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James Joyce . . . Beyond the Word

By Donald Treall

Review and Essay by Jeanne Curran and Susan Takata

Copyright: Jeanne Curran, Susan R. Takata, and Olivier Urbain: November 2001.
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Beyond the Word: Reconstructing Sense in the Joyce Era of Technology, Culture, and Communication (Theory/Culture Series) 1995; by Doanld Theall. US $55.00 ISBN 0-8020-0630-2

Beyond the Word challenges the reader to reconsider the role of artisticexpression as cultural production within today's society, and puts in question many key aspects of contemporary critical thought. . . .

"Beyond the Word provides an implicit critique of postmodernism, redefining it as a further radical stage of modernism. Theall argues that Joyce anticipated many of the insights of semiotics, poststructuralism, and postmodernism. Moreover, Joyce and other modem artists differed from their predecessors in exhibiting a greater sense of their place within a dynamic, multifaceted field of communication. Thus, long before the emergence of postmodernism, these radical modernists posed an implicit challenge to the traditional notion of art as a privileged sphere."

Note the many references here to social issues we discuss: radical modernist and postmodernist. Postmodernism and poststructuralism. A privileged sphere. I may not get to this until December, but these are some of the important questions about what our culture consists of today, and what that means when we speak of a clash of cultures.

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