James Joyce and Interdisciplinary Modernism

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In this course we will read and discuss the major works of James Joyce with a focus on their significance to Modernism, literary theory, and to interdisciplinary scholarship. We will read Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses , and sections of Finnegans Wake . We will pay particular attention to how different movements in literary theory have responded to Joyce"s work and will therefore read short critical essays by major and minor Joyce scholars. Our exploration of interdisciplinarity will include discussions of Joyce and music, religion, post-colonialism, history, sexuality, philosophy, intellectual property, and Irish Studies. We will also look at representations of Joyce"s work in music, dance, visual art, theater and film.