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Is James Joyce's importance only in literature, or did he also affect the rest of society?

Joyce's "Ulysses" and other works certainly changed the way literature was written in the twentieth century, and influenced many writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie. Language affects the way people think, as George Orwell pointed out. Did the works of James Joyce have effects outside literature? If so, what are some examples?

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2 months ago
Somebody jumped to the false conclusion that I am asking this because I am a lazy student in school. Wrong. I am a writer responsible to produce a paragraph on Joyce for Bloomsday, with focus on his contributions to Humanism. Since my degrees are in physics, not in the humanities, I need help.


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Joyce influenced Marquez? really?
I think his influence transcended literature. Music and transcendentalism claim him as well.