HN 399 - Exploring the Modern Epic: James Joyce's Ulysses

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: HN 204 (may be taken concurrently). Restricted to Honors students. James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) is widely regarded as the most influential novel of the twentieth century and viewed by many scholars as the greatest novel ever published in the English language. As the title indicates, Joyce's novel is a modernization of Homer's Odyssey, transposed to one day in Dublin. This course offers an intensive study of Joyce's challenging, humane, and riotously funny modern epic. Counts as an Honors humanities seminar. Closed to students in the Class of 2018 and beyond.