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A 5 page essay that considers the question: 'what would be on the menu for a dinner centered around the foods used in James Joyce's Ulysses?' In answer to this, the writer discusses how Joyce uses food symbolism in this novel before listing the foods that might be included at such a meal. No additional sources cited.
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of consciousness narrative. As this implies, Ulysses is a deeply psychological narrative that defies simplistic analysis and explanation. Rather, it is a work that has to be examined in minute
detail in order to appreciate the complexity of the whole. Therefore, the following examination will focus on the role that food plays in Joyces masterpiece. The first instance
where Joyce brings the topic of food heavily into the narrative is in the chapter entitled "Calypso." The structure of the novel is that the action takes place entirely on
one day, June 16, 1904, in Dublin and it is loosely based on the episodes that appear in Homers epic poem, The Odyssey, hence the name "Ulysses." Joyces "Ulysses"
is Leopold Bloom of 7 Eccles Street, which, of course, makes his wife Molly the counterpart of Penelope. But while Homer described heroic adventures, Joyces reenactment of these episodes is
largely psychological or social in context. Joyce begins this chapter with a comprehensive listing of the foods that Bloom prefers, stating that "Mr. Leopold Bloom ate with relish the
inner organs of beasts and fowls" (Joyce, 2001). Therefore, Bloom favors, "thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liver slices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods roes. Most of
all he liked grilled mutton kidneys, which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine" (Joyce, 2001). While this list begins innocently enough, with foods that actually
sound appetizing, the list ends with a reference that most people would find rather disgusting, as - in general - one doesnt generally associate food and the processes of elimination.
However, in this manner, Joyce subtly implies that Bloom is a man who relishes the riches of life, the "heart" of experience. Additionally, he suggests a Freudian element as the
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