Ulysses Lesson Plan

All of English Literature in 100 Pages or Less!

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will select a passage from "Oxen of the Sun" and compare Joyce's parodies to the authors he imitates.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1

Structure:

"Oxen of the Sun" is often regarded as one of, if not THE, most difficult chapters in "Ulysses," which is certainly saying something. This difficulty comes from the fact that Joyce is flexing his linguistic muscles as hard as he can, and it is full of long, dense sentences that shift dramatically in style over the course of the chapter. As a result, we end up with, for instance, Joyce doing an...