The Orientalism Episode
Why is Leopold Bloom so captivated by the \u201cmysterious East\u201d?\n\nIn this episode we discuss the Orientalist motif in Ulysses, with a focus on \u201cCalypso.\u201d Topics include what is Orientalism?, how Orientalism manifests in Irish culture, the blurred continuum between Irish and British culture, Edward Said, why the \u201cOrient\u201d is really a dream, the Whig interpretation of history, what Leopold Bloom has in common with Julia Roberts, Haroun al-Raschid, Turko the Terrible, Molly\u2019s connection to the East, Disney\u2019s Aladdin, hypostasis of Dedalus and Bloom, In the Track of the Sun, Samuel Coleridge Taylor\u2019s \u201cKubla Khan\u201d, dulcimers, and why Bloom\u2019s heritage makes him \u201cOriental\u201d in the eyes of some.