Cú Chulainn, Finn, and the Mythic Strands in Ulysses
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Transculturating Irish materials in Ulysses, James Joyce focused primarily on realistic representations of contemporary culture, formal features of Irish literature, and the use of architectonic structures from Irish myth, particularly The Book of Invasions, interwoven with structures from world literature, most obviously the Ulysses theme. Joyce’s mythic syncretism in Ulysses comprises other layers of Irish legend as well, including elements from the Cú Chulainn cycle and the Finn cycle, thus anticipating aspects of Finnegans Wake. This essay offers a preliminary identification of Joyce’s invocation of those mythic strands in Ulysses, as well as an assessment of their implications for an understanding of his mythic methods. In its mythic syncretism, Ulysses celebrates the vitality and resilience of Irish myth and adds resonance to the characters of Stephen, Molly, and Bloom.
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