ENGLISH 385B: Religion and James Joyce's Ulysses (COMPLIT 278A, COMPLIT 378A, ENGLISH 285B, RELIGST 278, RELIGST 378)
Through a close reading of the novel and with the help of the vast secondary literature the course analyzes the significant roles that religion, specifically Catholicism and Judaism, plays in Joyce's modernist masterpiece--from Stephen Dedalus' sophisticated knowledge and bitter rejection of Irish Catholicism, through Leopold Bloom's ambivalent rapport with Judaism, to Molly Bloom's climatic celebration of a feminist liturgy of nature. Undergraduates register for 200-level for 5 units. Graduate students register for 300-level for 3-5 units.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Sheehan, T. (PI)
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