James Joyce’s Ulysses: Political Propaganda and Perturbation

Abstract

Joyce’s Ulysses stands among the most outstanding literary works of its time. The novel is unique in its word selection and structure, which was remarkable at the beginning of the 20^th century.   However, Ulysses is a novel that presents the view of its financiers and ideological supporters, Jews. This paper seeks to reveal how Ulysses is a mere media propaganda that serves a particular group of Jews. The research clarifies the views, aims, and purposes of its protagonist Bloom, which are not those of Joyce himself.   In addition, the paper includes dreams of Jews in return to the Promised Land as the Jewish vision. It therefore shows how Joyce theorizes about the return to Palestine from a Jewish point of view without paying attention to the native people of the land.   Joyce sets the main goals of the return regardless of the means of achieving these aims and never mentions in a single word the fate of the Palestinians, as they were not there or at least they are not human and deserve to live.