This weeks assigned reading is Proust’s Swann’s Way, specifically “Combray”, a 1913 novel originally written in French. I initially had trouble getting into this book. I started off reading the introduction and writing notes about it, but I quickl…
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This weeks assigned reading is Proust’s Swann’s Way, specifically “Combray”, a 1913 novel originally written in French. I initially had trouble getting into this book. I started off reading the introduction and writing notes about it, but I quickl…
Posted in Blogs, Proust | Tagged with childhood, family, swanns way
Like most of my classmates have stated in their posts about this week’s book, it’s definitely a more challenging read than expected. It felt slower and harder to get through than most books as there were parts I found slightly boring, and it took me a bit of time to get a feel of the […]
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Marcel Proust’s “Combray” was a challenging but interesting piece of literature. Personally I found the writing style of Combray annoying to read. I had to go back and reread sentences I just finished reading because I forgot what was said at the …
Marcel Proust’s “Combray” was a challenging but interesting piece of literature. Personally I found the writing style of Combray annoying to read. I had to go back and reread sentences I just finished reading because I forgot what was said at the …
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…
Posted in Blogs, Proust | Tagged with childhood, family, memory
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 […]
