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
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Schedule
click on an episode's name to see the notes for that episode

DATE
READING
GROUP PRESENTATIONS
Sept. 12

Introduction + start Dubliners
     PDF download of PowerPoint presentation

 
Sept. 19

finish Dubliners
     PDF download of PowerPoint presentation

 
Sept. 26

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
      PDF download of PowerPoint presentation

 
Oct. 3 Ulysses: Episodes 1-3 ("Telemachus," "Nestor," "Proteus"; pp. 3-42) + QUIZ 1
     
PDF download of PowerPoint presentation
 
Oct. 10 Thanksgiving - no class

 

Oct. 17

Ulysses: Episodes 4-6 ("Calypso," "Lotus Eaters," "Hades"; pp. 45-95) + QUIZ 2
     
PDF download of PowerPoint presentation

 
Oct. 24

Ulysses: Episodes 7-9 ("Aeolus," "Lestrygonians," "Scylla and Charybdis"; pp. 96-179) + QUIZ 3 + First essay DUE
     
PDF download of PowerPoint presentation

 
Oct. 31 Ulysses: Episodes 10-11 ("Wandering Rocks," "Sirens"; pp. 180-239) + QUIZ 4
     
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"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
     
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Dec. 5

Finnegans Wake: excerpts to read
Finnegans Wake: introductory notes
     Final essay DUE
     
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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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