- Docente: Sangam Macduff
James Joyce’s first major literary compositions were a series of short texts he called epiphanies (c.1901-1904). In Stephen Hero (1904-07), Joyce defines epiphany as “a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture, or in a memorable phase of the mind itself.” This definition is often taken to distinguish between two types of epiphany: dramatic and lyrical, which, according to A. Walton Litz, constitute “the twin poles of Joyce’s art.” In this seminar, we will explore Litz’s claim in relation to Joyce’s ground-breaking short story collection, Dubliners (1914) and his great autobiographical novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), where twelve of the epiphanies are reused.
Course Texts:
Collected Epiphanies of James Joyce: A Critical Edition, ed. Sangam MacDuff, Angus McFadzean, and Morris Beja. Florida James Joyce Series. Gainesville: The University Press of Florida, 2024. (Freely available here: https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/09/69/78/00001/9780813070674_OA.pdf)
Joyce, James. Dubliners (Penguin Modern Classics edition, ed. Terence Brown). ISBN 978-0-14-118245-2
Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Modern Classics edition, ed. Seamus Deane). ISBN 978-0-14-118266-7
Please make sure you buy these editions so that we are all on the same page (literally!)