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Ulysses Lecture VII - Cyclops & Nausicaa (Patreon)

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"O, so soft, sweet, soft! Then all melted away dewily in the grey air: all was silent."

Today we are popping into Barney Kiernan's for a pint and a lively discussion, and then enjoying a fireworks display on Sandymount strand.

In the Penguin Modern Classics edition, this takes us from pages 376-499

Timestamps:

  • Cyclops
  • 0:00 how Ulysses rewards deep reading
  • 4:00 Joyce’s & the art of parody
  • 5:00 is Ulysses really incomprehensible?
  • 6:30 on exploring rabbit holes
  • 9:20 the scheme of Cyclops
  • 10:30 homeric parallel
  • 11:30 the citizen’s nationalism
  • 18:30 the Cyclops & citizen
  • 19:30 nobody & everyman
  • 21:57 on refusing to see
  • 28:00 is love opposite to hate?
  • 30:00 James Joyce as visionary
  • 32:00 blending the high & low
  • 35:50 the message of this episode
  • 36:20 how Bloom defines a nation
  • 39:00 a message of love
  • 42:00 ‘force, hatred, history’
  • 44:00 Bloom’s need for a son
  • 46:00 ‘I’ll crucify him’
  • 48:00 love, history & identity
  • Nausicaa
  • 50:00 homeric parallel
  • 53:00 the scheme of this episode
  • 54:23 the opening of Nausicaa
  • 56:00 Ulysses: epic or mock-epic?
  • 57:00 bringing time to great literature
  • 58:30 the controversial passage
  • 62:30 ephemerality of life
  • 65:00 the obscenity trial
  • 67:22 the women who fought for Ulysses
  • 68:00 the irony & hypocrisy of censorship
  • 71:00 Sylvia Beech publishes Ulysses
  • 71:44 Ulysses legalised in the United States
  • 73:50 ‘girls lean back everywhere'
  • 76:25 writing our identity in the sand
  • 79:00 our next episodes

Our Joycean Journey:

Questions to Consider:

1) Are we just our national identity? What defines a nation? And who are we really?

2) Is Ulysses more epic, or mock epic? And what is the Joycean style?

3) Is Ulysses obscene? And is ‘obscenity’ reason enough to ban a book?

Happy reading, everybody!

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Ulysses Lecture VII - Cyclops & Nausicaa

0:00 how Ulysses rewards deep reading 4:00 Joyce’s & the art of parody 5:00 is Ulysses really incomprehensible? 6:30 on exploring rabbit holes 9:20 the scheme of Cyclops 10:30 homeric parallel 11:30 the citizen’s nationalism 18:30 the Cyclops & citizen 19:30 nobody & everyman 21:57 on refusing to see 28:00 is love opposite to hate? 30:00 James Joyce as visionary 32:00 blending the high & low 35:50 the message of this episode 36:20 how Bloom defines a nation 39:00 a message of love 42:00 ‘force, hatred, history’ 44:00 Bloom’s need for a son 46:00 ‘I’ll crucify him’ 48:00 love, history & identity 50:00 homeric parallel 53:00 the scheme of this episode 54:23 the opening of Nausicaa 56:00 Ulysses: epic or mock-epic? 57:00 bringing time to great literature 58:30 the controversial passage 62:30 ephemerality of life 65:00 the obscenity trial 67:22 the women who fought for Ulysses 68:00 the irony & hypocrisy of censorship 71:00 Sylvia Beech publishes Ulysses 71:44 Ulysses legalised in the United States 73:50 ‘girls lean back everywhere' 76:25 writing our identity in the sand 79:00 our next episodes

Comments

Elizabeth Madden

Gerty's Prior Exposure in Ulysses: I wonder how many of you noticed, when you first began to read the Nausicaa Episode, that Miss Gerty McDowell had made an earlier appearance in the Book: in Wandering Rocks, in fact, that Episode so full of fascinating little vignettes of 'minor' characters who have some part to play either in Ulysses itself, or in one of Joyce's other books. This, of course, is typical of Joyce: it is necessary to read all of his books, not just one, and to keep referring to and fro between Episodes, too, in order to pick up on significant elements that only come to have real, or at least, obvious significance when they are seen in combination with other elements or passages in the text of the book. As a small challenge, I would like to invite you all to flip back to Wandering Rocks, find the 'Gerty' vignette, and tell me what we discover about her in that vignette, and how this has parallels with how Joyce presents her here. Can you spot any notable differences? Did you notice the Bloom connection' being made back there?

Elizabeth Madden

I have more comments to add on Naausicaa but if you are really interested you can come back later to read them. Meanwhile, onward to Oxen of The Sun...

GertyMae
>>117080886

"Passing by Roger Greene's office and Dollard's big red printing house Gerty McDowell, carrying the Catesby's cork lino letters for her father who was laid up, knew by the style it was the lord and lady lieutenant but she couldn't see what her Excellency had on because the team and Spring's big yellow furniture van had to stop in front of her on account of is being the lord lieutenant."

Elizabeth Madden
>>117080886

Lara- see Leah's post. Leah- very well observed. Leah and Lara, what does the vignette tell us about her personality and how does it relate to how Joyce depicts her in Nausicaa?

Laura Smith
>>117080886

I guess we can see that her dad is unwell, that she looks up to authority, that she cares for her family.. I’m not sure what else..

GertyMae
>>117080886

No idea Elizabeth. I even cheated and Googled. I learnt from that exercise that there are academic articles that claim this single sentence in Wandering Rocks has something to say about the Virgin Mary theory from Nausicaa, but the juicy bits were hidden behind a journal paywall, so I've got nada. Are cork lino letters used in newspaper publishing, or is that the wrong path? Maybe it could be said to show a more human human than the male-fantasy-by-the-sea that we see a few hours later. Yes she's interested in fashion and frippery, but as Lara notes, she's also somebody's dutiful daughter.

Elizabeth Madden
>>117080886

Lara and Leah, you are both correct in saying that Gerty looks up to authority/ power, enjoys fashion, and cares about her family- well done. The 3 bright colours referred to in that small passage are also connected with how Gerty is portrayed or 'pictured' in the first part of Nuaisicaa through a technicolour lens of High Romance. It's like a romantic young girl seeing her life as something out of a popular romantic movie.