schedule
click on an
episode's name to see the notes for that episode
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DATE
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READING
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GROUP PRESENTATIONS
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| Sept. 12 |
Introduction + start Dubliners
|
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| Sept. 19 |
finish Dubliners |
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| Sept. 26 |
A
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
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| Oct. 3 | Ulysses: Episodes 1-3 ("Telemachus,"
"Nestor,"
"Proteus";
pp. 3-42) + QUIZ 1 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation |
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| Oct. 10 | Thanksgiving - no class |
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| Oct. 17 |
Ulysses: Episodes 4-6 ("Calypso,"
"Lotus
Eaters," "Hades";
pp. 45-95) + QUIZ 2 |
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| Oct. 24 |
Ulysses: Episodes 7-9 ("Aeolus,"
"Lestrygonians,"
"Scylla
and Charybdis"; pp. 96-179) + QUIZ 3 + First essay DUE |
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| Oct. 31 | Ulysses: Episodes 10-11 ("Wandering
Rocks," "Sirens";
pp. 180-239) + QUIZ 4 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation |
"Sirens": Keelan Harkin, Katie Kelly, Adrienne Miller |
| Nov. 7 | Ulysses: Episodes 12-14 ("Cyclops,"
"Nausicaa,"
"Oxen
of the Sun"; pp. 240-349) + QUIZ 5 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Groden PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Nausicaa Group |
"Nausicaa": Eric Campbell, Jade Cowan, Jessika Hannon-Hupe, Carol-Anne Wyseman |
| Nov. 14 | Ulysses: Episode 15 ("Circe";
pp. 350-497) + QUIZ 6 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Circe Group |
"Circe": Alex Assaly, Michael Donovan, Kimberly Rodda, Michael Sparrow |
| Nov. 21 | Ulysses: Episodes 16-17 ("Eumaeus,"
"Ithaca";
pp. 501-607) + QUIZ 7 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Ithaca Group |
"Ithaca": Andrew Cannon, Michelle Danielson, Steven Suntres |
| Nov. 28 | Ulysses: Episode 18 ("Penelope";
pp. 608-644) + QUIZ 8 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation |
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| Dec. 5 |
Finnegans Wake: excerpts to read |
Course Texts
James Joyce. Ulysses: The Gabler Edition (1922). Edited
by Hans Walter Gabler. Vintage, 1986, 1993, Bodley Head 2008 (note:
this edition only).
James Joyce. Dubliners (1914). Edited by Jeri Johnson.
Oxford UP, 2000.
James Joyce. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
(1916). Edited by Jeri Johnson. Oxford UP, 2000.
Optional Texts
James Joyce. Finnegans Wake (1939). Penguin, 1992.
Don Gifford with Robert J. Seidman. "Ulysses" Annotated.
Revised edition. University of California Press, 1988 (or 20th
Anniversary Edition with new cover, 2008).
Harry Blamires. The New Bloomsday Book. 3rd edition.
Routledge, 1996.
+ an extensive set of notes
on each episode (or click on an episode's name in the
Schedule to see the notes for that episode)
Online Texts, Concordances, and Word Indexes to Ulysses
Finnegans
Web (text; for Ulysses, scroll down screen at
right)
Concord
Project (a word index to Uysses)
On Reserve in Weldon Library (Joyce = PR
6019 . . .)
Harry Blamires. The New Bloomsday Book. 3rd edition.
1996.
Don Gifford with Robert J. Seidman. "Ulysses" Annotated.
1988.
Assignments
1) first essay (1000 words) - due
October 24 - 20%
2) final essay (2500 words) - due
December 5 - 35%
3) group presentation - one of 4 presentations, lasting about an
hour in total (see schedule above) - 25%
4) quizzes at beginning of each class dealing with Ulysses
(8 reading quizzes in all, best 7 count) - 10%
5) attendance and participation - 10%
There will be no final examination in the course.
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