Fantasy Worlds of Gerty and Bloom in Joyce's "Nausicaa" : "What Is the Meaning of That Other World ?"

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Joyce's "Nausicaa" in Ulysses has been too much debated in terms of feminist criticism, narrative devices, psychoanalytical approaches, postcolonialism, and so on. In this sense, "Nausicaa" is the episode of pivotal importance in an analysis of Ulysses as a whole. In the past issues of James Joyce Quarterly, we find the thirteenth episode discussed so many times from the post-structuralist point of view. In this essay, I would like to consider what is the implication of Gerty's and Bloom's fantasy worlds, and what Joyce's intention of composing "Nausicaa" in the feminine and masculine perspectives lied in. First, we examine the problems of "Who is Gerty ?" and what is concealed under Gerty's ingenuous fantasies. Secondly, we look at Bloom closely as an extravagant daydreamer and what he desires deep in his mind. Lastly, we inspect Joyce's multifaceted styles of writing exploited conspicuously in "Nausicaa." In conclusion, it can be said that Joyce's description of women is, more or less, restricted to the male-biased perspective dominated by the patriarchal society in Dublin. However, we can also say that Joyce's narrative technique, whether it may be direct discourse or free indirect discourse, succeeds in expressing the hidden feelings or restrained emotions of heroine and hero, which are difficult to speak in everyday voice.
盛岡大学の論文
2005-03-31