Publication Date:
2007
abstract:
In this paper, the ‘Gestation of the Word’ is interpreted as a natural embryonic development taking
place within a maternal womb. The ‘growth’ or gestational development of Mina Purefoy’s baby, as
well as his eventual birth in the ‘Oxen of the Sun’ episode parallel’s the same cosmic evolution of
the incarnation of the Logos. Thus, the medical and purely physical setting of the maternity ward
serves as the setting of the divine fiat through which the process of creation was simultaneously
initiated and completed. However, the Biblical nativity is savagely parodied through a chaotic
recapitulation of the process of evolution (styles of English) which finally produces an abortive
‘demiurge’, incapable of conscious articulation.
place within a maternal womb. The ‘growth’ or gestational development of Mina Purefoy’s baby, as
well as his eventual birth in the ‘Oxen of the Sun’ episode parallel’s the same cosmic evolution of
the incarnation of the Logos. Thus, the medical and purely physical setting of the maternity ward
serves as the setting of the divine fiat through which the process of creation was simultaneously
initiated and completed. However, the Biblical nativity is savagely parodied through a chaotic
recapitulation of the process of evolution (styles of English) which finally produces an abortive
‘demiurge’, incapable of conscious articulation.
Iris type:
2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
List of contributors:
DE MARCO, Nicola
Book title:
Joyce in Trieste: An Album of Risky Readings