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{{short description|Schema for the novel Ulysses}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Linati schema for ''Ulysses''}}
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This [[wikt:schema|schema]], or explanatory outline, for the novel ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' was produced by its author, [[James Joyce]], in 1920 in order to help a friend (Carlo Linati) understand the fundamental structure of the book.<ref>Ellmann, Richard, ''Ulysses on the Liffey'', Oxford University Press, 1986, {{ISBN|978-0-19-501663-5}}, pp. 186-188.</ref> The schema has been split into two tables for better ease of reading.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title
! Time
! [[Colour]]
! People
! [[Science]] / [[Art]]
! Meaning
|-
| [[Telemachus]]
| 8 — 9 a.m.
| [[Gold (color)|Gold]] / [[white]]
|
*[[Telemachus]]
*[[Mentor (Odyssey)|Mentor]]
*[[Antinous of Ithaca|Antinous]]
*[[Suitors of Penelope|Suitors]]
*[[Penelope]]
| [[Theology]]
| Dispossessed son in contest
|-
| [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]]
| 9 — 10 a.m.
| [[Brown]]
|
*[[Telemachus]]
*[[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]]
*[[Peisistratus (Odyssey)|Pisistratus]]
*[[Helen of Troy|Helen]]
| [[History]]
| The wisdom of the ancients
|-
| [[Proteus]]
| 10 — 11 a.m.
| [[Green]]{{efn|Blue per Linati.<ref>Ellman, p. 188.</ref> Corrected to green per Don Gifford.<ref>Gifford, Don, with Robert J. Seidman, ''Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses'', Second Edition, University of California Press, 1988, {{ISBN|978-0-520-06745-5}}, p. 44.</ref>}}
|
*[[Telemachus]]
*[[Proteus]]
*[[Menelaus]]
*[[Helen of Troy|Helen]]
*[[Megapenthes]]
| [[Philology]]
| Primal matter
|-
| [[Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]]
| 8 — 9 a.m.
| [[Orange (colour)|Orange]]
|
*[[Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]]
*[[Penelope]]
*[[Odysseus|Ulysses]]
*[[Callidice of Thesprotia|Callidice]]
| [[Mythology]]
| The departing wayfarer
|-
| [[Lotophagi|Lotus Eaters]]
| 9 — 10 a.m.
| [[Dark brown]]
|
*[[Eurylochus (mythology)|Eurylochus]]
*[[Polites (friend of Odysseus)|Polites]]
*[[Odysseus|Ulysses]]
*[[Nausicaa]]
| [[Chemistry]]
| The [[temptation]] of [[faith]]
|-
| [[Hades]]
| 11 a.m. — 12 noon
| [[Black]]-[[white]]
|
*Ulysses
*[[Elpenor]]
*[[Ajax the Lesser|Ajax]]
*[[Agamemnon]]
*[[Hercules]]
*[[Eriphyle]]
*[[Sisyphus]]
*[[Orion (mythology)|Orion]]
*[[Laertes (father of Odysseus)|Laertes]] etc.
*[[Prometheus]]
*[[Cerberus]]
*[[Tiresias]]
*[[Hades]]
*[[Prosperpina]]
*[[Telemachus]]
*[[Antinous of Ithaca|Antinous]]
| -
| The descent into nothingness
|-
| [[Aeolus]]
| 12 noon — 1 p.m.
| [[Red]]
|
*[[Aeolus]]
*Sons
*[[Telemachus]]
*[[Mentor (Odyssey)|Mentor]]
*[[Odysseus|Ulysses]]
| [[Rhetoric]]
| The derision of victory
|-
| [[Laestrygonians|Lestrygonians]]
| 1 — 2 p.m.
| [[Blood red]]
|
*[[Antiphates]]
*The seductive daughter
*[[Odysseus|Ulysses]]
| [[Architecture]]
| [[Despondency]]
|-
| [[Scylla and Charybdis]]
| 2 — 3 p.m.
| -
|
*[[Scylla]]
*[[Charybdis]]
*[[Telemachus]]
*[[Odysseus|Ulysses]]
*[[Antinous of Ithaca|Antinous]]
| [[Literature]]
| [[Sword|The double-edge sword]]
|-
| [[Wandering Rocks]]
| 3 — 4 p.m.
| [[Rainbow]]
|
*Objects
*Places
*[[Forces]]
*[[Odysseus|Ulysses]]
| [[Mechanics]]
| The hostile milieu
|-
| [[Siren (mythology)|Siren]]s
| 4 — 5 p.m.
| [[Coral (color)|Coral]]
|
*[[Leucothea]]
*[[Siren (mythology)|Parthenope]]
*[[Odysseus|Ulysses]]
*[[Orpheus]]
*[[Menelaus]]
*[[Argonauts]]
| [[Music]]
| The sweet deceit
|-
| [[Cyclops]]
| 5 — 6 p.m.
| [[Green]]
|
*Prometheus
*Noman
*[[Galatea (mythology)|Galatea]]
*Ulysses
| [[Surgery]]
| Egocidal terror
|-
| [[Nausicaa]]
| 8 — 9 p.m.
