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Hrekires t1_jditt9s wrote

I had to both read it and write a paper on it in college, and it was probably one of the most difficult assignments I ever had to do.

It was originally published in pieces and I kinda wonder if that's not the better way to read it. Just a chapter here or there over the course of a couple years, rather than sitting down and plodding through the whole thing.

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wjbc t1_jdjbm4x wrote

A college assignment? And not an elective? That’s odd.

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Hrekires t1_jdjju90 wrote

I was an English Lit major... forget which specific course it was, but it was definitely 3 or 400 level something.

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wjbc t1_jdjlaol wrote

That’s still a tough assignment for an undergrad. When I studied Ulysses it was part of a double course in Irish literature and history. I needed to know Irish history to understand Joyce, and I also needed my background in the Western classics like Homer and Shakespeare. And even so, I’m sure I missed a lot.

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