Western Civilization II / Unit 15 WC2 1424 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Woolf, Proust, Kafka, Joyce: The Inner Life
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The idea
Modernist writers put inner life over plot. Joyce's Ulysses spent a novel on one Dublin day. Woolf, a feminist, and Proust traced consciousness. Kafka's Metamorphosis gave an insect worried about getting to work. The point was the same as the painters': the mind, not the moral.
In practice
Stream of consciousness.
Where people slip
Anchor-only; "incredibly difficult" is the anchor's word for Joyce.
Your place on the trail
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