You will be expected to read through all of Joyce's Ulysses, but we will focus in class on the style and meaning of particular chapters. You won't "get" all of it but keep reading.
You can use the Gifford guide on Reserve in the library, and the rich material (Joyce's schemas, the directions for reading that Joyce gave to early scholars etc.) on each chapter that is on-line courtesy of the Joyce expert, Professor Michael Groden. He has generously allowed others to consult materials that he has organized over many years including his own notes. See the heading, Pages for Each Episode, on the web page below, and read the sections on Characters, Location; Thoughts and Questions, Comments by Joyce, Joyce's Schemas, Homerica Parallels, Details that Reoccur. This will ground you as you experience and explore Joyce's styles and themes.
http://publish.uwo.ca/~mgroden/92StY/
I will explain how you can use these materials in class.
However, the approach I will use is the following. Forget all the critics. Observe the language and style of the first few pages of each chapter carefully. What is the style of the chapter? What can happen in this style? What can't? And what can we learn about characters in this style (and, therefore, people)?
3/12 Telemachus, Nestor,
3/19 Calypso,Lotus Eaters, Aeolus
3/26 Nausicaa, Cyclops
4/2 Circe, Penelope
Friday, February 27, 2009
Woolf Question 2/26-3/2
After reading the Diary entries about TL distributed last week, and in your own reading experience, which character do you think is the Center of the novel, and why? What does Woolf say in the diary? How does this fit with your sense of the novel?
Literary Societies
If you have an interest in Proust, Woolf or Joyce, you might want to join one of these literary groups. More information on each below:
1. Mercantile Library: Proust Reading Groups
(http://www.mercantilelibrary.org/groups/proust.php)
2. Virginia Woolf Society (annual meeting, this year at Fordham U in June, and on-line discussions (www.utoronto.ca.IVWS);
3. James Joyce Society (www.joycesociety.org)
1.The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction
Readings & Panels
Special Series
Annual Awards Dinner
Fiction Studio/Classes
Writing Classes
Gordon Lish
Writers' Studio
Application (PDF)
Fiction Awards
The John Sargent Sr.
First Novel Prize
The Clifton
Fadiman Medal
The Maxwell E.
Perkins Award
Reading Groups
The Proust Society:
About the Society
The Proust Society of America is a permanent program of The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction. Established in 1997, the Society's mission is to encourage the reading, study and enjoyment of the works of Marcel Proust (1871-1922), whose primary achievement, À la recherche du temps perdu, continues to be considered by most critics as one of the world's great works of fiction, almost a century after its composition was begun.
The Society presents several lectures for the public, which are free to Proust members, holds an annual dinner to commemorate Proust's birthday, and sends additional information through its regular e-mail list.
The Society now hosts three reading discussion groups at the Library. Group I is for people reading Proust for the first time. Group II is for people who have read Proust at least once, and Group III offers a much closer reading for those further advanced.
The Proust Society Discussion Group
The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction is pleased to announce the rebirth of Proust Reading Groups I and II. Starting in September of 2006 each group will start anew on their study of the Random House edition of Remembrance of Things Past. Both groups will follow the same reading schedule of approximately 100 pages per month, when the groups arrive at the last volume, the readings will slow down to 50 pages per month. The entire process will take four long delicious years.
Group I meets at 5:30pm the first Wednesday of every month.
Group II meets at 5:30pm the third Thursday of every month.
Group III meets at 5:30pm the first Tuesday of every month.
A Proust Society Membership is required for registration. Membership to the Proust Society includes full membership to the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction.
Click here to see the reading list for Proust Groups I and II
2. International Virginia Woolf Soceity (www.utoronto.ca.IVWS)
Conferences
Annual Virginia Woolf Conference | M.L.A. Convention | Other Announcements
International Annual Virginia Woolf Conference
2009
WOOLF AND THE CITY
The Nineteenth Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf
June 4-7, 2009
Fordham University
Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA
As an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association , the International Virginia Woolf Society sponsors two sessions at the annual MLA Convention. Sessions are organized and chaired by members of the Modern Language Association. The MLA requires all presenters to be active members of the Modern Language Association. The IVWS invites, but does not require, all presenters to join the Society.
About Us | Bibliography | Conferences | Links | CFPs
VW Listserv | MLA Info | Current News | Home
3. The James Joyce Society
Celebrate the 75 Anniversary of the American Publication of Ulysses on Monday, Feb, 2, 6:30 pm, at the Roger Smith Hotel, Lexington & 47th, NYC
Joyce Events Calendar for 2009
(Trieste, Bloomsday, Buffalo, Dublin) W h a t ' s n e w ?
Celebrate the 75 Anniversary of the 1934 Ulysses Monday, Feb. 2 at the Roger Smith Hotel
Michael Groden's Joyce Course Feb. 22- March 29, 2009 at the 92nd St. Y
New JJS Meeting Venues The Gotham is closed
Early days of the Joyce Society Zack Bowen's memoir
Table of Contents
The James Joyce Society, founded in 1947, is devoted to the appreciation of the life, works, and significance of the Irish author (1882-1941). Meetings take place several times a year in New York City as announced. (Formerly, meetings took place at the Gotham Book Mart, a landmark bookstore and writers' center, which unfortunately is now closed.) [more]
Programs: The 2008 program schedule [more] Membership: Print out the application form to join or renew The James Joyce Society for 2008 ....[more]
Gallery: View original art, illustrations, and photography from The James Joyce Society collection ©....[more] Gotham Book Mart: Now closed, this world-renowned haven for New York writers, founded in 1920, is remembered in this 1948 photograph...[more]
Archive: Past events in 2001-2007 included Bloomsday celebrations and Fall and Spring programs...[more] Links: Follow links to the Finnegans Wake Society of New York and selected Joyce web pages for text, criticism, media, and discussion....[more]
Browsers: The joycesociety.org pages are formatted for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera and similar Windows and Macintosh browsers. For wireless/handheld/accessibility devices and printing, use plain text. For hints on optimizing viewing and printing, see help.
