Tokyo: The life of a literary giant begins with home self-defense!

Chapter 350: The Executive's Cream Cake 7
It is true that literature has different forms of expression, and everyone has different opinions on the appreciation of the same work.

But in front of someone's granddaughter, he said that Joyce was not as good as the other two.

"Mr. Longchuan's insights seem to be quite unique."

Jane Joyce looked at Longchuan Che with a smile.

There were many people who boasted about her grandfather, but few of them did it so openly.

Longchuan Che had just offended Colm, and now he had offended himself.

Jane Joyce has already labeled the young man in front of her as mortal.

"Although James Joyce is a great writer in Dublin, his position in stream of consciousness is indeed being gradually replaced by others."

It would have been fine if Longchuan Che had just said it, but for some reason John Banville also added something out of the blue.

Longchuan Che was so surprised that he almost said the word "awesome" to this socially anxious author.

"Banville, you."

Jane Joyce's eyes widened. It was enough to meet one person with no emotional intelligence. How come John Banville, a fellow Dubliner, was so ungrateful?

James Joyce is known as the Four Great Men of Dublin, and someone once commented on them like this.

"All four of these men seemed to act as modern writers, banishing and subverting everything except—except the truth."

“Oscar Wilde, Yeats, Joyce and Beckett, four influential Irish writers were born in the last century. With these four native Dubliners, this city, which was once forced to belong to the empire, regained its power and influenced the whole world with another kind of dominance, that is, the dominance of art.”

Ryuukawa Toru and John Bandel each stated history's evaluation of the Four Masters of Berlin, and then shook their heads at the same time.

“But the value of Joyce’s work is now at stake.”

"Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" and Kafka's "Metamorphosis" are both excellent stream-of-consciousness works."

The two of them sang the same tune and confused Jane Joyce.

She suspected that the two men were deliberately playing a prank on her.

"Everyone has their own appreciation for literature. Remembrance of Things Past and The Metamorphosis are indeed excellent works, but it is untrue to say that they can replace Ulysses and Dubliners."

In fact, there has always been a certain view in Europe.

They are the stream-of-consciousness writers who were active in the early twentieth century: Proust from France, Kafka from the Czech Republic, and Joyce from Ireland.

Who is the master of stream of consciousness?

Stream of consciousness literature refers to literary works that focus on depicting the flow of characters' consciousness, including not only waking consciousness but also unconsciousness, dream consciousness and pre-linguistic consciousness.

"Take Ulysses, for example."

Jane Joyce looked at her with a look on her face saying, "You two guys are too presumptuous." Long Chuan Che picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

It's not a big deal for writers to talk about their creations, but the woman in front of them looked like she was offending her grandfather, so Longchuan Che and the others still had to come up with something convincing.

Proust, Kafka and Joyce have always been compared with other writers of stream of consciousness. Now that this topic, which has attracted much attention in the European literary world, is being discussed here, people around are moving closer to it.

Ryukawa Toru saw Takeda Shinki, a woman standing in a daze outside.

After looking around to make sure that the pervert would not harass her, Longchuan Che took a sip of wine and continued.
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He stepped forward solemnly and mounted the round gun mount.
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He looked around and solemnly blessed the tower, the surrounding fields, and the awakening mountains three times.
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Then, catching sight of Stephen Dedalus, he bent over him and crossed himself rapidly in the air several times, gurgling in his throat and shaking his head.
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Stephen Dedalus, irritated and sleepy, leaning his arms on the banister, looked coldly at the horse face that shook its head and clucked in blessing, and at the unshaved flaxen hair that had the color and texture of light oak.

Some people were surprised that Ryukawa Toru could remember every byte of "Ulysses" clearly, but Ryukawa Toru didn't care and continued talking.

"Ulysses and Remembrance of Things Past are both long stream-of-consciousness novels, but their forms of expression are different." Men of letters compete with their mouths, while warriors compete with their weapons.

Perhaps many people have a worship filter for writers of the last century, but Ryukawa Che doesn't care about that.

"The writing style of the entire Ulysses is basically the same as that of a general realistic novel. Joyce's words are full of various specific things, such as people's appearance, various daily objects, and various scenes. Good readers can appreciate the rich meaning from these images."

Long Chuan Che stared at Jane Joyce halfway through his speech, and only continued after she nodded reluctantly.

The European stream-of-consciousness genre is actually very interesting.

Joyce, Proust, and Kafka were also active in the early twentieth century.

But now there are comments and evaluations that "Remembrance of Things Past" has replaced "Ulysses" and Kafka's magical short stories have replaced "Dubliners".

"Joyce is good at seeing the big picture from the small details. His sensitivity as a writer enables him to grasp some meaningful details or moments."

"But Proust is different."

Ryukawa Toru obviously admires the French writer more.

"He rarely describes specific things, but focuses more on consciousness itself, the complexity and unpredictability of emotions. In other words, the object of his writing is his spiritual world."

Long Chuan Che rubbed his fingertips, and John Banville opposite him was surprised that Long Chuan Che could analyze the works of two famous writers so clearly.

Some serious and rigid topics became frivolous and interesting in his mouth, and John Banville couldn't help but think of the time at Trinity College again.

At that time, he analyzed the painful characteristics of Irish literature so rationally that many college professors had to take him seriously during academic exchanges.

"Turning banal seriousness into frivolous insight."

John Banville muttered something about someone's comments about Longchuan Che, and sat there listening to Longchuan Che continue.

Takeda Maki found it difficult to describe her feelings.

This seemed to be the first time she saw Ryuukawa Toru shine at a literary event.

Literature is a tool for her to make money, but it seems to have a different definition for the people in the bar.

As Longchuan Che quoted from classics, many people looked thoughtful.

With such a flawless memory, it is a view that even the Irish have to agree with.

He used a passage from "Remembrance of Things Past" as an example to point out the differences between the two literary masters.

He did not say that James Joyce was far inferior to Marcel Proust, but only said whose representative work was more suitable for stream of consciousness based on the writing style of the two.

It is bright and dazzling.

Takeda Maki felt that perhaps it would be true as her friend said.

"Do you believe he can win a foreign literary award on his own?"

When Takeda Maki was thinking this way, someone jumped out to express her opposition.

"Remembrance of Things Past and The Metamorphosis are better stream-of-consciousness works, so why did you refer to Dubliners when writing your short story?"

Colm, who had changed into clean clothes, sneered.

(End of this chapter)