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Hello Jay, Very interesting to hear of your teaching methods. I am just disappointed that now that I have sent off for some Joyce criticism and it has just arrrived, we are going to declare it off limits :-)) -- Really, I think I will try to follow your suggestion of reading the work first without aids if I can resist the temptation to peek, but I think we should each follow whatever plan best suits us as individuals, since we are doing this for our own benefit, pleasure, edification, whatever. Best cj gillen
Hi cj and all, Oops! Please let's NOT declare Joyce criticism <<off limits>>!!:)) If my post implied that, then I was foggier than usual. I didn't mean to scant the work of many great scholars -- just a notion that it is for me sometimes helpful to take a good look at the story first----- before using the critics. But once the story is read, if something from a critic is useful or relevant, let's bring it in. Like you cj, I also have just sent for some works on Dubliners and I have other Joycean books around the house. I love the criticism but the critics have spent long years formulating their theories----- I just like to try to ferret out some notion of the text for myself before I get seduced by their readings -- maybe it is just my neurosis LOL! but it's just one way to go. I said I try to read this way------ I didn't say I always succeed! HA! And you're right about the fact that all of us has our own ways of getting into the texts----whatever feels best to a reader is the way to go. I was just talking about my own problem -- of my penchant to see a work through the eyes of the last critic I have read. So please ------ Don't anyone take my ideas too seriously. I am not that serious a guy. :)) We all can just enjoy Joyce whatever way we want--- I haven't found a more enjoyable writer! What really gets to me about Joyce is that he is constantly rewarding. Each time I reread a passage or a story----- I am hit by things I have never seen before. And I have the same delight while reading these posts. I always wonder 'How did I miss that'? LOL! I am constantly amazed at the humanity and the genius of James Joyce. In reality, I can't hold any theory very strongly -- since I know I will see the text differently the next time I read it. But it's an amazing journey. All the best JAY |
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