Course details

Name: ENGL - 359

Title: JAMES JOYCE

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2022

Credits: 3

Description:
James Joyce is perhaps the most important novelist of the 20th century. In this course we will read three of his most well-known and influential works of fiction: the short story collection Dubliners, the autobiographical fiction A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and his masterwork Ulysses. By focusing on a single author, I hope that we can achieve a quality of knowledge not possible in survey courses.

The aims of this course are (1) to foster in-depth critical understanding of the fiction of one of the 20th century’s greatest authors, with particular attention to a single, difficult, and highly rewarding work, Ulysses; and (2) to understand Joyce through the development of his artistic work over the course of his lifetime and within the social, historical, political, artistic, and biographical contexts in which his work was produced.

A Note on Books: Two of the books on sale at the MSU Bookstore for this course are OPTIONAL purchases: "James Joyce" and "Ulysses Annotated." Also if you buy "Ulysses" at a different bookstore, you MUST buy the edition edited by Hans Walter Gabler. Other editions exist but are not considered authoritative.

Last updated on 2021-09-26 By Greenberg Jonathan (greenbergj)

Schedule: Monday,Thursday From 9:45 am To 11:00 am

Graduation requirements:

• Any Literature (1e)
• Genre Study (Fiction)
• Post-1900 (1d)
• International Issues (3a)
• Class Issues (3d)

Teaching Faculty: Greenberg Jonathan (greenbergj)

Is course canceled: No