Sans doute une oeuvre majeure de la littérature du XXème siècle. Elle fut publiée en 1922. C'est le long récit d'une journée d'un courtier de Dublin, Léopold Bloom; avec sa femme Molly et le jeune Stephen Dedalus, il constitue une structure triangulaire où se combinent les variations d'échanges tant familiales, sociales que spirituelles. La construction de l'oeuvre évoque la farce, la légende, l'histoire, le reportage, le drame, la symphonie ou tente ainsi de réunir tous les modes possibles de narration. Le réalisme du roman est fondé sur le monologue intérieur ; les personnages se construisent d'abord sur ce qu'ils disent, faisant coïncider le temps de l'action et le temps du récit. L'oeuvre est lue dans sa version originale, l'anglais. JMV.
- Jim NORTON Lecteur
- Marcella RIORDAM Lecteur
- James JOYCE Ecrivain
- 1 Stephen Dedalu's day begins. The Martello Tower overlooking Dublin Bay, 16th June, 1904
- 2 Recollections of his dead mother
- 3 He reproaches Buck Mulligan for his insensitivity
- 4 Mr Bloom's day begins. 7 Eccles St. Dublin. 8am
- 5 He pops out to buy kidneys
- 6 He returns. Breakfast an bed for Molly
- 7 A fexw minutes of contemplation in the outside privy
- 8 Bloom begins his journey. The streets of Dublin. 10am
- 9 A meeting with C.P. McCoy
- 10 Reads his love letter from Martha
- 11 To the chemist to collect Molly's face lotion; then to the baths for a good soak
- 12 Time for lunch. 1pm. After Di gnam's funeral and a little business at the newspaper offices, Bloom's thoughts turn to food
- 13 A meeting with Mrs Breen delays him
- 14 Lunch at Davey Byrne's
- 15 Reminiscence of happier times
- 16 Barney Kiernan's public house. 5pm
- 17 Talk about Dignam's death and the effects of capital punishment
- 18 A few more drinks, a growling dog and increasingly heated discussion
- 19 News that 'Throwaway' has won the Gold Cup
- 20 Bloom incurs the citizens' wrath and makes a hasty exit
- 21 Sandymount Beach. 8pm. Bloom enjoys the last rays of the sun, looking out over the beach and over Gerty MacDowell, lonely virgin of the rocks. Evensong at twilight
- 22 The twins become a nuisance; Gerty dreams of other things
- 23 Gerty becomes aware of Bloom's gaze
- 24 Fireworks and a distant communion
- 25 Nighttown. 12 midnight. Bloom has been in the company of Stephen Dedalus and his friends and has followed Stephen, somewhat the worse for drink, down to the brothel area
- 26 The spectres of Molly and Gerty chastise him
- 27 Zoe invites him inside
- 28 The brothel keeper Bella Cohen humiliates him
- 29 Stephen's delirium reaches a climax. He shatters a lamp
- 30 Stephen gets involved in an altercation with two English soldiers
- 31 Stephen is knocked to the ground. Bloom rescues him and takes him home to Eccles Street
- 32 Bloom's house. 2am. Bloom and Stephen have cocoa together
- 33 They take leave of one another
- 34 Bloom re-enters the house and makes his way to bed
- 35 Bloom muses on Molly's afternoon assignation with Boylan at 7 Eccles Street
- 36 Bloom recalls some of the day's events for Molly. He drifts off to sleep
- 37 Molly Bloom. Head to toe in the matrimonial bed, in the quiet of the early morning, unable to sleep. 7 Eccles St Dublin
- 38 Bishops, popes and Father Courage
- 39 Male and female attitudes compared
- 40 A train and an old sweet song
- 41 A monthly discomfort. On to the chamber pot
- 42 Women should rule the world. Memories of Gibraltar
- 43 Flowers, seedcake and sleep at last
