>reading a portrait of the artist as a young man
>uses words and references i don't understand
>find "joyce annotated" book online which explains everything
>longer than the actual novel
why do i need a book to translate another book, why does joyce use so many memes?
FUCK JAMES JOYCE
>>7452763
>why do i need a book to translate another book
I mean without a lot of knowledge about the Greeks and a lot of major literary works you're not going to understand a lot of the allusions and symbolism in 20th and 21st century lit.
>>7452763
forget about joyce
he was a third rate writer at best
focus on wallace and pynchon instead
>>7452763
He was a handsome lad.
>>7452763
>why do i need a book to translate another book
because you are ignorant
>>7452848
2/10
>>7452936
>understanding obscure references
>l'intelligence *tips trilby
>>7452936
>ignorant
Tumblerite detected.
>>7452947
>ancient greek
>obscure
pleb
>>7452763
Because more references equals more genius, dummy.
Obvious.
>>7452881
ahh c'mon man, if you're gonna troll then you really gotta commit to it
>>7452947
This is Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man we are talking about here, not Ulysses.
>>7452778
Feel free to kill yourself any time now.
>>7452980
yes, ancient greek is obscure