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> JAMES JOYCE'S ULYSSES – A GUIDED TOUR

Duchesne College in association with the School of English, Media Studies and Art History hosted a Summer Program at the end of 2004 titled, James Joyce’s Ulysses: A Guided Tour. As the program was a great success Duchesne will be repeating the Ulysses program as well as introducing a Shakespeare Summer Program. These programs, each of which last for four days, will run at the same time as one another between the 29/11/05 and 02/12/05.

In order to preserve the integrity of these programs there are a limited number of places available (24 in each program), therefore it essential to book early to ensure that you receive a place. Both programs are held in the College’s air-conditioned conference rooms.

Programs Include:
4 days participation in program (approx 3 x 1.5 h/r sessions per day)
Lunches, morning/afternoon teas and ‘Gala Dinner’
Notepad, pen and Introductory guide booklet.

Cost: Cost of program will be announced when bookings open.

Bed and Breakfast accommodation is also available in the College’s air-conditioned ensuite rooms at a cost of $65 per night.

Information
Bookings: 07 33772333 Duchesne College
Coordinator: 07 33772325 m.sheahan@uq.edu.au
Content (Ulysses): 07 33652086 tony.thwaites@uq.edu.au
Content (Shakespeare): 07 33653215 p.holbrook@uq.edu.au

THE PROGRAM
At the heart of this Summer School is a series of seminars, in which, led by experienced tour guides, we will progressively and collectively read our way though a substantial part of the book, fleshing out the details of the characters, the city and the actions, and the catalogue of stylistic invention through which Joyce brings all this alive. This guided tour through the book will involve discussions, talks, music, and the sights and sounds of Dublin today and in 1904.

Other activities will cluster around these seminars. On three of the days, there will be talks which will fill in background about Joyce, Ulysses and its time, the extraordinary story of the novel's composition and publication, Similarly with music, which is everywhere in the book: the popular song and light opera of the time are on everyone's lips and in their minds.

RECOMMENDED TEXT
If you already have an edition of Ulysses, use that. If you don't, Jeri Johnson's edition for the Oxford World's Classics series is highly recommended (ISBN 0192834649). It's got notes and a commentary, and is also very affordable. It's not necessary for you to have read the book beforehand. Further notes and materials will be made available to participants.

     
    THE SCHEDULE
   
Tuesday
29 November
Wednesday
30 December
Thursday
1 December
Friday
2 December
Session 1
9.00-10.30 am
Welcome
Talk and slideshow: Introduction to Joyce
Talk:
Reading Ulysses
Seminar:
From the library to the streets (chapters 9-10)
Talk:
Writing Ulysses; after Ulysses
Morning Tea: 10.30-10.45 am
Session 2
10.45-12.15 pm

Seminar:
Introducing Bloom
(chapters 4-6)

Seminar:
Bloom and Stephen (chapters 1-7)
Seminar:
A bit of a song and dance (chapters 11-12)
Seminar:
Coming home (chapters 16-17)
Lunch: 1.00-2.00 pm
Session 3
2.00-3.30 pm
Seminar:
Introducing Stephen (chapters 1-3)
Seminar:
From the streets to the library (chapters 8-9)
Seminar:
A night out (chapters 13-15)
Seminar:
In the early hours (chapters 17-18)
Afternoon Tea: 3.30-3.45
     
   

THE GROUP LEADERS
Tony Thwaites, the convenor of the program, is a Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland, where he has taught Ulysses for many years. Joyce is also one of his main research interests: he has written a number of articles, conference papers and a book on Joyce: Joycean Temporalities: Debts, Promises and Countersignatures (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001).

Dan O'Neill is a former member of the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland, where he taught Ulysses for even more years. Among the many reading groups he has organised and taken part in is a Ulysses group, which recently made a leisurely way through the entire novel over the course of a year.

 

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