English 4520F
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Fall 2013
Department
of English
University of Western
Ontario
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. 9 |
Introduction + start Dubliners
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| Sept. 16 | ||
| Sept. 23 |
A
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
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| Sept. 30 | Ulysses: Episodes 1-3 ("Telemachus,"
"Nestor,"
"Proteus";
pp. 3-42) + QUIZ 1 + First
essay topics handed out PDF download of PowerPoint presentation |
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| Oct. 7 | Ulysses:
Episodes 4-6 ("Calypso,"
"Lotus
Eaters," "Hades";
pp. 45-95) + QUIZ 2 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation |
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| Oct. 14 |
Thanksgiving - no class |
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| Oct. 21 |
Ulysses: Episodes 7-9 ("Aeolus,"
"Lestrygonians,"
"Scylla
and Charybdis"; pp. 96-179) + QUIZ 3 + First essay DUE |
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| Oct. 28 | Ulysses: Episodes 10-11 ("Wandering
Rocks," "Sirens";
pp. 180-239) + QUIZ 4 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Sirens group PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Groden |
"Sirens":
Ishwar Dhanda, Jessica Koroll, Alana La Grave, Alysha
McLeod |
| Nov. 4 | Ulysses: Episodes 12-14 ("Cyclops,"
"Nausicaa,"
"Oxen
of the Sun"; pp. 240-349) + QUIZ 5 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Nausicaa group PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Groden |
"Nausicaa": Sarah Cooper, Rachel Dengate,
Brianne Meath, Matt Samuelson |
| Nov. 11 | Ulysses: Episode 15 ("Circe";
pp. 350-497) + QUIZ 6 + Final essay topics handed
out PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Circe group PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Groden |
"Circe": Nat Fuerth, Kelli McGregor,
Victoria Purdy, Brock Schnurr |
| Nov. 18 | Ulysses: Episodes 16-17 ("Eumaeus,"
"Ithaca";
pp. 501-607) + QUIZ 7 PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Ithaca group PDF download of PowerPoint presentation: Groden |
"Ithaca": Richard Dew, Melissa Johnson,
Darcy Robichaud, Shamus Weiche |
| Nov. 25 | Ulysses: Episode 18 ("Penelope";
pp. 608-644) + QUIZ 8 + Editing Ulysses: read Michael Groden's "Afterword" (pp. 647-57) PDF download of PowerPoint presentation |
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| Dec. 2 |
Finnegans Wake: excerpts to read |
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 (1,000 words) -
due October 21 - 20%
2) final essay (2,500 words) -
due December 5 - 35%
3) group presentation - one of four presentations, lasting about
an hour in total - 25%:
a) Oct. 28 - Episode 11: Sirens
b) Nov. 4 - Episode 13: Nausicaa
c) Nov. 11 - Episode 15:
Circe
d) Nov. 18 - Episode 16:
Ithaca
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.
Academic Accommodation on Medical Grounds
Students seeking academic accommodation on medical grounds for any missed tests, exams, participation components and/or assignments worth (either alone or in combination) 10% or more of their final grade must apply to the Academic Counselling office of their home Faculty and provide documentation. Academic accommodation cannot be granted by the instructor or department.
Documentation shall be submitted, as soon as possible, to the Office of the Dean of the student's Faculty of registration, together with a request for relief specifying the nature of the accommodation being requested. The Student Medical Certificate (SMC) can be found here. The full policy is set out here.