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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
It was a challenging read. I daresay among other famous writers of bildungsroman (Hermann Hesse, J.D. Salinger to name a few), Joyce is the toughest. As a Catholic, I could certainly identify myself with Stephen's struggles to understand the world that stretches beyond Roman Catholicism or any other religious institution. In some ways, I am much better off than Stephen. I was free to choose to be Catholic or anyone else but he was not. I understood the perpetual loneliness and humiliation it causes to live a life that is solely decided by something other than myself... At the same time, I envied him living at the time and place in which a prospect of the artistic career was something worth pursuing.
first jj book, was not as intimidating as i feared
needed to consult roommate on some religion stuff, probably still missed so much of it, esp with the politics… speaking of politics, ireland pride etc would probably hit harder if i understood more
the parts that didn’t lose me were v good though, i want to read a sparknotes analysis of this book
needed to consult roommate on some religion stuff, probably still missed so much of it, esp with the politics… speaking of politics, ireland pride etc would probably hit harder if i understood more
the parts that didn’t lose me were v good though, i want to read a sparknotes analysis of this book
Read in college and need to read again.
There should be a want to read again list on this site.
There should be a want to read again list on this site.
I think one needs to read a Joyce work to appreciate the depth of the author's knowledge of his culture, religion, and politics in which he lived and matured and placed himself in the canon of European literature.
While I gave this 5 stars, it might serve well to have 4 primarily due to the editor's footnotes which existed in the back of the text... having two bookmarks in and constantly flipping back to the notes got tedious after a while... it would have been nicer to have the footnotes at the bottom of the page from which they were referred.
While I gave this 5 stars, it might serve well to have 4 primarily due to the editor's footnotes which existed in the back of the text... having two bookmarks in and constantly flipping back to the notes got tedious after a while... it would have been nicer to have the footnotes at the bottom of the page from which they were referred.
"I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race."
Dedalus é uma imagem clara do amadurecimento de todos nós, desde a inicial descoberta do mundo a nosso redor quando ainda crianças pequenas, passando pelas diversas fases do crescimento e desenvolvimento pessoal. É quase impossível não perceber que os conflitos do jovem Stephen, nós mesmos os vivemos, rejeitando muitas das nossas crenças e convenções infantis e, por vezes, lutando com o mundo ao nosso redor para encontrarmos o nosso próprio lugar ao sol, dar voz a quem realmente queremos ser. A poeta portuguesa Florbela Espanca o sabia bem: "Que me saiba perder, pra me encontrar."
O desenvolvimento do livro, com um estilo de escrita que respeita cada uma das fases de crescimento de Stephen Dedalus é incrível, possibilitando o leitor conectar com o mundo espiritual/mental do nosso jovem amigo. Para não dizer do momento epifânico vivido ao longo do Dollymout!
Interessante, belo, necessário!
O desenvolvimento do livro, com um estilo de escrita que respeita cada uma das fases de crescimento de Stephen Dedalus é incrível, possibilitando o leitor conectar com o mundo espiritual/mental do nosso jovem amigo. Para não dizer do momento epifânico vivido ao longo do Dollymout!
Interessante, belo, necessário!
Okay, maybe it's just me, but I really really do not like Modernism stream of consciousness. It makes no sense to me. Okay, maybe it would be fun for the author to write something in his stream of consciousness, but honestly it's not going to make any sense to someone who does not have the same consciousness! So yeah, I guess this book is really artistic in how he's portraying his artsyness, but to everybody else who does not share that consciousness, we are all left completely lost. I had a really hard time trying to follow his thinking. A lot of it was really dry and boring and the whole book dragged from start to finish.
This is just my opinion of course. I'm really not accustomed to this style of writing and maybe if I took more time, I would appreciate it more. But I still don't like it and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who actually enjoys reading.
This is just my opinion of course. I'm really not accustomed to this style of writing and maybe if I took more time, I would appreciate it more. But I still don't like it and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who actually enjoys reading.
What did I think? Honestly, I was confused most of the time. There are always new characters and scenes and it always took me a while to figure out what was going on. It definitely wasn't easy or fun to read but still quite interesting. The way religion was treated especially intrigued me.