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Song of the week: Les Champs-Élysées – Joe Dassin Where do I begin? This was a difficult read, not just because it was our first book of the semester, but also due to Proust’s looooong sentences. I really wanted to like this book, and maybe I would have if I had read the entire thing […] read full post >>

 I found Marcel Proust's "Combray" to be really interesting. It made me think about how dreams can be intertwined with memories. The opening of the story portrayed how the author was walking through memory lane and how dreams are associated with r... read full post >>

 I found Marcel Proust's "Combray" to be really interesting. It made me think about how dreams can be intertwined with memories. The opening of the story portrayed how the author was walking through memory lane and how dreams are associated with r... read full post >>

I had no background on this book at all going into it which is something I will do sometimes before starting a novel to get the a feeling for it before diving right in. In the beginning I was definitely a little bit lost in what or who Proust was writing about. What or who […] read full post >>

Reading Marcel Proust’s “Combray” was a very different experience than I expected. The first thing that stood out to me was the style of the writing. The sentences are famously long and detailed, which can be a bit overwhelming at times. However, once I got into the flow, I realized that this “dreamy” way of […] read full post >>

First off, not a fan. I found this to be a hard read. There was a lot of fluff in the first part, well in both parts, but I feel like it was worse in the first part. I read … Continue reading → read full post >>

I honestly don’t know where to start. In my introductory blog I mentioned that I initially took this course to complete a requirement and that how I now see it as a way to get back into the habit of reading books. This is literally the best and worst book to start with. I’m being […] read full post >>

Well that was something, wasn’t it. I remember discussing how literature sometimes makes us feel stupid. And boy was I lost in those words. The first ten pages feel like a fever dream where there was a bunch of random things happening without knowing w... read full post >>

Well that was something, wasn’t it. I remember discussing how literature sometimes makes us feel stupid. And boy was I lost in those words. The first ten pages feel like a fever dream where there was a bunch of random things happening without knowing w... read full post >>

Reading the first chapter of Swann’s Way honestly felt like being stuck inside someone’s thoughts at 2 a.m. when you’re half asleep and everything is weird and blurry. At first I kept waiting for something to actually happen, but it’s more like Proust just lets you float around inside the narrator’s head. I didn’t really […] read full post >>

For this course's first reading, Combray by Marcel Proust, I was met with the challenge of breaking down an individual's thoughts as he recounted his life in an extremely detail oriented manner. As Proust recounted his story, he situated himself within... read full post >>

For this course's first reading, Combray by Marcel Proust, I was met with the challenge of breaking down an individual's thoughts as he recounted his life in an extremely detail oriented manner. As Proust recounted his story, he situated himself within... read full post >>

I’m not gonna lie, guys… this was a tough one to get through 🙁 Though after finishing the reading and watching the lecture, I can see how the difficulty and challenge in understanding Proust are part of the Modernism era. The start of Swann’s Way jumped back and forth between narration and memories, which seemed to have no correlation to... read full post >>

With it being such a long time since I’ve read what I think can be counted as literature, I had hoped the Introduction would give me some clarity and guidance. However, I was intimidated by its very first sentence (╥‸╥) Everything it referenced as being so well known within contemporary Western culture were things I […] read full post >>

In a novel, I find that I tend to look for easy reading – something that I can pass my time with, and enjoy my time while it’s also quite light to read. I look for a setting and perspective. Contrarily, Proust’s novel immediately dived into the narrator discussing his dreams, which had me questioning, […] read full post >>