Hey All, I bought a copy of Joyce’s' Ulysses early this summer and ended up setting it aside as I was on a mission to plow through a list of other readings. Anywho, took a bit of a break and just picked it up again. I'm 45 pages in and I'm not sure I follow? Have you read this book? If so, what's the approach? Seems to me the text falls in and out of thoughts and actions but it is written in much the same manner for both. I could continue with the path I'm on taking in all the literary images he paints but I think I'm missing something. Is it totally written from Stephens’s vantage point? Could one assume the text follows he and what seem to be thoughts are his? Just curious. There are plenty of things above my head but this just seems to intrigue me. cheers -b-
Do you have a copy with notes or annotations? If you really want to understand it, you probably need to know quite a bit of Greek mythology, for a start - the novel is called Ulysses because it parallels the journey of Ulysses. It's also a record of what Dublin was like on a particular day. I think Joyce once said that if Dublin disappeared and Ulysses was all that was left, it should be possible to reconstruct Dublin from his description.
Huh. It does not have notes or annotations. "for a start - the novel is called Ulysses because it parallels the journey of Ulysses." That is certainly a nice insight. I'll have to research it a bit as my knowledge of greek mythology is "Ahum," not all that vast. Outside of Simpson spoofs of course. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Thanks for the insight. Cheers -b-
He is arguably the most difficult read in the English language. I flunked English because we had to read "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." I couldn't understand a single word. It might as well have been in Albanian.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.......come on, that's not so hard is it? At least the early parts?
