DISCUSSION LEADER SCHEDULE FOR ULYSSES EPISODES

ENGLISH 326 / 626, FALL 2009

This assignment requires that you serve as "discussion leader" for one episode of Ulysses, which will require you to prepare for the class in which we will discuss that episode by reading the primary text carefully, checking the biographical sources for relevant contextual information (especially Richard Ellmann's James Joyce), going over Joyce's "schemas," letters, and other relevant comments on the episode, and perusing relevant critical articles (see especially Hart and Hayman's Jame Joyce's Ulysses: Critical Essays, on Reserve). Michael Groden's "Reading Ulysses" web pages provide excellent resources for this presentation as well. Remember that the guidelines for making effective oral presentations include preparing in advance, finding interesting things to say, talking directly to your audience, and especially, not going way over or under your suggested time limit (in this case, approximately 10 minutes).

Please pick an episode below and e-mail me to reserve it.

October 8

Episode 5 – "Lotus Eaters" – Lindsay Pollock

Episode 6 – "Hades" – Ben Cunningham

October 15

Episode 7 – "Aeolus" – Harrison Fischer

Episode 8 – "Lestrygonians" – Kelcey Coffin

October 22

Episode 9 – "Scylla and Charybdis" – Michael Furman

Episode 10 – "Wandering Rocks" – Elizabeth Walpole

October 29

Episode 11– "Sirens" – Hilary Umbreit

Episode 12 – "Cyclops" – Pat Henry

November 5

Episode 13 – "Nausicaa" – Rachel Burris

Episode 14 – "Oxen of the Sun" – Caitlin Mawhinney

November 12

Episode 15 – "Circe" – Kathryn Sutton

November 19

Episode 16 – "Eumaeus" –

Episode 17 – "Ithaca" – Annie Leister

December 3

Episode 18 – "Penelope" – Dan Carstens