Tuesday, 30 January 2018, Cyclops, Episode 12 (12.1007)

The last reading stopped at:

          “Marion of the bountiful bosoms.”

                    (Cyclops U12.1007)

Tuesday, 23 January 2018, Cyclops, Episode 12 (12.759)

The last reading paused at:

          “liquid refreshment”

                    (Cyclops U12.759)


For those who wish to read an essay by Fritz Senn which explores passages like the one read at the moment, the link below will provide access to his “Evading the Obvious”. The essay talks about the tendency in some of Joyce's characters to avoid the ordinary when they speak and to find new expressions to refer to the same old thing:

http://hjs.ff.cuni.cz/main/essays.php?essay=senn1

Tuesday, 16 January 2018, Cyclops, Episode 12 (12.497)

The last reading stopped at:

          “bloody mongrel” 

                    (Cyclops U12.497)



If you wish to read Chandra Holm's explanatory notes about the passage just read, check her earlier entries for this blog, e.g. the post for 14 July 2015.

Chandra hosted the blog when she was herself following Fritz Senn's Tuesday readings of Ulysses and has gathered a wealth of elucidating material and commentaries. You can find her blog entries to the right of this text in the bar under Blog Archive.

Saturday, 13 January 2018

On Saturday, 13 January, on the 77th anniversary of Joyce’s death, the FRIENDS are celebrating Fritz Senn’s 90th birthday with an apéritif riche at the Zürich James Joyce Foundation.

Starts between 11 a.m and 3 p.m. at Augustinergasse 9 – open end

Tuesday, 9 January 2018, Cyclops, Episode 12 (12.117)

The first reading in the new year reached

          “the agate with the dun.” 

                    (Cyclops U12.117)

1 January 2018

As you may be aware, Fritz Senn turned 90 on Monday, 1 January 2018. Several newspapers have published articles to commemorate the occasion, a few of which are linked below:

NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung):
https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/fritz-senn-bei-joyce-darf-man-nicht-allzu-pompoes-sein-ld.1340950

The Irish Times:
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/happy-returns-an-irishman-s-diary-on-joyce-scholar-fritz-senn-1.3342036

SZ (Süddeutsche Zeitung):
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/fritz-senn-froehliche-wissenschaft-1.3807627


Please don't hesitate to get in touch with this blog's host here to suggest an addition. Thank you for your interest and a good New Year.

Tuesday, 19 December 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (end)

The reading has reached the end of the musical episode, “Sirens”.

Please note that there will be no reading during the Christmas holidays. The group  will pick up Ulysses again and start episode 12, “Cyclops”, on Tuesday, 9 January 2018.


For commentaries on Ulysses:

If you wish to read Chandra Holm's explanatory notes about the end of this episode, check her earlier entries for this blog, e.g. the post for 23 June 2015.

Chandra hosted the blog when she was herself following Fritz Senn's Tuesday readings of Ulysses and has gathered a wealth of elucidating material and commentaries. You can find her blog entries to the right of this text in the bar under Blog Archive.

If you are looking for summaries and commentaries in published works you can find a number of helpful books at the Zurich Foundation. They are available to all members of the public. One place to start are the following two classics:

Killeen, Terence. Ulysses Unbound: A Reader's Companion to James Joyce's Ulysses. 2004. Shelf mark: C.U. 359 (features summary, commentary and additional notes for each episode of Ulysses)

Hart, Clive and David Hayman. James Joyce's Ulysses. Critical Essays. 1977. Shelf mark: C.U. 191 (devotes one chapter to each episode of Ulysses)


With good wishes for the New Year and all the reading hours to come