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I really don’t feel any special way in reaction to reading the Proust excerpts. Some of the bits and pieces reminded me of things we’ve discussed or things I’ve thought about in relation to this class, but the writing style … Continue reading →

I particularly enjoyed the Proust reading.  It was interesting how he found himself waking up in random places and how this made him lose track of past and present.  This made me think of Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five.  SH-5 is all about a … Continue reading →

There were two sections that particularly caught my attention. First, Proust offers a question for us to think about. Phrased as i understood it: is the immobility through time of both objects and thoughts in our life created by our … Continue reading →

As told, I read the Proust article twice. The first time through was solely to become accustomed to the language and the second was for content. I read it the first time and only  seemed to pick up certain words … Continue reading →

Proust brings up many instances pertaining to our recollection of time that I can easily relate to. For instance, he talks about the concept of déjà vu, though he does not use that name to describe his thoughts. He brings … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed reading the selections by Proust. While it was difficult to follow because of the author’s writing style, I thought that it was interesting to read and provided a couple key insights into the study of time. In … Continue reading →

Memories can always bring happiness to people, especially when the situation at this specific moment is worse than the one before. The worse of the situation now, the more expectation we feel to go back to the past. For example, … Continue reading →

When going into these readings, I did not know what to think.  But when only given the prelude, “It is nothing like you have ever read before”, this can be expected.  My initial reaction to the writers experience was simply … Continue reading →

When I was reading the excerpt from Marcel Proust’s Time Regained, one major point of his work stuck out to me. He stated that we essentially find satisfaction in getting back to where we started after some disadvantageous event occurs. … Continue reading →