Ulysses - Episode 12: Cyclops | One-Eyed Dogmatism vs Two-Eyed Clarity

In this lecture, we'll dissect the literary devices and symbolic meaning in the twelfth chapter/episode of James Joyce's "Ulysses". Of particular importance in this episode is the usage of interpolation/parody as a literary technique to serve as a rhetorical tool, accentuating, exaggerating, or transforming the preceding elements of the text in order to arrive at a new meaning. This episode also includes sparse instances of phallic imagery, recalling Bloom's latent thoughts regarding the affair between Molly Bloom and Blazes Boylan. The key philosophical concern of the text here is to oppose dogmatism in a Nietzschean as well as Jesus-like manner in order to combat the dogmatic or obstinate approach to identity and action sparked by nationalism. Enjoy!
Ulysses PDF - www.scribd.com/document/48656...
Music is John Adams' Absolute Jest. VI: Prestissimo • Absolute Jest: VI. Pre...
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