“Pull Out His Eyes, Apologize”: Confession and the Body in James Joyce

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dc.contributor.advisorDeCoste, Marcel
dc.contributor.authorSpencer, Katherine Abigail
dc.contributor.committeememberTrussler, Michael
dc.contributor.committeememberDemers, Jason
dc.contributor.externalexaminerMartin, Ann
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-14T15:42:25Z
dc.date.available2021-12-14T15:42:25Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English, University of Regina. iii, 129 p.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I trace the development of confession in James Joyce. From A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man to “Circe” and “Penelope” in Ulysses, Joyce’s model of confession works to forward characters' capacity for community, intimacy, and art, an ethical and artistic approach to art. The framework for confession in Joyce is introduced via depictions of the Catholic Sacrament in A Portrait, albeit its function is maintained even as it develops in “Circe” as a secular, psychoanalytical, and legal expression. It is in “Penelope” where confession transforms into profession in Molly’s monologue and in the way it serves as a theory of art for Joyce. The body, its transgressive role in desire and sex, its private functions, and its inextricable capacity for both life and death, remains the site of guilt and shame for Joyce’s characters. Instead of a perpetual cycle of sin, self-reproach, and confession, Joyce offers an alternative in which an affirmation of the body and its functions, modelled by Molly, can alleviate the guilt that proves so debilitating for Bloom and Stephen. By transforming confession into profession, Joyces offers a promise of reconciliation: a potential homecoming for the exiled Stephen and Bloom, a restoration of intimacy and relationship for son, father, and husband, and, finally, the possibility of genuine creativity is offered. This reconciliation enables, in the end, a remedy for impotence, and, as typified by Molly’s monologue in “Penelope,” guiltless expressions of, and foundations for, intimacy and art.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusStudenten
dc.description.peerreviewyesen
dc.identifier.tcnumberTC-SRU-14503
dc.identifier.thesisurlhttps://ourspace.uregina.ca/bitstream/handle/10294/14503/Spencer_Katherine_MA_ENGL_Fall2021.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/14503
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Reginaen_US
dc.title“Pull Out His Eyes, Apologize”: Confession and the Body in James Joyceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentDepartment of Englishen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Reginaen
thesis.degree.levelMaster'sen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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