has anyone tried to read it whitout any guide? can you understand it propely? or is this a book you shouldn'tlook for 'understading', but only 'feeling the flow'?
>>24835825you get a surface level understanding, but like anything to really "get" it you need supplemental material
>>24835825Your first read should be without a guide unless you're reading it with other people. Then if you like it, go deeper. Simple as.
>>24835825>can you understand it propely?Kinda. Superficially. Also depends what you already know about itI went in blind and had an awful time save for two chapters. Afterwards I just realised I couldn't stop thinking about it and went back to it more prepared and grew enamored with itI would recommend at least aiding yourself with the linati schema, as well as having read Joyce previous works, the odyssey, and Shakespeare tragedies
>>24835825For a first read, just get through it and take notes yourself. It’s a fun experience and constantly following a guide will just ruin its flow.
>>24835825>feeling the flowNah, fuck that shit. It's how /lit/lets cope with books they can't understand.Understanding comes with familiarity. Ulysses was intended to be read again and again. With each reading, more meaning and nuance emerges. Never move on from the denser sections of prose until you've read them enough times to understand them. Otherwise you risk losing your way completely.Finnegans Wake was the utimate expression of this paradigm.
>>24835825All you need is the Gilbert Schema.
