Identity, Hybridity, and Exile: An Analysis of Identity Formation in JamesJoyce's Ulysses Based on Homi Bhabha's Postcolonial Theory

James Joyce's modernist masterpiece, Ulysses (1922), has attracted the attention of scholars fromvarious backgrounds and approaches. In recent decades, postcolonial theorists have publishedextensively on Ulysses, examining how Joyce addresses Irish nationalism and the struggle forindependence in his novel. While most postcolonial writings have tended to identify Ulysses as aquintessential postcolonial novel, wherein Joyce subverts British colonialism and creates a spaceof resistance for his homeland, this study argues that the very structure of Joyce's novel is at oddswith such categorizations. Drawing on Homi Bhabha's postcolonial theories, as outlined in hisLocation of Culture (1994), this study contends that Joyce manages to create a textual space thatincorporates voices from disparate discourses to portray hybrid and alternative forms of identityat odds with the norms of his time.

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Postcolonial Theory , Hybridity , Identity Formation , James Joyce , Ulysses