Date / Time
- September 25, 2018
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
“READING (and “seeing”) ULYSSES; JUST WHO SAYS WHAT WHEN AND HOW?”
“Well, one should read it aloud, preferably with a Dublin accent. And if that won’t work, then they should simply change their drink.”
James Joyce doesn’t make things easy. Dashes instead of quotations, a free use of italics, the swirling and difficult to sort varies in narrative voices; the author had a singular and very unique conception of the reading experience and how to capture it on the page and it often provides a layer of difficulty for first time readers. But once you can crack the code it becomes much easier to “hear the book in your head”.
About the Speaker
Robert Berry is currently teaching the Wednesday Night course on Ulysses at the Rosenbach.
Cartoonist and Joyce scholar Robert Berry, author of ULYSSES “seen”, has been working for years on adapting the many voices and narrative style of the novel for comics and staged readings. He’ll share some of his experience here and give us some tips, clues, or other wild notions for pulling the wonderful language of this most modern of novels right from the page and into your head.
Sponsors
Lunchtime Talks at The Rosenbach are sponsored by Lenore Steiner and Perry Lerner.
About Lunchtime Talks at The Rosenbach
New! Enjoy In Conversation Programs at midday with leading scholars, artists, and authors talking about their work.
Seating is limited; advance registration is strongly recommended.
Date / Time
- September 25, 2018
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm