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23 Mar 2022 Conversations with Tyler Lydia Davis on Language and Literature
“I think what works well in German and French is, the difference between a very long Proustian sentence and a very short observation fits those two languages well.”
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- 23 Mar 2022
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…That’s interesting. Speaking of studies, has anyone done a study of the difference in the humorous passages between the German and the English? That would be fun to read. I don’t think so. I think what works well in German and French is, the difference between a very long Proustian sentence and a very short observation fits those two languages well. It doesn’t really work in English. You just end up a little bit confused. I love the fact that Proust does have very, very short sentences. People kind of forget that.…
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