The Inception of the Bloomian Odyssey in James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject American Studies - Literature, Babes-Bolyai Universitt, language: English, abstract: The essay presents a detailed analysis of the 'Calypso', 'Hades' and 'Lestrygonians' episodes of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses, juxtaposing a critical view on the construction of these sequences and the inward development of the Joyce's protagonist, Leopold Bloom. The paper focuses on the transformative force of the consciousness of the Joycean character and how it is shaped by external elements filtered by a keen awareness ultimately outlining a new vision of the human.