| [[Grey]]
|
*Nausicaa
*Handmaidens
*[[Alcinous]]
*[[Arete (mythology)|Arete]]
*Ulysses
| [[Painting]]
| The projected mirage
|-
| [[Oxen of the Sun]]
| 10pm - 11pm
| [[White]]
|
*[[Lampetie]]
*[[Phaethusa]]
*[[Helios Hyperion]]
*[[Jove]]
*Ulysses
| [[Physics]]
| The eternal herds
|-
| [[Circe]]
| 11 p.m. — 12 midnight
| [[Violet (color)|Violet]]
|
*[[Circe]]
*The Swine
*Telemachus
*Ulysses
*Hermes
| [[Dance]]
| The man-hating ogress
|-
| [[Eumaeus]]
| 12 midnight — 1 a.m. 
| -
|
*Eumaeus
*Ulysses
*Telemachus
*The Bad Goatherd
*[[Pseudangelos]]
| -
| The ambush on home ground
|-
| [[Homer's Ithaca|Ithaca]]
| 1 — 2 a.m.
| -
|
*Ulysses
*Telemachus
*[[Eurycleia]]
*The suitors
| -
| Armed hope
|-
| [[Penelope]]
| <math>\infty</math>
| -
|
*Ulysses
*[[Laertes (father of Odysseus)|Laertes]]
*Penelope
| -
| The past sleeps
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Title]]
! Technic
! [[Organ (anatomy)|Organ]]
! [[Symbol]]s
|-
| [[Telemachus]]
| [[Dialogue]] for three and four,
[[narration]],
[[soliloquy]]
| -
| [[Hamlet]], [[Ireland]], [[Stephen]]
|-
| [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]]
| [[Dialogue]] for 2,
[[narration]],
[[soliloquy]]
| -
| [[Ulster]], [[woman]], practical sense
|-
| [[Proteus]]
| [[Soliloquy]]
| -
| [[World]], [[tide]], [[Moon]], [[evolution]], [[metamorphosis]]
|-
| [[Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]]
| [[Dialogue]] for 2,
[[soliloquy]]
| [[Kidney]]s
| [[Vagina]], [[exile]], [[nymph]], [[Israel]] in captivity
|-
| [[Lotophagi|Lotus Eaters]]
| [[Dialogue]], [[prayer]], [[soliloquy]]
| Skin
| Host, [[penis]] in the [[bathing|bath]], [[froth]], [[flower]], [[medication|drugs]], [[castration]], [[oat]]s
|-
| [[Hades]]
| [[Dialogue]], [[narration]]
| [[Heart]]
| [[Cemetery]], sacred heart, the past, the unknown man, the [[Unconscious mind|unconscious]], [[heart defect]], [[relic]]s, [[Broken heart|heartbreak]]
|-
| [[Aeolus]]
| [[Simbouleutike]], [[dikanike]], [[epideictic]], [[Trope (linguistics)|tropes]]
| [[Lung]]s
| Machines, [[wind]], fame, [[kite]], failed destinies, the [[news|press]], [[mutability]]
|-
| [[Laestrygonians|Lestrygonians]]
| [[Peristalsis|Peristaltic]] [[prose]]
| [[Esophagus|Oesophagus]]
| Bloody [[sacrifice]],
[[food]],
shame
|-
| [[Scylla]] and [[Charybdis]]
| [[Whirlpool]]s
| [[Brain]]
| [[Hamlet]],
[[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]],
[[Jesus|Christ]],
[[Socrates]],
[[London]],
[[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]],
[[scholasticism]],
[[mysticism]],
[[Plato]],
[[Aristotle]],
[[youth]],
[[Maturity (psychology)|maturity]]
|-
| [[Wandering Rocks]]
| Shifting [[labyrinth]] between two shores
| [[Blood]]
| [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]],
[[Jesus|Christ]],
errors,
[[homonym]]s,
synchronisms,
resemblances
|-
| [[Siren (mythology)|Siren]]s
| ''Fuga per canonem''{{efn|''Fuga per canonem'': [[Latin]] for "fugue according to rule", a musical term for a [[Round (music)|round]].}}
| [[Ear]]
| Promises,
[[female]],
[[sound]]s,
embellishments
|-
| [[Cyclops]]
| Alternating [[asymmetry]]
| [[Muscle]]s, [[bone]]s
| Nation,
state,
[[religion]],
[[dynasty]],
[[idealism]],
exaggeration,
[[fanaticism]],
collectivity
|-
| [[Nausicaa]]
| Retrogressive progression
| [[Human eye|Eye]], [[human nose|nose]]
| [[masturbation|Onanism]],
feminine,
[[hypocrisy]]
|-
| [[Oxen of the Sun]]
| [[Prose]], [[embryo]], [[fetus|foetus]], [[childbirth|birth]]
| Matrix, [[uterus]]
| [[Fertilisation]],
[[fraud]]s,
[[parthenogenesis]]
|-
| [[Circe]]
| Exploding vision
| Locomotor apparatus, [[skeleton]]
| [[Zoology]],
[[personification]],
[[pantheism]],
[[Magic (paranormal)|magic]],
[[poison]],
[[antidote]],
reel
|-
| [[Eumaeus]]
| Relaxed [[prose]]
| [[Nerve]]s
| -
|-
| [[Homer's Ithaca|Ithaca]]
| [[Dialogue]], pacified style, fusion
| [[Juice]]s
| -
|-
| [[Penelope]]
| [[Monologue]], resigned style
| [[Fat]]
| -
|}

==See also==
* [[Gilbert schema for Ulysses|Gilbert schema for ''Ulysses'']]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130409231530/http://www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/ulysses/index.html Internet ''Ulysses'']}}
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