Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate both orally and in writing an overarching understanding of James Joyce's major works.
Students should be able demonstrate the various ways in which each of his works is an extension and elaboration of his previous works.
Students should be able to by identify and articulate with clarity, precision, and depth the core course concepts, motifs, and themes.
Students should be able to perform close-readings of texts leading to nuanced critical analysis.
Students should be able to critically engage in class discussion on a variety of topics in Joyce studies.
Students should develop confidence in primary and secondary research skills on a topic in Joyce studies.
Students should be able to situate Joyce's works as part of the broader Modernist movement.
Indicative Module Content:
This seminar is both an introduction and a comprehensive survey of Joyce's oeuvre. We will explore the proposition that all of Joyce's books together constitute one integral and coherent work. With close readings of the text, the seminar will focus on consistent themes and issues in Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake; such as: the relationship between an ostensibly realistic surface narrative and its symbolic form as well as the foundational role of language in history, politics, society and art.
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate both orally and in writing an overarching understanding of James Joyce's major works and be able demonstrate the various ways in which each of his works is an extension and elaboration of his previous works. Students should also develop confidence in primary and secondary research skills on a topic in Joyce studies and be able to situate Joyce's works as part of the broader Modernist movement.