Michael Groden - Reading James Joyce's Ulysses |
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February-March 2012
92nd St. Y, New York - Unterberg Poetry Center - Writing Program
Michael Groden -
Distinguished University Professor
Department of English, The
University of Western Ontario
Texts
James Joyce. Ulysses. Edited by Hans Walter Gabler. Vintage 1986, 1993
(optional) Harry Blamires. The New Bloomsday Book. 3rd ed. Routledge,
1996
(optional) Don Gifford with Robert J. Seidman. “Ulysses” Annotated.
Revised and expanded edition. University of California Press, 1988 (reprinted in a "20th Anniversary Edition," 2008)
Course Schedule
| Date | Reading (Ulysses page numbers refer to the Gabler edition) |
| February 12 | Introduction + Episodes 1-4: Telemachus, pp. 3-19; Nestor, pp. 20-30; Proteus, pp. 31-42; Calypso, pp. 45-57 |
| February 19 | no class |
| February 26 | Episodes 5-8: Lotus Eaters, pp. 58-71; Hades, pp. 72-95; Aeolus, pp. 96-123; Lestrygonians, pp.124-150 (Professor Groden will talk briefly about Scylla and Charybdis, pp. 151-179) |
| March 4 | Episodes 10, 12-13, 15: Wandering Rocks, pp. 180-209; Cyclops, pp. 240-283; Nausicaa, pp. 284-313; Circe, pp. 350-497 (Professor Groden will talk briefly about Sirens, pp. 210-239 and Oxen of the Sun, pp. 314-349) |
| March 11 | Episode 17-18: Ithaca, pp. 544-607; Penelope, pp. 608-644 (Professor Groden will talk briefly about Eumaeus, pp. 501-543) |
To see the Notes
on Ulysses,
click on the "Main Page" link in the box at the top
or on
a specific episode name there or in the Course Schedule.