English 960: Joyce

Chalk drawing of James Joyce, Dublin, Bloomsday 1992

Professor Kathryn Conrad
Fall 2010
M * 7-9:30 pm * 3001 Wescoe conference room
Office hours: M-Th, 1:30-3:30 pm, 3043 Wescoe Hall

Course Description

In this course, we will be reading most of James Joyce's major works works--Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, poetry, Dubliners, Ulysses, and selections from Finnegans Wake. Among the topics we will explore are the ways Joyce variously exploits and challenges systems of authority, the relationship between style and content, and the many controversies surrounding Joyce and his works. The majority of the semester will be devoted to Ulysses.

Texts

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Dubliners.
Ulysses (Gabler edition)
Finnegans Wake.

Recommended

The New Bloomsday Book, Blamires.
Ulysses Annotated, Gifford.
Annotations to Finnegans Wake, McHugh.

Requirements

Students will be expected to write one article-length paper, research and present to the class online one published critical article with one- to two-page written summary and discussion questions, and participate in classroom AND online discussion.

General Joyce Resources

Check out the Spencer Library's collection of Joyce materials. See the Special Collections: Irish Collections site for a short description.
Work in Progress: The James Joyce Homepage
Homer's Holistical-Horrifical-Humongistical List of James Joyce Materials
James Joyce Resource Center
Earreverently Ayeing James Joyce
The Brazen Head

Specific Joycean Links of Interest

Portrait

Searchable text of Joyce's major texts.

Ulysses

Columbia's online annotations of Ulysses--a fantastic site, with annotations that show up at the bottom of the page when you roll over highlighted words
The Gilbert Schema for Ulysses
The Linati Schema for Ulysses
Classic Notes--chapter analyses.
Mike Groden's Guide to Reading Ulysses
Searchable texts of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake on Finnegans Web. You'll have to scroll through the page to find the links to the searchable texts.
Searchable text of Joyce's major texts.

Finnegans Wake

Finnegan's Wake (the song--audio file)
Joyce reading from Finnegans Wake
The online shorter Finnegans Wake--a very helpful summary, with some hypertext notes.
Searchable texts of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake on Finnegans Web. You'll have to scroll through the page to find the links to the searchable texts.

Schedule

This schedule is subject to change!—see this site for updates and more detailed information.

Date	Reading
M 8/23	Introduction
M 8/30	Portrait of the Artist.
M 9/6	Labor day--no class.
M 9/13	Portrait of the Artist, finish. Poetry. Poetry: Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach, and "Gas from a Burner": Available online at the following sites: Chamber Music: Poets' Corner Robot Wisdom- removed link The Literature Network Pomes Penyeach: Robot Wisdom- removed link "Gas from a Burner" (Google Groups e-text)
M 9/20	Dubliners. "The Sisters," "An Encounter," "Araby."
M 9/27	Dubliners.
M 9/29	Dubliners.
M 10/4	Dubliners.
M 10/11	Ulysses. Chs. 1-3.
M 10/18	Ulysses. Chs. 4-6.
M 10/25	Ulysses. Chs. 7-9.
M 11/1	Ulysses. Chs. 10-12.
M 11/8	Ulysses. Chs. 13-14.
M 11/15	Ulysses. Ch. 14-15. Prospectus due.
M 11/22	Ulysses. Ch. 16-17. Annotated bibliography due.
M 11/29	Ulysses. Ch. 18.
M 12/6	Last day. Finnegans Wake. Selections. [Check out my crib sheet; see above for links to Joyce reading from the Wake and for the song "Finnegan's Wake."]
M 12/13	Paper due.