tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post5613334104662700994..comments2024-03-05T15:10:07.370-06:00Comments on A Building Roam: Examining James Joyce/Stephen Dedalus' Esthetic Philosophy (part 1)PQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-16358635478788821532015-09-27T02:30:55.370-05:002015-09-27T02:30:55.370-05:00Hello! I saw the film in the theater and immediat...Hello! I saw the film in the theater and immediately thought "thats Joyce!!!"<br /><br />I read many of the reviews from the top film<br /> critics and was shocked that none of them, not a single critic mentioned James Joyce.<br /><br />So, to set the record straight, I made and posted a 45 minute lecture about the Jocean influence within Birdman. I was originally introduced to the works of Joyce by Campbell. You can see my Jocean film analysis here: https://youtu.be/rwxQ5XHslFsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-50754445857368057812015-09-24T16:11:58.344-05:002015-09-24T16:11:58.344-05:00Thanks for your comment. I did see Birdman, absolu...Thanks for your comment. I did see Birdman, absolutely loved it. At the time I didn't pick up on the Joycean themes but now that you point it out I can see it. It's a film I've been eager to see a second time. I'll have the Joyce goggles on during my next viewing. PQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-78274886582631050382015-09-14T01:02:07.820-05:002015-09-14T01:02:07.820-05:00Did anyone see the fim Birdman? The director appr...Did anyone see the fim Birdman? The director appropriates many of Joyce's themes: icarus, the labyrinth, aesthetics, subject/object, direct =characters in the film (joyce =stephen dedalus in his novel) I am shocked that not one of the film critics got that. Birdman borrows heavily from Joyce, but in its own language. Great film. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-26264787283686698832010-07-24T09:04:19.731-05:002010-07-24T09:04:19.731-05:00Thank you. That was a very clear and enticing revi...Thank you. That was a very clear and enticing review. It's funny how it seems we get to Joyce by being led back to him through other readers' experiences of him. And despite the different levels of erudition about this--putting myself not so much on the ladder as just contemplating getting on it--it's interesting that the <i>experience</i> of reading Joyce is remarkably similar, no matter how much or how little you get. I mean once you actually enter into the 'field of Joyce', rather than allowing yourself to be put off by what you don't understand.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-5945034648887458192010-07-24T02:36:22.955-05:002010-07-24T02:36:22.955-05:00Check out my review of ReJoyce here:
http://abui...Check out my review of ReJoyce here: <br /><br />http://abuildingroam.blogspot.com/2010/03/book-review-rejoyce-by-anthony-burgess.htmlPQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-45969241066564012542010-07-24T01:45:39.426-05:002010-07-24T01:45:39.426-05:00Thanks--that lets me off the hook, doesn't it?...Thanks--that lets me off the hook, doesn't it?<br /><br />I've seen ReJoyce at the library and been drawn to it, so maybe I'll go with that...seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-90545886747744958102010-07-24T01:05:46.420-05:002010-07-24T01:05:46.420-05:00Seana,
I would caution against trying to understan...Seana,<br />I would caution against trying to understand his works by reading all or any of his stuff simultaneously. The best thing to do is read a guide like Joseph Campbell's "Mythic Worlds, Modern Words" or Burgess' "ReJoyce" along with whichever book you're reading (both Campbell and Burgess' books have chapters on all three of his novels). That's really the most effective way to grasp what he (Joyce) is doing.<br /><br />I was going to make note of it in Part 2 of this post but this post owes heavily to Joseph Campbell's book "The Inner Reaches of Outer Space" and also the aforementioned "Mythic Worlds, Modern Words." I had actually read both of those books long before I even attempted to dip my toe in the vast ocean of Joyce's books themselves.PQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491626995530401441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157342843002612388.post-77305008360411503512010-07-22T20:55:38.781-05:002010-07-22T20:55:38.781-05:00Thank you. I'm a bit hampered in commenting mu...Thank you. I'm a bit hampered in commenting much, in that I haven't read Portrait, though I've read Dubliners and Ulysses, and as you know, am struggling through the Wake. I have an odd feeling that with Joyce, I ought to be reading all these works simultaneously, as my hold on what he is trying to do is slippery at best.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.com