20 Engrami · vol. 40 · januar-jun 2018. · br. 1 Sonja Ðurić JOYCE’S A MASTERPIECE: JAMES RY ASINSPIRATIONFOR FAMILY MEDICALHISTO- UDK: 616.895-02-036:616.895.8 University of Valencia, Spain GENTEXT Research Group, University of Valencia, Spain Language Centre, ULYSSES battled with phobias, deviations, sexual his life personal as his family members spiration for topics the he explored in Joyceans suggest that Joyce found in fer from of issues. medical a series Many MacDowell as well as many others suf Mr. Bloom, Stephen and Dedalus Gerty es bles and misfortunes is infinite in states, addictions and trou other bodily - es. The list phobias,of diseases, mental lin throughout 18 chapters and 732 pag- picts asingle day, 16June 1904,inDub given inspiration for fiction. Joyce de fiction, provingthat the reality may have of drawing reality parallels between and paper inthis with intention the exposed of history Joycemedical the family is analysed through prism. amedical The of showing results the of text aliterary James Joyce’s Ulysses with intention the out of ordinary the mental states from ty, phobias, mental and illnesses other mostthe obvious examples of insani- . The main characters Molly Bloom, Summary Summary The paperThe brieflyrecaps some of Ulyss­ - - - - mental instability, deviations sexual James Joyce, Ulysses, medicine, Key words: ters. MacDowell among many other charac Mr. Bloom, Stephen and Dedalus Gerty phobias and anxieties of Molly Bloom, deviations,sexual mental instabilities, and gavepartners inspiration for the parents, grandparents, relatives friends, cle, Lucia and Giorgio as well as their alcoholism. James Joyce, Nora Barna mental instability, anxiety, delirium and - - of akind ating encyclopaedia amedico-literary icine into his masterpiece, thereby cre otherterwove branches several of med into field the of psychiatry but in- also family’s novel. inthe history medical es chosis. What is fascinating about lifebirth, and death through metempsy on pathtal their from conception over pains and remedies and visit hospi the oftypes insanity discuss and diseases, functions and bodily battle needs, all all texts multilayered historical con and social examples of patients and and diseases resort to literature insearch of vivid Nowadays inteaching medicine many than with literature. medicine has been concerned with medicine far longer though it that seems literature has been pears, often crosseach other’spaths. Al experiences insanity and rich description of human knownmight best be for of episodes However, James Joyce and his portrayingalistically characters. their worksliterary with intention the of re employedall mental in their illnesses as many others before and afterthem, and Virginia Wolf (inMrs Dalloway), FaulknerSound (inThe the and Fury) Quixote), Shakespeare (in King Lear), is the fact that is fact the Joyce his own exposed Literature and medicine, as it ap INTRODUCTION Writers such (inDon as Cervantes [1] . [2] [1] . His characters experience . Joyce ventured not only Ulysses Ulyss­ ------21 Engrami · vol. 40 · januar-jun 2018. · br. 1 22 Engrami · vol. 40 · januar-jun 2018. · br. 1 his acquaintance with agroup of med Joyce’s knowledge medical came from er. Nevertheless, according to Lyons, Paris before his luck he tried as awrit - that he studied medicine inDublin and Joyce’s novels it is important to mention literaturetion between and medicine in Zurich in1941 of aperforated ulcer. Lucia (1907−1982).James Joyce in died two children, Giorgio (1905−1976)and his lifelong companion. The couple had immediately(1884−1951) who became had his firstdate with NoraBarnacle Murray.Mary On 16 June, 1904, Joyce children of John Stanislaus Joyce and land. He was first the of ten surviving onborn 2February, 1882inDublin, Ire- prism.medical sults of text aliterary analysed through a es of ordinary the mental states from Ulyss­ phobias, mental and illnesses other out mostthe obvious examples of insanity, family.paper The brieflyrecaps some of mental instability inspired by Joyce the ly concentrates on depictions the of and outside his family, paper this main Joyce found inspiration within both kinds of topicswith all medical and with intention the of showing re the In order to understand connec the James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was LITERARY PARALLELS BACKGROUND AND PERSONAL Even though Ulysses is abundant - - - - plored inhis life personal found inspiration for topics the he ex each chapter. and organ which disease are central for with explanations and indications which while his fatherwhile was an alcoholic delirium, picking butterflies bed, the of ly, his mother inacancer died induced in tween human organs and chapters the hein which depicts connections the be Joyce went as far as to draw two schemes (1883−1969), understand his novel, Linati (1878−1949)and Stuart Gilbert cuous. In order to help Carlo his friends, and intelligence and promis is sexually connection to her physical appearance Bloom battles anumber of anxieties in aboutall his bowlmovements; Molly hallucinatessyphilis, also and we know