Media and Popular Culture in James Joyce's Ulysses

In my thesis I will try to investigate the ways Joyce portrays this new consciousness in Ulysses. I will attempt to demonstrate the effect of various types of media on the writer’s poetics as well as his critique of them. Joyce’s text demands much from its readers and it has proved to offer so many ways of interpretation that one might find it helpful to explore some aspects and concepts related to Joyce’s poetics and influences.egyetemiangol nyelv és irodalo

Történelem, emlékezet, cenzúra: A tanú mint emlékezethely

My paper investigates Péter Bacsó’s film, A tanú (The Witness) as a lieu de mémoire. Shot in 1969, the film was banned shortly after its first screenings by the socialist censorship. One of the main reasons behind this was the way the film violated the politics of memory of the Kádár-era. However, the work became a cult film in Hungary. A decade later, the regime enabled the public screenings and the movie was included in the programmes of international film festivals. My essay attempts to describe how the film’s genre (as a satire), its relation to previous periods of Hungarian history (especially the years of the Rákosi- and the Kádár-era), and the mechanisms of socialist censorship contributed to its status as a lieu de mémoire today.My paper investigates Péter Bacsó’s film, A tanú (The Witness) as a lieu de mémoire. Shot in 1969, the film was banned shortly after its first screenings by the socialist censorship. One of the main reasons behind this was the way the film violated the politics of memory of the Kádár-era. However, the work became a cult film in Hungary. A decade later, the regime enabled the public screenings and the movie was included in the programmes of international film festivals. My essay attempts to describe how the film’s genre (as a satire), its relation to previous periods of Hungarian history (especially the years of the Rákosi- and the Kádár-era), and the mechanisms of socialist censorship contributed to its status as a lieu de mémoire today