Congratulations and good luck my dear!

I am so happy just now finding you!

Was confused at the end. But you explained it well. I enjoyed read it.

I tend to agree with your comments on Gatsby, but I read it again a few years ago and really appreciated Fitzgerald's depiction of wealthy Americans. The bird sounds are wonderful. 👍

Wonderful. Thanks. Sounds like science fiction to me. Is this the same Lucien who wrote satires poking fun at various Christian sects?

As a Modern Cultures and Languages student who’s about to graduate, I’m bound to thank the algorithm for having taken me here. My favourite literary genre is Gothic🥹 thanks for all the info! I can’t wait to see more videos on literature and languages!

I have a PhD in postcolonialism & ecocriticism in contemporary poetics, and have spent much time pondering the relationships between the ecological sciences & poetics of place, interdisciplinary approaches are so important, aren't they?

I have really enjoyed discovering your channel, love the academic approach to book reviewing, very engaging & far-sighted.

I'm a recent subscriber. Really excellent content so far. Cant wait to see more😄👍

Personally I quite enjoyed “Wuthering Heights”, but of course tastes vary and enjoyment is subjective. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

I've been critiquing art in writing as a hobby for a long time but up until recently I didn't know anything about reception theory ("the meaning of a text is not inherent within the text itself, but is created within the relationship between the text and the reader", source: Wikipedia) or anything about Hermeneutics. It seems like these schools of thought are in opposition with one another but I find myself using parts of both in order to write more comprehensive but also personal critiques of the art I engage with. For example, I've found that reading/watching interviews with authors after reading a book is a great way of re-interpreting a text through the eyes of the author while also recognizing that, for me, the author's beliefs about what they think their novel means is just another interpretation among many and not necessarily the "correct" one. I can't wait to watch more of your videos on Hermeneutics, thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks for sharing. I'm not sure I'd be able to pull it off but I'd love a red jacket like that, very striking! Q6: does Ovid's Metamorphoses count? hehe. Maybe in 1000 years (if we survive that long), a classic retelling written today will become a classic of tomorrow?

bronte is always disappointment to me tbh

Fabulous language usage, keep working with your content. Loved It.

I love Mary Oliver. Thanks for this needed spotlight on a great poet. Really enjoy your channel.

Love your channel name - terrific. I also adore classics & neglected (should be) classics. I am a bit obsessed with Murakami at the moment, but my main passion is poetry (especially contemporary) & magical realism. Really looking forward to your Gothic adventures. Thanks for the bookish inspiration!

Great voice! Can you point me to where you got your mic?

Thanks for your video. Spoiler Alert - I just finished the book and was trying to figure out the last part of the novel. I have resolved the issue about the doctor’s visit and everything surrounding the “baby” is that she was writing a diary and this diary consisted of her imagination and her real life which blended into one story - that’s how I explain the baby kicking and the ultrasound. I agree with you that she did have a void in her and the baby experience filled that void and on another note what other Japanese novels can you recommend

I have been fascinated by this story for a decade. Thanks for a great take on it. Amazing how often satire explores a genre first, and how many “modern” story tropes go back centuries or more.

Ok, sorry for the double post. maybe this helps with the algorithm :) Thank you very much for your video. I knew about Lucian's True Story, and parts of the plot, but only up until the whale part. So that was very interesting. I have a question: You say that Lucian inspired all these works, but how sure are we, that those authors actually have read him? And if not, does this rally count as "to inspire"? Also, did you know, that Johannes Kepler (yes, the astronomer) also wrote a scienc fiction, or proto-science fiction, story called "Somnium oder der Traum vom Mond". I haven't read it, but I would be really interested if you could cover it aswell....

3:42 thank Kalliope that Lucian didn't fall into a logical trap here!

