ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which text(s) are referenced in Joyce’s Ulysses?
A
The Bible
B
Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey
C
Yeat’s “Who Goes with Fergus”
D
All of the Above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ulysses, a novel by the Irish writer James Joyce, is a key text of literary modernism. Divided into 18 chapters, it follows the structure of Homer’s Odyssey, the ancient Greek epic poem about Odysseus’s journey home from the Trojan War to his wife Penelope in Ithaca.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Remorse of Conscience The theme of remorse runs through Ulysses to address the feelings associated with modern breaks with family and tradition. Bloom, too, has guilty feelings about his father because he no longer observes certain traditions his father observed, such as keeping kosher.

Detailed explanation-3: -It’s entirely possible to fit all 265, 222 words from James Joyce’s Ulysses on a poster and still be able to read them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce.

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