The Bible and Western Culture - Joyce: From Religion to Art

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Dr. Michael Sugrue earned his BA at the University of Chicago and PhD at Columbia University.

[vogelofficial]

Listening to this after the Nietzsche lecture is just perfection. The tie-in of art as salvation.

[tracywilliamsliterature]

Bravo! I fell for Joyce in 1990 and never recovered... watching this talk made me realize what it is about Augustine's Confessions that is currently giving me a similar experience to the passion I felt all those years ago when I first met Portrait and Ulysses... I remember the question of alienation in Joyce being the thing I was asked by a professor at King's Coillege London and on the strength of my answer I was accepted there to study literature... I cannot remember what i said but my profound admiration for Joyce is still with me and watching this tonight gave me a great sense of joy! Your work is just brilliant! Thank you from Wales, UK.

[PhaedrusPollux]

Professor Sugrue. I am hoping that at some point you would categorise your work into playlists. It would allow continuous playthrough without needing to return to the streaming device.

I would fall asleep each night with the play list running and I am sure it would give your videos additional views.

Also, I am grateful to you for sharing your work. Thank you, your lectures are my favourite, and each night I am excited to listen always.

[kingjamesjoyce]

This is one of the best book reviews I’ve ever listened to

[shanegolden]

The book review to end all book reviews. Incredible reading of one of my favourite books

[adriancodrea]

Love Michael, one of a kind, just like his pronunciation of Clongowes 😊

[jonbaker]

this is perhaps your greatest lecture- a manifesto to all of us to be true to ourselves-bravo!

[TomHuckACAB]

This is truly one of the baddest bad ass channels on all of youtube.

[BCC]

1. i wish every teacher was like this - you make me excited about learning 2. i want to read portrait of the artist now

[celestialscripture]

This channel is an absolute treasure trove. What a gift!

[thattimestampguy]

0:22 James Joyce, 1900s
Adopts Philosophical Asceticism

0:50 _Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man_
1:40 Adolescence to Adulthood
2:18 Busy Text, Careful writer
3:26 Satire on Catholicism, Ireland 🇮🇪

4:20 Irish Dialect, sing song quality
5:43 Nietzsche position

6:23 Stephen Deadalus
Collapse of Religion
Rise of Art

7:09 5 Sections

7:46 Baby Talk
Age 3 to Age 7

9:36 Microcosm
Uncorrupted Sensation
Sight smell colors feel

11:46 Klongaus Boarding School
Rigorous Education
- Confusion - Unhappiness
12:47 - Alienation - Sickness, Dilerium - Anxiety
14:03 Going home at Christmas Time, eating with the adults
- Religion and Politics
15:20 Family tension
15:59 - A Beating by Father Dolan

17:35 What do I do?
The fellows treat him like one of the boys; Satisfied 18:23 Further alienated

19:00 Learning Poetry
Religion-Art
Pain-Beauty

20:08 Alienation
Father is incompetent
Alienation from Society
21:08 Less Prestige, Less Rigor
Where are my friends?

22:10 Belvedere
Poetic Beating with a Cain
23:46 Sells off Estate for money 💰

Location Unknown
25:14 Hard identifying bonding with men

[aaronknauer]

Yo Michael! I didn’t know who the hell you were before - but Im sure glad I found you! Thanks Professor!

[jonathanmarty]

We need a lecture on the Wake, Prof. Sugrue!

[kevinrombouts]

Incredible lecture. I felt pulled into Stephen Deadless' world and life.

[seeketng]

Thank you, Prof Sugrue. I learned a lot from this lecture. Will try reading A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man again. I stopped very early in the book the previous time I read it because I found it difficult then.

[jameswiblishauser]

I find Joyce difficult, but professor Segrue makes me want to read him again.

[cheri]

James Joyce. 💖💙😊😈😋🥰🎨🌌
Liberation through art.

[pearz]

I always meant to read Joyce because I knew I would relate to him in a meaningful way, but I had no idea...

[kaidoloveboat]

I'm very interested in what you said about Alex being inspired by Heron, and I would love to hear you speak more about it. Do you have any resources you could recommend to further research this connection?

[FugaciuDexter]

Such a wonderful video, you explain all the things that a normal reader might get out of reading him. I do have a question, though: I didn't get the joke about the purple pages from St. Augustin - what's that referring to? Thanks for everything!