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Joyce General.

Reading my first Joyce book 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,' and I'm just finished the first chapter.

Already, this has got me interested in Irish Literature, which I embarrassingly neglected (being an Irishman myself). This book is just simply wonderful so far.

I will be sure to attempt Ulysses in the summer and may buy Finnegan's Wake to dip in and out of it from time to time, aiming to decipher a fragment of chaos.

Opinions on Joyce?

>> No.1740581

>>1740576
>read one chapter of an artist
>open up 4chan.org to start a discussion on it

dude stop procrastinating and finish the book -_-

also, i liked dubliners more, but Portrait was too deep for me.

>> No.1740584

>>1740581
forgot to add, dubliners is some of the greatest shit i've ever read. i wish i was smart enough to get the rest of his crap, since i'm sure the longer works are even better.

>> No.1740595
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1740595

>>1740576

FIRST: NOT ALL IRISH WRITERS WERE/ARE AS GOOD AS JAMES JOYCE. ACTUALLY, MOST OF IRISH WRITERS ARE GARBAGE. BUT THERE ARE MORE GOOD IRISH WRITERS THAN GOOD BRITISH WRITERS. CALM DOWN.

SECOND: IT IS "FINNEGANS WAKE" NOT "FINEGANN'S WAKE".

>> No.1740600

>>1740595
did you just type to yourself to calm down? lmao

>> No.1740601

>>1740600

NO.

>> No.1740605

>>1740576
>being an Irishman myself
shut up yank, you where born yank and always will be a yank

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1740606

>james joyce

>> No.1740608

>>1740605

>implying there is no such thing as ancestry. I
Does a chink stop being a chink just because they're born in america? Nope.

>> No.1740609

>>1740608

What do you have in common with the Irish other than the some years ago an irishman fucked your great great great grandmother?

Culture? Nope
Accent? Nope

>> No.1740612

OP Here.

I'm actually from Ireland, born and bred. I do have a Lebanese father though, but I always classify myself Irish due to always living here, being born here and speaking a good bit of Irish.
Truth be told, I've never been to America, but I'd love to go.

>> No.1740615

no one else wants to talk about joyce?

>> No.1740620

>>1740615
Sure do,im a bit closer to the end.I have the oxford version of the book which includes a heck a lot of explanatory notes.The amount of allusions far :alludes: me,i have to do just as much reading on historical information included in the book as i do the book itself.It's also great to become familar with many catholic terms and traditions especially as i was born a catholic(non-practicing).I just finished the third chapter early this morning.

>> No.1740699

>>1740615

It's true what Joyce said, you will dedicate your life to reading his works. I started with A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man a year ago, and decided to read Ulysses and Finnegans Wake afterwards. I'm still only in chapter 2 of Finnegans Wake. I've decided to read it a few times after the first time to understand more, and I'll probably read it even more times in my life.

The irony about Joyce's life is that his last words were "does nobody understand?"

>> No.1741161

i already read dubliners and portait of a young artist, should i go with ulysses?

>> No.1741174

>>1740576
Flann O' Brien is the funniest writer I've ever read. Read The Third Poilceman. Also Wilde, Yeats, Beckett, Swift, Bernard Shaw, Synge, Heaney ect...For a comparatively small island, Ireland has made a disproportionately large contribution to world literature in all its branches.