Concetti Chiave
- Joyce's novels start in media res, focusing on character introspection and objective life depiction through impersonality.
- "Ulysses" is considered the first English psychological novel, capturing emotions and sensations within a single day of routine life.
- The protagonist, Leopold Bloom, is an antihero and a parody of Odysseus, experiencing misadventures and personal reflections throughout his day.
- The narrative technique in "Ulysses" breaks traditional syntax, employs interior monologue, and incorporates multilingual elements.
- The novel is notable for its experimental style, especially the final part where punctuation is abandoned to mimic the continuous flow of the mind.
Ulysses
It is the first English psychological novel (or stream of consciousness novel).
In it we can find sensation, emotion without story; it takes what happens during routine life. All the story is based on a single day.
The central character, Leopold Bloom, is a common man, a parody of the wandering Odysseus.
In these hours he lands on many streets, endures misadventures and delight, recalls the unfaithfulness of his wife and the death of his little son.
Leopold Bloom is an antihero with sense of inability, passivity.
Narrative technique :
- Destroys traditional syntax; it’s all summer to interior monologue
- Violation of traditional rule
- There are words coming from other languages
In the most experimental part, souch as concluding part, he let the flow of the mind free abolishing puntuaction, because working of the mind is continuous.
The narrative techniques used in the work are the stream of consciousness, the cinematic technique, questions and answer and dramatic dialogue. In Ulysses he brought to perfection the interior monologue.
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