호머와의 대응관계 넘어서기: “텔레마코스”에 나타난 다원적 관점

Abstract

To facilitate the understanding of Ulysses, Joyce produced two schemas for his novel highlighting the Homeric correspondences. When the novel was finally published in 1922, however, Joyce expunged the Homeric titles from each chapter, and in 1937 he told Nabokov that he regretted his emphasizing of Homer to promote Ulysses. Therefore, it is necessary to check if the Homeric correspondences Joyce offered make sense by scrupulously analyzing one of eighteen episodes, “Telemachus” in this article. The Homeric correspondences encourage us to discern between good and bad in “Telemachus,” but Stephen and Mulligan are depicted with multiple identities and cannot be easily defined as good or bad. When Mulligan deprives Stephen of his residence, he is a usurper just like Antinous. However, he also plays the role of Athene, who gives priceless advice to Telemachus. The Homeric correspondences cannot explain the multiple identities of characters Joyce has created in his work. Though Joyce uses Homer in Ulysses, he does not confine the character’s identity to the Homeric correspondences. He encourages the readers to read beyond them and find both multiple perspectives and characters with multi-faceted identities.