{"id":9,"date":"2022-01-25T00:08:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T07:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst202blogposts\/?p=9"},"modified":"2022-01-25T00:08:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T07:08:56","slug":"paris-peasant-by-louis-aragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst202blogposts\/2022\/01\/25\/paris-peasant-by-louis-aragon\/","title":{"rendered":"“Paris Peasant” by Louis Aragon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Initially, I was very lost on reading Paris Peasant. Often times, I tend to look too deep into a text to fully try to analyze what it is meant but it always leads me into overthinking the context. While reading Aragon’s \u201cParis Peasant\u201d, I tried to keep an open mind, not letting myself get too lost in the sentences. Despite doing so, I was still lost. Starting off by noticing the words used, It was very descriptive. Aragon went on and on describing the structures around him. It was beautiful to imagine as Aragon really captured the essence of his environment of Paris. Another aspect I enjoyed in Paris Peasant were the small details incorporated by adding in poems, a dialogue and even a menu of drinks! It really takes you back to what it felt like to live in old time Paris. <\/span><\/p>\n

The format of the reading was what threw me off the most.\u00a0<\/span>It felt somewhat disorganized and messy. It seemed less of a novel and more of a journal for Aragon. The details he added were interesting but it made it feel like I was reading someone’s personal diary. Another aspect of Paris Peasant that threw me off was how he described women and his interactions with them. On page 8, he really went into detail on how he wanted to interact with women and his descriptions on them. To be honest, it made me uncomfortable while reading it. One main aspect of Paris Peasant that I enjoyed was being able to compare life back in old times Paris versus life now. His descriptions of the environments and setting around him really added the factor of visualizing what it really looked like. Along with the describing of the setting, the small details I mentioned previously really added onto that as well. It was refreshing to be able to visualize what it was like in the past<\/span><\/p>\n

As mentioned in previous discussions, many of the texts we will be reading in class will be translated to English; which makes me wonder if anything is lost in translation when reading Paris Peasant. I know French has phrases and terms that simply cannot be translated in English without losing its meaning. While reading, some phrases and sentences just did not make sense. Maybe I was just not able to fully comprehend what it means but I am wondering what a native French speaker views it as when reading Paris Peasant in French. A question I would have is can this story be analyzed differently if read in French?<\/span><\/p>\n

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