Proust

Exploring Proust

For this week’s reading by Marcel Proust, I left it feeling confused but interested as this reading challenged me. This reading included lots of run-on sentences and large amounts of detail which was sometimes hard to wrap my head around. The long sentences did aid in explaining the characters and scenes well but often would […]

Combray: Madelines and Memories (Jan 14)

A. Initial Thoughts My first read of Marcel Proust’s “Combray” was SO difficult. Initially, it seemed like a never-ending text of sleep and a madeleine soaked in tea. Proust starts by painting this scene where the protagonist experiences “the taste of the crumb of madeleine soaked in [his great aunt’s] decoction of lime-flowers…” (6), which … Continue reading Combray: Madelines and Memories (Jan 14)