impotent,be masochist, might have Mr Bloom heavily; appearsdrinks to is haunted by ghosts, hallucinates and MacDowell is lame; Stephen Dedalus infinite inUlysses . For example, Gerty troubleser bodily and misfortunes is bias, mental states, addictions and oth- 732 pages. The list pho of diseases, in Dublin throughout 18 chapters and Joyce depicts asingle day, 16June 1904, dropped out dropped studying medicine inCork, but quickly sparked by his father at gave who a try Joyce’s knowledge medical was perhaps studies were as they brief students,ical rather than from his own Ulysses Many Joyceans suggest that Joyce [3] . The schemes. The are abundant [2] . [4, 5,6] [2] . Some of . Name . [7] . He - - - - - overall of illness his children tributed to mental the instability and and acquired had venereal con- diseases thatlieved his promiscuity own sexual and gonorrhoea know remedies of for time the syphilis were treated and arsenic, with mercury and thatreal diseases he both and Nora syphilis, gonorrhoea and/or other vene dirty talk and fetishism talk altogetherdirty well as athing or two for coprophilia, masochist and voyeuristic desires as short-sighted Moreover, he wore an eye patch and was complete blindness towards end. the toother led which almost eye illnesses himself sufferedfrom conjunctivitis and treated Lucia ly after having read Joyce believed who was mad, especial and mad andlook he was considered genius both Joyce’s mental state was given another phobias and deviations saw daylight, the “Circe” chapter, along other the with all and psychotic, the hallucinations of the Once Ulyssesdrinking. was published father and son was habit inthe of heavy pressed. In addition, Joyce, much like his andtasies nothing is leftunsaid or re notdoes withhold any fan of his sexual Throughoutthe texts the lettersof Joyce grandmother, O’Connell, Ellen was “un However, illnesses. ric Joyce’s paternal ily didnot have of ahistory psychiat In his letters to Nora, Joyce exhi According to Kaplan, Joyce the fam [1, 7] . Carl Jung was one of those [7] [8] . . Many argue that he had [9, 10, 11] Ulysses and having . Joyce- even be [9] . [5, 6] ­b its ------. him that thunder was God’s anger he was young and areligious aunt told attacked by a neighborhood dog when driac phobictious, socially and ahypochon ious, sensitive and fanatically supersti- exchanged foundbe letters in the Joyce and Nora Nora of Molly Bloom was shaped to resemble and more relaxed and end inthe enjoys. oraphobia, he gradually becomes more expressingbeginning, even signs of ag- wants to sinister the escape place at the brothel. in the recognised Although he rassed, fearing that and he might seen be level ofhigh discomfort and is embar Ulysses. At first, Mr. Bloom expresses a agoraphobia “Circe” inthe chapter of pears that Mr. Bloom may sufferfrom and keraunophobia) thunder, lighting and water (cynophobia Joyce probably found inhis fear of dogs, ry “Eveline”ry present inJoyce’s Dubliners sto inthe According to LeBlanc, agoraphobia is much slimmer than Molly resemblance she said all was that she was Whensexual. Nora was asked about the as Molly Bloom’s, although it is certainly and appetite her sexual is not as copious open-minded as Molly Bloom’s thoughts foundcan be inNora’s answers is not as Nora’s letters lost. to Thus be seem what about her health” usually sensitive, delicate and anxious It may argued be that character the [15] [7, 12] , Evidence for such claims can . The inspiration for phobias [5, 6] [14] . Unfortunately, some of . Nevertheless, it ap also - [7] . Joyce, too, was anx [7] . Allegedly, he was [16] . It should [13] - - - - . 23 Engrami · vol. 40 · januar-jun 2018. · br. 1 24 Engrami · vol. 40 · januar-jun 2018. · br. 1 lovers and were Alexander Calder among her sulted intwo abortuses. Samuel Beckett youthcuous sexual may which have re had quite an adventurous and promis down, was found manic depressive and law (Girgio’s wife) had break a nervous with Lucia. Namely, his daughter-in- Jung, was who her twentieth doctor ly and unsuccessfully treated by Carl setting things on fire evenand was brief as violent,scribed aggressive; she liked manently hospitalized. Lucia was de mentally and ill 30sshe inthe was per typical Irish Catholic girl. of Therefore, wedlock. Nora was not a nent and lived for over years out thirty in 1904.The couple moved the contito notedbe that Nora ran away with Joyce ter was talent, creativity and passion herself. What Joyce saw inhis daugh - thatvinced afire she inside possessed Lucia’s diagnosis bleak and was con en. Joyce to refused come to terms with tions of her mental instability were giv phrenia has sufferedfrom hebephrenicschizo illnesses relatives were treated for serious mental her mother’s side of family the as several Lucia inherited her mental fromillness Jung one being of −it them appears that schizophrenicbe or psychotic –Carl Even though many considered Joyce to 17] . Additionally, Lucia appears to have Sadly, Joyce’s worries didnot end Joyce’s daughter Lucia was found [7, 17] [7] [7] , although other interpreta . . Most that diagnosed