Chapter 6 Giacomonic Oxen: Avant-texte or Intertext?
In: James Joyce and Genetic Criticism
Author:
Shinjini Chattopadhyay
Shinjini Chattopadhyay
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Abstract
The position of Giacomo Joyce in the genetic dossier of Ulysses is ambivalent because it cannot be accurately tagged as notes, draft, or fair copy. It is uncertain whether the text existed only to be later assimilated in the larger works of Joyce; or whether it was supposed to be an autonomous literary creation. The article focuses on a specific instance of text duplication between Giacomo Joyce and “Oxen of the Sun” and attempts to determine whether or not Giacomo Joyce is an avant-texte or an intertext to Ulysses or whether it occupies an indefinite position between the two categories.