Hi Everyone! I am going to be reflecting on Bombal’s The Shrouded Woman in this week’s post. I have to…
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This reading was a little challenging for me initially but as I continued and referenced other classmates blog posts for anyone having similar experiences or challenges as me. It was a breath of fresh air to realize I was not the only one that was having these challenges. I enjoyed how the story revolved around memories of the town Combray. The Marcel character was very interesting to me and I like how he is a younger version of the Narrator reading us the story. It seems that he can route his main wants and interests to becoming a writer back to his time in Combray.
This reading was a little challenging for me initially but as I continued and referenced other classmates blog posts for anyone having similar experiences or challenges as me. It was a breath of fresh air to realize I was not the only one that was having these challenges. I enjoyed how the story revolved around memories of the town Combray. The Marcel character was very interesting to me and I like how he is a younger version of the Narrator reading us the story. It seems that he can route his main wants and interests to becoming a writer back to his time in Combray.
For many of us, reading brings out a visual representation, so when I read a book or a story, I am able to visualize it in my head, letting me teleport to whatever I am reading. While reading Michael Proust’s Combray, I had a strong sense of melancholy. The setting felt dim and quiet and […]
As a first-time reader of Proust, I did not know what to expect from Combray. As I started reading, I…
Going into this novel, all I knew of it was that it is considered one of the major works of surrealism. Knowing very little about this concept, I searched it up in the context of literature. I primarily found it to refer to the attempt of an author to merge reality and imagination. If this […]
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Marcel Proust is an author who, despite the age of his works, portrays with great creativity the ever-present human condition–it is for this reason that his writing remains relevant. In his story “Combray,” readers are taken on a lucid journey not unlike a dream. The subjects ranging from childhood innocence to loves lost are made […]
For a lack of better introduction, this week’s reading reminded me of one solitary thing; the concept of deja-vu. I found that with the beginning of the chapter, the vivid imagery persisted and felt so increasingly reminiscent that I could no longer decipher whether the character was asleep or awake. I found myself making sense […]
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This is my first time reading Proust. What I liked about the reading was the power of his imagination that imbued his experiences. His imagination seems to constantly overpower his reality but he eventually manages to subsume his reality, which is often disappointing, into his imagination. Reading this novel is also a form of cultural […]
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