Lucia [4, 7, [17] ------. was also hospitalisedwas also lity andderstood prone to mental instabi foundation of Ulysses. to have provided for bedrock the the iar to Mr. Bloom and Molly Bloom acts” most of are which famil especially ysses issues.body According to George, “ troubled by numerous and diseases himself battled with alcoholism transvestism, homosexuality, androgy of “Circe”, Mr. Bloom’s nympholepsy, band indulged in.In brothel the scenes deviant intercourses she and her hus - ter, Molly sexually the Bloom all recalls Throughoutia. the “Penelope” chap - fellatio, pornography and coprophil into fetishes, onanism, cunnilingus, tells us that her husband is impotent, that he is amasochist too. Molly Bloom brothel in the his experience we find out From his letters to Marta Clifford and MacDowellGerty and himself. pleases chapter he inwhich watches young wewhich find outfrom the “Nausicaa” Mr. Bloom has voyeuristic tendencies, not other mental In illnesses. addition, gests that he had depression at least, if Virag committed suicide, sug which - sy, inherited from his grandfather Virag. chapter, suffering couldfrom be epilep Mr. Bloom, as we find outthe in “Circe” much famous father, depressed, misun children lived shadows inthe of their it appears talented the and Joyce artistic [7] In In presents non-reproductive sexual . However, misfortunes their seem Ulysses, its main characters are [7] , while Giorgio, while [4, 17] . As Ul­ [18] - - - - - ­ . phobia. teristics, one of social could which be hence mirrors many of Joyce’s charac portrayed as James Joyce’s alter ego and Stephenvenereal diseases. is Dedalus by prostitutes and evidently suffersfrom ic and depressed. He is often acquainted heavily. In addition, he is too melanchol and guilt. He hallucinates and drinks Stephen is haunted Dedalus by ghosts enhance her breasts. remedies and weight to tricks lose and issues. body Shehas resorts several to melancholic,seems hypochondriac and intercoursesexual in public places. She own and appears rather keen on having her, she evenhas an or idea two of her to doingpose whatever her loves ask of intercourses. sexual al She not does op prefersherself also some unconvention mance for Mr. Bloom. Molly Bloom, putsGerty on an exhibitionist perfor her and looks underwear. Additionally, sessively compulsive it when comes to Gerty, appears narcistic, to be and ob and shows signs of psychosis. Furthermore, Mr. Bloom hallucinates become apparent. all ance incuckoldry ny, bisexuality, and conniv cuckoldry this paper.this Joyce found inspiration in from and issues health the of characters the of history Joycemedical the family Certain parallels between the the parallels between Certain CONCLUSION Ulysses are drawn throughout ------many other characters. MacDowell andDedalus Gerty among Molly Bloom, Mr. Bloom, Stephen instabilities, phobias and anxieties of for deviations, sexual the mental relatives and gave partners inspiration parents,their grandparents, friends, Barnacle, Lucia and Giorgio as well as characters in allowed himto portray deeply troubled ofhealth his closest family members it appears that his own and health the and mythology to medicine. However, literature,art, music, history, politics that surroundedeverything himfrom Ulysses. James Joyce, Nora 25 Engrami · vol. 40 · januar-jun 2018. · br. 1 26 Engrami · vol. 40 · januar-jun 2018. · br. 1 Sonja Ðurić ULIKS DŽEJMSA DŽOJSA INSPIRACIJA ZAREMEKDELO: PORODIČNA ANAMNEZAKAO UDK: 616.895-02-036:616.895.8 Univerziet uValensiji, Španija GENTEXT istraživačka grupa, Univerziet uValensiji, Španija Centar zajezike, fobija, mentalnih stanja, zavisnosti i poglavlja ina 732strane. bolesti, Lista juna 1904.godine uDablinu kroz 18 za fikciju. Džojs opisujedan,jedan 16. stvarnost inspiraciju je da da da mogla realnostiizmeđu ifikcije, dokazujući nameromsa povuku se da paralele porodice Džojs izložena uovom je radu kroz medicinsku prizmu. Istorija bolesti rezultati književnog teksta analiziranog Džojsa namerom sa prikažu se da mentalnih stanja Džejmsa izUliksa neobičnih mentalnih i drugih bolesti najistaknutijihod primera ludila, fobija, U ovom radu ukratko se pominu neki Kratak sadržaj deviacije mentalna nestabilnost, seksualne Džejms Džojs, Uliks, medicina, reči: Ključne likovima. drugim mnogim među MakDovelStefana iGerti Dedalusa i anksioznosti Moli Blum, Bluma, g. devijacije, mentalne nestabilnosti, fobije su inspiraciju dali partneri zaseksualne i njihovi roditelji, prijatelji, rođaci i Nora Lusija Barnakl, iDžiordžio, kao delirijuma ialkoholizma. Džejms Džojs, mentalne nestabilnosti, anksioznosti, protiv fobija, devijacija, seksualnih njegovisu se članovi porodice borili istraživao usvom ličnom životu, jer pronalazio inspiraciju za teme koje je Mnogi Džojsovci sugerišu Džojs je da pate nizamedicinskih problema. od MekDovel,i Gerti drugi kao i mnogi Blum, Blum, gospodin Stefan Dedalus beskonačna uUliksu. Glavni likovi Moli telesnih problemadrugih i nesreća je 12. 11. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. LITERATURE /LITERATURA 13.

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