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http://www.metaportal.com.br/jjoyce/burgess1.htm One of the biggest hurdles with reading Finnegans Wake is simply learning how to read the work. This hurdle it is a compound of smaller yet very different priories presented by the book. Many stories focus on plot, which is fine because plot is a very important aspect of a lot of fiction stories. Yet for Finnegans Wake it is not the main focus. The text is set in the mind of a person dreaming, and emulates the wondering mind. What story points that can be fleshed out is buried under the language that is made up of multiple languages, puns, dialects, combined words, multiple contexts, and references to other subjects such as literature and history as well as the use of onomatopoeias and in the case of book II chapter II a total fracturing of the text by use of annotations. All in all it is a very dense work where many passages lends it self so easy to study. Here is one I found: Take this single sentences from Chapter II Book III "Drouth is stronger than faction." The word Drouth is actually "drought" it is just pronounce differently. There for the argument presented the worry and effects of a drought on a society can mend the factions of a society into a more cohesive unit. The sentence also plays with the reader's pre-known knowledge of the phrase "Truth is stranger than faction." In fact to further point out the relation of the two sentences, here they are stacked with a third row showing off the similar letters in the phrase. http://www.finwake.com/1024chapter23/1024finn23.htm Drouth is stronger than faction. --Truth is stranger than fiction. ----uth is str-nger than f-ction. Joyce is playing with the fact that people read by the word and not by the letter. Also it should be noted that the letter 'T' and the letter 'D' when spoken have very similar effect on the mouth where the tongue raises up and a puff of air is pushed out. This explanation may makes Joyce even more intimating, yet still read the book. Something will catch your interest. It should be stated that there is a ton of non-instantaneous and non-noticeable effects that happen to the reader over the course of a reading the book similar to that of taking a hike or practicing a craft. The effects of reading Finnegans Wake not only show a person how to read Finnegans wake, but provide a deeper understanding of reading books in general, understanding the human mind, and how the textual and spoken language effect a person. mazzi Chart Czar fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Oct 29, 2014 |
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