{"id":10,"date":"2022-01-17T23:30:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst202keepblog\/?p=10"},"modified":"2022-01-18T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:59:22","slug":"combray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst202keepblog\/2022\/01\/17\/combray\/","title":{"rendered":"Combray"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n

This week\u2019s reading, part 1 of Marcel Proust\u2019s <\/span>Swann\u2019s Way<\/span><\/i> was a peculiar read. One of the things that intrigued me while reading the assigned section of the book was the attention and detail put into what would seem to be almost mundane things. This makes the text very descriptive and helps us empathize and understand the main character\u2019s daily life, feelings, and responses to those feelings. As an example, the character really dwelled into his anxieties surrounding nights and going to sleep and how he seeks comfort from his mother. This was expressed through a good chunk of chapter one. On the other hand, due to the amount of detail put into each event, it becomes difficult to understand what events are detrimental to the story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The transitioning from different events was also noteworthy. The transitioning really characterizes how thoughts travel in some sense. The portion where the main character has tea with the cakes really took this a step further as it really displayed the attention and the focus that was necessary to recall and evoke the feelings that the taste brought to him. The telling of the text makes it appear less straightforward and more disorganized which makes it seem more realistic when compared to how thoughts generally progress. The telling of the story does a great job mimicking the progression of thoughts to great detail. It encourages readers to engage and empathize with the difficulty and muddled feeling experienced by an individual when recalling things.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having read only a small part, it is difficult for me to understand the importance of the character Mr. Swann. It was regularly hinted that his character was significant through an almost foreshadowing through the main character\u2019s telling of the events and how Mr.Swann would be tied into it. Besides that, his name is a part of the title. His character seems to be portrayed with some sense of ambiguity which I presume will be unveiled slowly through the remainder of the text.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the questions I had while reading the book was regarding the direction the book is heading. What is the importance of the recurring theme of anxiety that is experienced by the main character throughout the text?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So far the text seems heavily influenced by the main character\u2019s memories and experiences of the world. It gives the feeling of a slow recollection of memories an individual may randomly recall or think about on certain nights or think of while going through familiar areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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