like using basic english
("Ogden also made a translation of the last four pages of ‘Anna Livia Plurabelle’ into Basic English with Joyce’s assistance. It was published in the journal Psyche in October 1931." cite)
episode one
episode five lotuseaters
episode 12 cyclops
misc1 misc2
Friday, September 25, 2015
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Gossip
What 'laws of gossip' does Ulysses embody? (it's complicated)
Can we extract a spreadsheet of variables describing who'll gossip how, to whom, about whom?
Malicious vs sympathetic gossip: Purefoy's pregnancy, Dignam's death and family
Does Joyce ever show a character NOT gossiping when they have a chance to? (exercising discretion) ...Yes, Martin Cunningham has kept Bloom's father's suicide quiet, Stephen almost never gossips... Bloom too?
We glimpse others discussing Bloom's ethnicity, his work history, his marriage, his generosity, the lottery scam, his connection to the freemasons. And especially well-documented is the spread of the false rumor about Throwaway.
Similarly we see Breen's UP postcard making the rounds.
We hear Simon badmouthing Mulligan and others.
Mulligan and Lenehan seem especially unguarded.
Mulligan throws gossip about Stephen back in his face
Stephen 'gossips' about Shakespeare.
The newsmen gossip about Gallaher and Dawson.
Molly's thoughts are full of gossip but we never see her talking to anyone but Poldy. (did she gossip to boylan about poldy???)
Conmee is very discreet-- the Church defines who can gossip how.
People have varied absolute inclinations to pass on gossip. Some tell everything they know at every opportunity. Some exaggerate what they hear.
Maybe a grid of who's heard which gossip about Bloom?
A model of how Throwaway changes as it spreads
each person needs a grid of who-cares-about-who, and how-well-does-each-know-each, so that gossip can be passed mainly to those who care but don't already know
if you don't already know someone you need to sound them out
useful gossip: un/trustworthiness
Can we extract a spreadsheet of variables describing who'll gossip how, to whom, about whom?
Malicious vs sympathetic gossip: Purefoy's pregnancy, Dignam's death and family
Does Joyce ever show a character NOT gossiping when they have a chance to? (exercising discretion) ...Yes, Martin Cunningham has kept Bloom's father's suicide quiet, Stephen almost never gossips... Bloom too?
We glimpse others discussing Bloom's ethnicity, his work history, his marriage, his generosity, the lottery scam, his connection to the freemasons. And especially well-documented is the spread of the false rumor about Throwaway.
Similarly we see Breen's UP postcard making the rounds.
We hear Simon badmouthing Mulligan and others.
Mulligan and Lenehan seem especially unguarded.
Mulligan throws gossip about Stephen back in his face
Stephen 'gossips' about Shakespeare.
The newsmen gossip about Gallaher and Dawson.
Molly's thoughts are full of gossip but we never see her talking to anyone but Poldy. (did she gossip to boylan about poldy???)
Conmee is very discreet-- the Church defines who can gossip how.
People have varied absolute inclinations to pass on gossip. Some tell everything they know at every opportunity. Some exaggerate what they hear.
Maybe a grid of who's heard which gossip about Bloom?
A model of how Throwaway changes as it spreads
each person needs a grid of who-cares-about-who, and how-well-does-each-know-each, so that gossip can be passed mainly to those who care but don't already know
if you don't already know someone you need to sound them out
useful gossip: un/trustworthiness
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Sexual gossip
sexual gossip is one of the primary drivers of finnegans wake's lifecycle: HCE exposed himself to or spied on some nursemaids
imagine color-coding the various sorts of sexual trespass that gossip addresses (exhibitionism, voyeurism, masturbation, impotence, promiscuity, cuckoldry, incest, pedophilia...)
and then tagging occasions in ulysses where anyone commits or gossips about each variant (truthfully, exaggeratedly, or wholecloth fabrication)
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Kim Kardashian Hollywood
the goal of KK's highly successful game is to claw your way onto the hollywood A-list by dating famous people, doing scandalous photo shoots, buying the right clothes and makeup, getting the right cosmetic surgery, etc.
so maybe let the young writers of dublin try to climb the social ladder, getting poems and plays published and performed, getting invited to Moore's, meeting Lady Gregory, cultivating a persona, offending others, exploiting peasant culture, renting a tower, going vegetarian, dating Maud Gonne...
read more: [5-important-lessons] [atlantic]
one of the cities KKH supports is dublin:
(Sullivan's is a real Irish microbrewery so this is probably a paid placement but it's not Dublin-based; Pop Clam is imaginary. no grafton street???)
gameplay:
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