Research Paper Proposal Topic: The presence of politics and ideologies in the authors works, including acts of domination,

oppression, exclusion, and appropriation, as well as acts of subversion and resistance. Proposal: Joyce lived in a time where Ireland was under the subjugation of England and he depicts Dublin as a city in which a native Irish culture exists at odds with or in uncomfortable equilibrium with an entrenched British culture (Harvey). This domination of one culture over the other spills into characters conversations, before finally taking form in the interactions of characters, where there is subjugation of one under others. Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom both experience oppression; Dedalus from his friends and coworkers; Bloom similarly from his friends and wife and her lover. In addition to oppression, both Dedalus and Bloom experience exclusion; Joyce himself considered whether some journalistic or pedagogical niche existed for him in the cultural life of his native city, and this exclusion from culture is depicted in both Dedalus and Bloom (Levin). Dedalus is excluded from the norm because of high intellect and Bloom is excluded because of his Jewish background. While both maintain the faade of fitting in, they secretly rebel in their thoughts against those around them. It is not until they fully resist and take their ground on their opinions and beliefs that they achieve a sense of identity and fulfillment as an individual. Preliminary Bibliography Attridge, Derek. "Postmodern Joyce: Chance, Coincidence and the Reader." James Joyce Papers. The Modern World, 1990. Web. 12 Apr. 2014. <http://www.themodernword.com/joyce/joyce_paper_attridge.html>. Birkett, Jennifer. "French Feminists and Anglo-Irish Modernists: Cixous, Kristeva, Beckett and Joyce." James Joyce Papers. The Modern World, n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2014. <http://www.themodernword.com/joyce/joyce_paper_birkett.html>. Harvey, Philip. "Musical Joyce." James Joyce Papers. The Modern World, June 1998. Web. 12 Apr. 2014. <http://www.themodernword.com/joyce/joyce_paper_harvey.html>. Kelleher, John. "The Perceptions of James Joyce." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, Mar. 1958. Web. 12 Apr. 2014. <http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/95sep/links/kell.htm>. Levin, Harry. "James Joyce." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, Dec. 1946. Web. 12 Apr. 2014. <http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/95sep/links/levi.htm>. Peake, Charles. "James Joyce, the Citizen and the Artist." The James Joyce Scholars' Collection. University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, 1977. Web. 12 Apr. 2014. <http://libtextdev.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceCollidx?type=header&id=JoyceColl.PeakeJamesJoyce>.