On the Extinction of Voluntary Memory

The absolute certainty of the extinction of voluntary memory, if any, is rarely applied to every field of human effort. In the field of science, any measurement can reach the limit of accuracy. In literature, the fact that the language of the author merely expresses one 's own idea (rather than materializing one' s thought) opens up an idea that has been communicated to a certain extent. But more important than these factors is that most of the knowledge we think today is based on theory.

In this article, I will explain in detail how Joyce compares the two memories of "voluntary memory" and "voluntary memory". This will place the relationship between the character and their past as the main theme of Dublin, in particular the concept of envy of Joyce and the concept of enlightenment.

Joyce's early biographer Frank Budgens once said Joyce "cherishes the memory better than any other person" (Hart, 1962, 53). It is reflected in how to combine the fragmented self into a permanent identity, and makes Joyce a major author of modernism. However, the readers are not necessarily clear about how the flow of consciousness in Ulysses represents chaotic thinking and the memory of our thoughts. Through the analysis of Bergson's philosophy, we conclude that in addition to Molly's monologism Joyce never intended to represent complete and voluntary memory. On the contrary, Joyce fully demonstrated Burgson 's claim that individuals in modern society are alienated from voluntary and habitual memory, rebellion and nostalgia. It began to be forgotten. Invisible, skeptical. "(U.91; VI.872)