Paris Peasant, to me, was a story about everything, but also about nothing. I felt as though I was more reading a journal of a man as opposed to a story. There did not seem to be any concrete plot, nor did it feel as though there was one specific theme the writing was grounded in. Instead, it was like being inside the mind of someone going through the daily life of someone who had many thought provoking things to say. If there was any plot or theme, it went over my head, as I felt somewhat confused while reading and found it a bit hard to follow, although this does not mean I enjoyed it any less.\u00a0In the same way I did with Proust’s Combray, I found this text to have wonderful descriptions, which made it enjoyable and fun even when I was confused.<\/p>\n
After reading this, it left me wondering, why do we always look for some sort of plot or structure within what we read? Maybe not everyone does this, but I always find myself looking for a beginning, middle, and end whenever I tackle reading something new. Maybe this is due to the fact literature is not typically what I read beyond school. This then leads me to wonder if it is a fault to always search for something more? Sometimes writing, such as Paris Peasant, can just leave you with your thoughts, welcoming you to your own interpretations of what you have just absorbed. It is not that Paris Peasant did not have meaning, but more so what did each of us take as the meaning after reading?<\/p>\n
After reading 2 texts, I have noticed a few similarities in writing style, and although I am not sure if this is due to these being older works, or to do with translation and both coming from romantic languages, I think it is worth mentioning. Firstly, as mentioned before, both works were extremely descriptive, more so than most pieces of literature I’ve read in the past for school. I highly enjoy this, and I hope this carries on as a common theme throughout other works we read in the term. The second is how long the sentences are. Many of the sentences went on for much longer than what I typically read, or write for myself, with the writing containing more commas and semi-colons than periods. I think this is interesting as I do not know the reason for both of these features, however, I do think it could be due to translation as well as the structure of romantic languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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