On The Media Form Of "Eolos" And Irish Writing In Ulysse

In the wave of linguistic innovation in modernist literature that emerged from the second half of the 19 th century to the early 20 th century,the development of multiple media forms became an important expression of aesthetic modernity,with James Joyce’s novels being a notable achievement.The seventh chapter of Ulysses(1922)—— "Aeolus" exploits such media elements as spacing,type,and visual symbols in print margins and typography,to self-reflect on and gaze at the forms of literary language;at the same time,the two forms,newspapers and speeches,are also used to present the linguistic thinking and national narratives of the Irish public and intellectual class respectively in the context of technological media.This paper argues that Ulysses’ s media forms and aesthetic outcomes emerge from the contradictions and tensions within the structure of Irish society and the order of technological capital,and that the context of its time is clearly directed.The theme of "Aeolus" is not rhetoric and journalism as it is commonly understood,nor does it rest on the representation of the modern urban social landscape,but rather on the technical forms and operational systems of media communication that present a reflexive view of language and writing,thus dismantling the traditional narrative of Irish nationalism.Moreover,through the use of media discourse and popular aesthetics,Ulysses transforms the traditional national narrative’s flashy and superior way of thinking about language,so that the following linguistic characteristics emerge in Irish writing: first,the language of daily life,the present and the secular;second,the language of hybridity and cosmopolitism;third,the language of the future and modernization,thus providing a Joycean revision of the nationalist narrative,and placing the author’s hope for the modernization of Ireland.