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21724213 No.21724213 [Reply] [Original]

I'm 10 pages in and all I have to say is: what the fuck is this piece of shit? Who even considers this stuff as "goos" in any way, shape, or form? I hate that I signed up for this shit in English literature. Why it is even part of the curriculum is beyond me.

>> No.21724230

>>21724213
Goddam books. All I wanted was a nice warm plate of goo

>> No.21724257

>>21724213
>I'm 10 pages in

>> No.21724265

>>21724257
I'm reading as I write this and it's so consistently bad it makes it difficult to continue.

>> No.21724272

>>21724265
>I'm reading as I write this

>> No.21724273

>>21724213


STICK TO GENRE KITSCH; LITERATURE IS NOT FOR YOU.

>> No.21724286

>>21724273
Quite frankly I don't enjoy genre books as much as I do genuine literature. But reading the description of a fucking shampoo bottle is more enjoyable than this shit.

>> No.21724296

Nothing wrong with you, op. This is one of those infamous books they make you read in school that people tend to hate.

>> No.21725614

>>21724213
I enjoy this book. I also enjoy juicy goo.

>> No.21725841

Everything wrong with you, op. This is one of those famous books they let you read in school that people tend to love.

>> No.21725925

Something wrong with you, op. This is one of those books you read in school that people tend to be indifferent towards.

>> No.21726082
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>>21724213

>> No.21726107

>>21724213
>filtered by the easiest Joyce novel
lmao and this is in a place for literature. Truly grim.

>> No.21726468

>>21724213
It's one of the best books ever written. You just got filtered.

>> No.21726538

>>21726082
this is retarded. Joyce wrote several stories in Dubliners that follow conventional narratives and don't involve the schizophrenic abstract techniques he got into later. He started doing that stuff because he was really good at writing normal stories and he wanted to go further. He could have been an english language Flaubert if he wanted. It's not random ranting, it's carefully structured. you'll never get it

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>>21724213
Not entirely sure what you precise issues are but it takes time to get into. Dubliners was written when he was younger, I think?, but is nearly perfect whereas Portrait is mostly mediocre. Still though, it gets much better down the line. I struggled to keep reading at first as well but it eventually draws you in. The most beautiful part would be the multi page inner monologue while he writes the poem in the morning.

>> No.21727368

>>21726538
> he was just pretending to be retarded
This cope would have worked if Joyce had actually written a half-decent conventional novel. Alas.

>> No.21727375

>>21727368
>muh retarded
Filtered hard