I found myself getting easily away from the page when reading this, something about the verbiage of Proust would lose me every so often. I think that it’s because he would tend to go on precise tangents that were longer and more winding than I was used to which made it trickier for me to […]
I found the protagonist’s relationship with his mother to be a bit puzzling. Though, I do understand a child’s need for a mother’s love and the devoted relationship between parents and children. However, the protagonist’s need for his mother’s kiss goo…
I found the protagonist’s relationship with his mother to be a bit puzzling. Though, I do understand a child’s need for a mother’s love and the devoted relationship between parents and children. However, the protagonist’s need for his mother’s kiss goo…
We were instructed to read Combray by Marcel Proust, and it sure was an interesting read. Although I found it confusing and difficult, in some way I found it engaging and fascinating. I am not exactly sure how to write about my thoughts and feelings on this read, so bear with me. The first thing […]
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Marcel Proust’s “Combray” was an interesting deep dive into the human experience of memory. Although I have come to appreciate how the writing style mimics the experience of being lost in thought so well, I found this week’s reading a little bit hard to follow. The style that Proust writes his book in makes for […]
Marcel Proust’s “Combray,” was an extremely hard read for me. When I began reading, I expected the sentences to be lengthy because of the introduction, but the wordiness still surprised me. I found myself getting confused a lot while reading. I figured…
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Marcel Proust’s “Combray,” was an extremely hard read for me. When I began reading, I expected the sentences to be lengthy because of the introduction, but the wordiness still surprised me. I found myself getting confused a lot while reading. I figured…
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Swann’s Way is taken from Proust’s book-length masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time. At first glance I was shocked by the length of Proust’s book, In Search of Lost Time. As I read it in detail, I realized that it seemed like a memoir of the author, Proust. Starting from the author’s childhood, he describes […]
Hi, All. I hope everyone has had a great weekend! We were assigned to read Combray’s “Swann’s Way” by Marcel Proust this week. This Novel is exciting in the way it captures a recreation of time past. In this Novel, we see different types of time. …
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Hi, All. I hope everyone has had a great weekend! We were assigned to read Combray’s “Swann’s Way” by Marcel Proust this week. This Novel is exciting in the way it captures a recreation of time past. In this Novel, we see different types of time. …
Posted in Blogs, Proust | Tagged with Aunt Leonie, habit, memory, perspective, time, voyeurism, windows
