The following chart represents one of the two schemas Joyce used to describe the structures of Ulysses. It is important to note that both of these shemas -- which closely resemble one another, aside from some minor but interesting disparities -- were drafted at a late stage in the writing of Ulysses. The vast bulk of the text preceded the schemas, and the schemas should not, therefore, be regarded as some species of "blueprint" for Ulysses.

The schema reproduced below first appeared in 1921 and was later printed in Stuart Gilbert's James Joyce's "Ulysses" in 1930.

Joyce's Schema for Ulysses

 TitleSceneHourOrganArtColourSymbolTechnic1TelemachusThe Tower8 a.m. TheologyWhite, goldHeirNarrative (young)2NestorThe School10 a.m. HistoryBrownHorseCatechism (personal)3ProteusThe Strand11 a.m. PhilologyGreenTideMonologue (male)4CalypsoThe House8 a.m.KidneyEconomicsOrangeNymphNarrative (mature)5Lotus-eatersThe Bath10 a.m.GenitalsBotany, Chemistry EucharistNarcissism6HadesThe Graveyard11 a.m.HeartReligionWhite, blackCaretakerIncubism7AeolusThe Newspaper12 noonLungsRhetoricRedEditorEnthymemic8LestrygoniansThe Lunch1 p.m.EsophagusArchitecture ConstablesPeristaltic9Scylla and CharybdisThe Library2 p.m.BrainLiterature Stratford, LondonDialectic10Wandering RocksThe Streets3 p.m.BloodMechanics CitizensLabyrinth11SirensThe Concert Room4 p.m.EarMusic BarmaidsFuga per canonem12CyclopsThe Tavern5 p.m.MusclePolitics FenianGigantism13NausicaaThe Rocks8 p.m.Eye, NosePaintingGrey, blueVirginTumescence, detumescence14Oxen of the SunThe Hospital10 p.m.WombMedicineWhiteMothersEmbryonic development15CirceThe Brothel12 midnightLocomotor ApparatusMagic WhoreHallucination16EumaeusThe Shelter1 a.m.NervesNavigation SailorsNarrative (old)17IthacaThe House2 a.m.SkeletonScience CometsCatechism (impersonal)18PenelopeThe Bed Flesh  EarthMonologue (female)
 

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