An intensive study of James Joyce’s 'Ulysses' inquiring into selected aspects of Modernism.
Consistently rated either the first or one of the top five novels ever written; described by T.S. Eliot as "brilliant", Virginia Woolf as "a masterpiece", W.B. Yeats as of "immense importance", Ulysses is undoubtedly the twentieth-century book that everyone wants to say they have read.
Lectures, tutorials and group readings will investigate Joyce's experiments with language and with structure; the function of history and/or myth; the role of the comic; and the tensions between innovation and various forms of tradition.
| Paper title | Modernism: Joyce |
|---|---|
| Paper code | ENGL240 |
| Subject | English |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2022 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $929.55 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 54 100-level points
- Restriction
- ENGL 340
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Contact
To be advised when next offered
- More information link
View more information on the English and Linguistics Programme website
- Teaching staff
To be advised when next offered
- Paper Structure
- Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour seminar involving group discussion and individual tutorial presentations.
- Teaching Arrangements
- The seminar programme is designed to give you the opportunity to study at least 13 of the 18 episodes of Ulysses in depth and to stimulate you to think about aspects of modernism while thoroughly enjoying one of the great comic novels of the 20th century. This paper can be taken at either the 200- or the 300-level as it is taught in conjunction with ENGL 340.
- Textbooks
- James Joyce Ulysses (Penguin, 2000)
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Scholarship, Critical thinking,
Cultural understanding, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
To be advised when paper is next offered
