I really needed this. It kind of got me motivated to keep reading, and to reread this chapter. No, I'm not using this to Cliff Notes my way through a class. I'm the only one I know who would read it. I want to see what someone else thinks, or sees, and this of my way of having some kind of "discussion" about the book. I'm taking an online graduate class right now, but it's not an English class. The last chapter I read was on the origin of spoken language, how the brain "maps" data in the process of learning language, and then learning to read. Synchronicity! Anyway, keep going! You're a lifeline.
Always delighted to hear the videos are helpful. Thanks, Jill! Feel free to comment with any random Ulysses speculation/comments/questions. We're all bozos on this bus
What I find interesting is that Joyce was definitely interested in writers who created words like him. When he was asked which book he would take to a desert island, he said that he would hesitate between Dante and Shakespeare, plus he said he admired both of them. Dante invented a lot of the Italian language and Shakespeare invented tons of new different words and sayings. So maybe Stephen dedalus represents Shakespeare's son because he considers himself a disciples of Shakespeare in his writing style, since Stephen dedalus is meant to be a stand in figure for Joyce. That sort of follows the father and son thing that Leopold and Stephen have, and the overall theme of father and son throughout the book. It's a bit of a stretch but perhaps Joyce was reflecting himself as a sort of spiritual son or successor to Shakespeare with his writing style and affinity for words? Idk, it's a stretch. But I think it fits.
Speculation is essential for this book (I'll say more in my episode on Mackintosh and other mysteries), and that's a great parallel between Joyce and Shakespeare!
I love Ulysses, and i really enjoy some of this section, but there are parts of it that are just too stupid, in my opinion, particularly when i can't tell who is talking, or how many people are talking, or who is saying what. I mean, come on, man, style and clarity is one thing, but quotation marks and differentiation is another
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Thank for these videos. They are making Ulysses really enjoyable. Well said about "hitting that wall" at 2:11!
You're welcome! It was fun
I really needed this. It kind of got me motivated to keep reading, and to reread this chapter. No, I'm not using this to Cliff Notes my way through a class. I'm the only one I know who would read it. I want to see what someone else thinks, or sees, and this of my way of having some kind of "discussion" about the book. I'm taking an online graduate class right now, but it's not an English class. The last chapter I read was on the origin of spoken language, how the brain "maps" data in the process of learning language, and then learning to read. Synchronicity! Anyway, keep going! You're a lifeline.
Always delighted to hear the videos are helpful. Thanks, Jill! Feel free to comment with any random Ulysses speculation/comments/questions. We're all bozos on this bus
What I find interesting is that Joyce was definitely interested in writers who created words like him. When he was asked which book he would take to a desert island, he said that he would hesitate between Dante and Shakespeare, plus he said he admired both of them. Dante invented a lot of the Italian language and Shakespeare invented tons of new different words and sayings. So maybe Stephen dedalus represents Shakespeare's son because he considers himself a disciples of Shakespeare in his writing style, since Stephen dedalus is meant to be a stand in figure for Joyce. That sort of follows the father and son thing that Leopold and Stephen have, and the overall theme of father and son throughout the book. It's a bit of a stretch but perhaps Joyce was reflecting himself as a sort of spiritual son or successor to Shakespeare with his writing style and affinity for words? Idk, it's a stretch. But I think it fits.
Speculation is essential for this book (I'll say more in my episode on Mackintosh and other mysteries), and that's a great parallel between Joyce and Shakespeare!
I love Ulysses, and i really enjoy some of this section, but there are parts of it that are just too stupid, in my opinion, particularly when i can't tell who is talking, or how many people are talking, or who is saying what. I mean, come on, man, style and clarity is one thing, but quotation marks and differentiation is another
I love the approximation to drunkenness though.