Ulysses episode "Nausicaa"
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"Nausicaa" is a stylistically experimental episode of James Joyce's novel Ulysses, centering on Leopold Bloom's voyeuristic encounter with Gerty MacDowell on Sandymount Strand and exploring themes of desire, sentimentality, and perception.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Nausicaa (Ulysses episode) | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
chapter of a novel
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episode of a novel ⓘ |
| alludesTo |
Nausicaa (Homeric character)
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Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent |
Leopold Bloom masturbates while watching Gerty MacDowell
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Leopold Bloom watches Gerty MacDowell on the beach ⓘ |
| characterAction | Gerty MacDowell displays herself knowingly to Bloom ⓘ |
| characterDetail | Gerty MacDowell has a lame leg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HomericParallel | Odysseus’s encounter with Nausicaa in Phaeacia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
controversial for its explicit sexual content
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noted for its parody of popular sentimental style ⓘ |
| locationOfFictionalEvent |
Dublin
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Irish Sea shore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gerty MacDowell
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Leopold Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
advertising and consumer goods
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fireworks on the beach ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ women’s magazines and romance literature ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
parody of sentimental fiction
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romance‑magazine pastiche ⓘ stylistically experimental ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
free indirect discourse
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interior monologue ⓘ |
| partOf | Ulysses (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | one of the later episodes of Ulysses ⓘ |
| relatedCharacter |
Cissy Caffrey
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Edie Boardman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacky Caffrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Molly Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Caffrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Ulysses episode "Circe" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Sandymount Strand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | divided into two contrasting stylistic halves ⓘ |
| theme |
Catholic morality
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desire ⓘ disability and sympathy ⓘ gender roles ⓘ mass culture and consumerism ⓘ perception ⓘ romantic illusion versus reality ⓘ sentimentality ⓘ sexual repression ⓘ the male gaze NERFINISHED ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| timeOfFictionalEvent | evening of 16 June 1904 ⓘ |
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