tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270336326282346306.post2997092905935080101..comments2023-10-29T00:56:20.851-07:00Comments on Finnegans Wake in Santa Cruz: Our latest meetingseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270336326282346306.post-31878097187028442922013-01-31T19:21:57.133-08:002013-01-31T19:21:57.133-08:00No, I think you're right. Another thing that I...No, I think you're right. Another thing that I remember coming out of that meaning is the sense that Joyce's role is descriptive rather than defensive. He's getting the joy out of it that he can. Nevertheless, I'd like to think that one day there will be a "Joyce James" with an ability to describe the whole thing from another angle. I think we are already slightly past this whole family structure, though we still cling to it. Hark! Is that a thunderbolt I hear?seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270336326282346306.post-40385593074597657912013-01-30T23:50:59.774-08:002013-01-30T23:50:59.774-08:00I like the issue you raised of resistance; everyth...I like the issue you raised of resistance; everything is told through the mind of a seedy old barely respectable patriarch. <br /><br />I think that the unconscious and dreamworld of puns is essentially giving general thumbnosery to the whole kaboodle. Not entirely dismissing the traditional nuclear family, since it is part of life too, but don't you think, there's a decidedly subversive side that is putting up resistance to the forces of order and tradition? Maybe I am reading something into Joyce here, but why not?<br /><br />Ed Smileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076415756688151999noreply@blogger.com