As I have expected (from having seen glimpses of the book here and there in my distant past), this is one of the most beautiful texts that I have encountered, and, with every line, I feel that keen jolt of … Continue reading →
For me, this whole novel lost me at many parts, but the moments where I did pay attention, it gave me one specific feeling: nostalgia. Proust shows nostalgia exactly as it feels, like being immediately pulled away into the past without choosing to. First of all, I want to answer the lecture’s questions. What do […]
There’s one common thread in existing discussion about “Combray” that I saw: the book’s difficulty in reading. I agree, it’s a challenging read in the forever long sentences and vivid descriptions of everything and constantly shifting focal points. And as the lecture and conversation video mentions, the story is temporally vague. While there is […]
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I would like to share my feelings after
reading Combray! I found it hard to read. It is like I know
most of the words, but when words come together, I could not
understand them anymore. As Professor Beasley-Murray mentions in the lecture…
I would like to share my feelings after
reading Combray! I found it hard to read. It is like I know
most of the words, but when words come together, I could not
understand them anymore. As Professor Beasley-Murray mentions in the lecture…
Well, that was a very interesting read! I particularly enjoyed the descriptiveness used by Proust which I believe succeeded in painting a picture book of the emotions he aimed to convey. This text was kind of difficult to read ngl, because it had very very long sentences (which were basically paragraphs to be honest). Despite […]
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Sorry if the cuts are bad, the first second of each clip was cut for some reason. It will be better next time.
My question: What does the “in-betweenness” add to the story and reading of the text?
-LS
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To be honest, what I got out of reading Proust was immense, incredibly detailed and vivid descriptions of the sort of scene Proust wants us to imagine. This book was particularly challenging for me. I could hardly understand what I was reading in…
To be honest, what I got out of reading Proust was immense, incredibly detailed and vivid descriptions of the sort of scene Proust wants us to imagine. This book was particularly challenging for me. I could hardly understand what I was reading in…
When I started reading the Proust I was so confused. Honestly throughout the whole reading I was really confused but I eventually accepted my fate. It really brought me back to when we were talking about feeling stupid about literature in class. I found that I had to keep rereading to understand what was going on but eventually I gave…
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