Joyce, The Castration Complex, and the Nom du Pere

In discussing the work of Joyce it is necessary to highlight the common themes of father, fathers, and the son in Joyce's work and connect these themes with the role of the father and its implication for the son in Lacan's works particularly in the important text of Family Complexes in the Formation of the Individual. The theme or 'the-me~s of Joyce relies heavily upon the 'old artificer', the coat and arms of the coat of arms, carried by, and, through the father.…