Email: Send email info@joycesociety.org
President: A. Nicholas Fargnoli, afargnoli@molloy.edu
1. Mercantile Library: Proust Reading Groups
(http://www.mercantilelibrary.org/groups/proust.php)
2. Virginia Woolf Society (annual meeting, this year at Fordham U in June, and on-line discussions (www.utoronto.ca.IVWS);
3. James Joyce Society (www.joycesociety.org)
1.The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction
Readings & Panels
Special Series
Annual Awards Dinner
Fiction Studio/Classes
Writing Classes
Gordon Lish
Writers' Studio
Application (PDF)
Fiction Awards
The John Sargent Sr.
First Novel Prize
The Clifton
Fadiman Medal
The Maxwell E.
Perkins Award
Reading Groups
The Proust Society:
About the Society
The Proust Society of America is a permanent program of The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction. Established in 1997, the Society's mission is to encourage the reading, study and enjoyment of the works of Marcel Proust (1871-1922), whose primary achievement, À la recherche du temps perdu, continues to be considered by most critics as one of the world's great works of fiction, almost a century after its composition was begun.
The Society presents several lectures for the public, which are free to Proust members, holds an annual dinner to commemorate Proust's birthday, and sends additional information through its regular e-mail list.
The Society now hosts three reading discussion groups at the Library. Group I is for people reading Proust for the first time. Group II is for people who have read Proust at least once, and Group III offers a much closer reading for those further advanced.
The Proust Society Discussion Group
The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction is pleased to announce the rebirth of Proust Reading Groups I and II. Starting in September of 2006 each group will start anew on their study of the Random House edition of Remembrance of Things Past. Both groups will follow the same reading schedule of approximately 100 pages per month, when the groups arrive at the last volume, the readings will slow down to 50 pages per month. The entire process will take four long delicious years.
Group I meets at 5:30pm the first Wednesday of every month.
Group II meets at 5:30pm the third Thursday of every month.
Group III meets at 5:30pm the first Tuesday of every month.
A Proust Society Membership is required for registration. Membership to the Proust Society includes full membership to the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction.
Click here to see the reading list for Proust Groups I and II
2. International Virginia Woolf Soceity (www.utoronto.ca.IVWS)
Conferences
Annual Virginia Woolf Conference | M.L.A. Convention | Other Announcements
International Annual Virginia Woolf Conference
2009
WOOLF AND THE CITY
The Nineteenth Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf
June 4-7, 2009
Fordham University
Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA
As an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association , the International Virginia Woolf Society sponsors two sessions at the annual MLA Convention. Sessions are organized and chaired by members of the Modern Language Association. The MLA requires all presenters to be active members of the Modern Language Association. The IVWS invites, but does not require, all presenters to join the Society.
About Us | Bibliography | Conferences | Links | CFPs
VW Listserv | MLA Info | Current News | Home
3. The James Joyce Society
Celebrate the 75 Anniversary of the American Publication of Ulysses on Monday, Feb, 2, 6:30 pm, at the Roger Smith Hotel, Lexington & 47th, NYC
Joyce Events Calendar for 2009
(Trieste, Bloomsday, Buffalo, Dublin) W h a t ' s n e w ?
Celebrate the 75 Anniversary of the 1934 Ulysses Monday, Feb. 2 at the Roger Smith Hotel
Michael Groden's Joyce Course Feb. 22- March 29, 2009 at the 92nd St. Y
New JJS Meeting Venues The Gotham is closed
Early days of the Joyce Society Zack Bowen's memoir
Table of Contents
The James Joyce Society, founded in 1947, is devoted to the appreciation of the life, works, and significance of the Irish author (1882-1941). Meetings take place several times a year in New York City as announced. (Formerly, meetings took place at the Gotham Book Mart, a landmark bookstore and writers' center, which unfortunately is now closed.) [more]
Programs: The 2008 program schedule [more] Membership: Print out the application form to join or renew The James Joyce Society for 2008 ....[more]
Gallery: View original art, illustrations, and photography from The James Joyce Society collection ©....[more] Gotham Book Mart: Now closed, this world-renowned haven for New York writers, founded in 1920, is remembered in this 1948 photograph...[more]
Archive: Past events in 2001-2007 included Bloomsday celebrations and Fall and Spring programs...[more] Links: Follow links to the Finnegans Wake Society of New York and selected Joyce web pages for text, criticism, media, and discussion....[more]
Browsers: The joycesociety.org pages are formatted for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera and similar Windows and Macintosh browsers. For wireless/handheld/accessibility devices and printing, use plain text. For hints on optimizing viewing and printing, see help.
Email: Send email info@joycesociety.org
President: A. Nicholas Fargnoli, afargnoli@molloy.edu
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Virginia Woolf Blog
Student blog on Woolf. Join in the conversation if you like. Students at Fordham U have started this blog:
http://woolf3504.blogspot.com/
http://woolf3504.blogspot.com/
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