So pretty! Love the look 😃

More! You look great btw

Just subscribed, loved this video and will go through the rest of the videos, keep making these , thank you ❤

I'm glad that you're pronouncing the words correctly. Ramayana isn't just an epic, praising the deeds of Lord Rama, an incarnation of the supreme personality of the godhead (Vishnu/Narayana). Even though the basic tale is the same, but there are many extant versions of the epic. But the most important thing is the essence of life it teaches. One cannot understand the depth of the epic in one reading, because there are so many layers of comprehending it. Other than Ramayana, as you have mentioned we have Mahabharata, which is the longest epic ever written. It's not just about two parties from the same clan, one fighting for justice and another for the throne. One cannot describe the epic from a single frame, because there isn't just one protagonist in the story who is trying to do the right thing. And most importantly one cannot claim, it has just one beginning. It can be understood keeping one character in the centre and looking at the epic through its perspective, and also the other characters have a different perspective on the events happening in the epic. But it's best if you try to decrypt the epic from the perspective of Lord Krishna, and if you devote yourself to him, you can truly understand the epic. Because Lord Krishna is greater than the epic itself. His character isn't just one, and he cannot be understood or defined. It's not about praising or putting emphasis on him. But once you delve dipper into the narration, you'll understand the reason, why I have said like this about him. So try not to understand him, but try to feel him, because he is everything that you can or anyone can think of, and nothing at the same time. Mahabharata is the story of the Kuru clan or the Bharata, the Yadavas, and many more. You'll learn everything from here and once you reach the point of Bhagavad Gita, you'll understand all the secrets of life, because we're all confused as Arjuna and there's one Krishna, who is second to none. Krishna didn't just impart the divine knowledge which cannot be found anywhere, not just to Arjuna, but to everyone. We all bow to the supreme lord Lord Krishna, and everything bows before him.

The idea of the deeply intersections or correspondences between the whole and its parts, and the parts and their whole, remembers me about Marx's conception of reality itself: the reality (or History) is a complex totality, in other words, it is the endless movement of different, and even contradictory, parts over time, including, for instance, one person, several people, State institutions, economics and everything related to them. Thus, we cannot truly understand one aspect of reality if we do not take into regard all the other aspects wich are connected to it, and to do so we have to look at the object several times and in different lens. The same, I think, with a great piece of literature: After the wonderment, we have to go through the book again, and what might be relevant even though external to it, beholding the details an so forth. Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for this video. It is such a huge and wonderful opportunity to learn with someone who is pursuing a PhD in the field. I'm an undergrad, so I really meant everything. Thank you again - much love from Brazil <3

I finished reading the book today and the part that resonated with me was that she said she needed a space just for herself and that the lie was that. And that she needed it because she was so alone and had nothing. It reminds me of how in the Book Johnny Got His Gun, the main character after years of being a prisoner of his own body wanted something that would make him feel like, in his words, a man. I think both of these characters wanted something that would give them some agency after living lives of no control over anything and being so alone. I briefly wondered if the novel was going to have fantasy elements when the ultrasound done by the doctor showed a kid. I think that the main character had a mental break because she knew that she could not go get an ultrasound for obvious reasons. I think that at least some of the events after the aerobics classes were not ‘accurate’. For example the kicks that the baby did, the x rays, and the weight gain.

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Really cool video! I'm not a Comparative Literature student but I find your advice to be very applicable to other fields of study. Thank you!

This was absolutely wonderful! I’ve heard of these stories before, but never got such great detail or learned about the author.

Loved the song choice -- Puttin' on the Ritz! Thanks for sharing.

I am sad to say I have never heard of this epic. I am now intrigued. Maybe I can source a copy soon. Thanks for the excellent videos. You have given me so many titles to look for. Now, if only I had the time to read more.

Thanks for the review!

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This was fascinating. I had the book in my hand the other day, as it has been on my to-read list for ages. While I did put it down, I will use this conversation as the inspiration to add the book to my shelves soonish. Cheers.

Looks very pretty :)

nice

Loving the little dance at the end ❤

Cool!

I really loved the connection she had with the Virgin Mary at the late stages of her pregnancy, when she started believing she was actually pregnant (baby kicking in her womb, baby making peace sings ..) I think it showed her desire for a real baby, made of flesh and bones, and her clinging to the hope of a miracle of some sort, since she liked how she was treated by society when her "pregnancy" was obvious to the world. And also the sense of community she had with the other pregnant women and future mothers at the gym

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the book. I really enjoyed the it too, I couldn't wait to know how she was going to get herself out of the fake pregnancy. It does say a lot about how we treat pregnant women. Anyway, I just discovered your channel, keep up the good work 🥰

It is great that you shine a light on this interesting book that some people (myself included) might otherwise never have heard about :)

The book sounds interesting. I think it's really cool that you provide us with so much background info and even read a little passage :)

Great goals. I also plan to read more Japanese literature very much 😊 Happynew year and good luck with your goals 🎉