Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM

This seminar will study the text of Joyce’s Ulysses, one of the most technically accomplished novels. Style will therefore be an important focus. Each chapter alludes to a character or event from the Odyssey and distinguishes itself by its own style, ranging from hallucinatory dream to interior monologue. Stylistic analysis will inevitably embrace characterization, particularly that of the novel’s hero, Leopold Bloom. Like his Homeric model, Odysseus, Bloom encounters various dangers on his journey through Dublin on June 16, 1904. Odysseus prevails because “many were the men whose cities he saw and whose minds he learned.” Bloom prevails because of his humanity, his assumption of a bond with other human beings that leads to broad sympathies and deep understanding. For all the differences, the heroism of both characters derives from the same source.

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions:

• All Summer 2020 courses will be ONLINE ONLY.
• Courses will be delivered online via the Zoom video conferencing platform. All courses will be password protected and only available to enrolled students.
• All class sessions will be recorded and made available to enrolled students for a limited time to assist those who may not be able to attend the live class times.
• Enrolled students may withdraw from a course and receive a full tuition refund if the request is received before the second class session. (Our normal refund processing fee of 15% will be waived).
• The Humanities Seminars Program reserves the right to cancel any seminar that fails to meet registration minimums. If a course is canceled all students enrolled in the canceled course will receive a full refund.
• Summer registration will open on Monday, May 11 at 8 AM (AZ Time)