Chapter One
Introduction

This book explores man's modern identity as individual subject in Ulysses with the help of subjectivity approach.As individuals are engulfed in troubled relationships with others and society in this novel，they withdraw into their innermost recesses for solace and consolation.Thus the Inward Turn in Ulysses reflects the conflict between individual and society，the opposition between the innermost consciousness and the outside world.All these lay the foundation for the revelation of modern identity in Ulysses ，since man is largely defined in relation to the society he resides in and by his underlying ways of thinking and knowing.The analysis of modern identity in Ulysses begins with a review of Joycean studies in the first chapter.It also discusses the contemporary identity study of Ulysses and analyzes the feasibility of the subjectivity approach.As subjectivity emphasizes the relation of interiority with the outside world，the application of this approach can illustrate the features of modern identity in Ulysses ，which is one of the representative witnesses to the Inward Turn in modern literature. uwjDsaQ9rf30UuQcirubjXND1y30y6a9oNP1Kh+AZtr96WLDnmAB8lJZ5zEYNWgb