A new plot will make you seeUlyssesin a new way . Joycestickis a practical reality plot in developing at Boston College mean to expose new consultation to thefamously difficult novel . The program enriches the literary experience by guiding readers through the preferences of the book , let them learn and see the routine - of - the - hundred Dublin Joyce write about and get up - closely with the object he describes .
The entire plot ofUlyssestakes blank space on June 16 , 1904 , a daylight now known asBloomsday(named after the novel ’s main persona ) . In his penning , Joycetreatedthe metropolis of Dublin as one of his character , andUlysseswas no exception .
“ I want … to give a picture of Dublin so double-dyed that if the urban center one daytime suddenly disappeared from the land it could be reconstruct out of my volume , ” Joyceonce saidof the Good Book .
While Dublin has changed wildly in the past century , practical world can help put reader back in the metropolis as Joyce experienced it .
In the secret plan , you’re able to wander through the places that Joyce wrote about and plunk up and examine unlike objects , like a tin of potted meat or a gramophone . When you pick up sure object , you ’ll hear readings from the book .
“ It works to recreate the immediacy of Joyce ’s prose through its virtual spaces , starting with the interior of Joyce ’s Martello Tower , and come along into further scenes and objects take from the novel , ” theJoycestickwebsite promises .
A team of21 studentsled by an English professor at Boston College are working to put the game together , from modeling objects faithfully in 3D to creating authentic sound pattern for the scene to coding the secret plan itself to writing the tale .
Joycestickis still in progress , but its God Almighty hope to set up it in Dublin in time for Bloomsday this year . A prototype was presented at a conference in Rome in February .
