This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)

#26 | Back to Top10-25-2006 02:33:22 AM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

How could this book have passed me by?! It's been ages since i've been in a group discussion like this so i'm on board too!
Wheee! i'm going to dig out all of my old english college books on analysing texts! There's nothing i like better than mass debation~ 

yes, that's an old joke.


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#27 | Back to Top10-25-2006 07:30:56 AM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Sanguine_Rose wrote:

There's nothing i like better than mass debation~ 

yes, that's an old joke.

I've never heard it, and I'm glad I did. emot-smile


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#28 | Back to Top10-25-2006 08:14:44 AM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Hey, Gio, make a damn announcement saying we're reading Demian and anyone who wants to join has to have a book and be ready by.... umm... how's friday work for everyone?


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#29 | Back to Top10-25-2006 08:43:44 AM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

I have a whole week off! Starting from Monday, so Friday sounds good.

...where I get the book is another issue.


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#30 | Back to Top10-25-2006 08:55:30 AM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Yasha wrote:

Hey, Gio, make a damn announcement saying we're reading Demian and anyone who wants to join has to have a book and be ready by.... umm... how's friday work for everyone?

Yessss masssster....


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#31 | Back to Top10-25-2006 12:57:08 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

I am SO in there. [wriggles happily and waits for Friday] etc-love


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#32 | Back to Top10-25-2006 01:06:58 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

I'm going to start a new thread on Friday beginning the discussion. In the meantime, let's all decide on broad strokes of schedule. The Word document copy is about 100 pages, and the book is 8 chapters, so no threat there, it ain't War and Peace. The physical copies of the book tend to be around 160 pages, so I was thinking we could 'assign' about 3 chapters per week, something that keeps the read load light and allows for very extensive discussion. I don't know how fast everyone reads or how much of this they'll be able to push out in their spare time, personally, I'd be fine with just about any schedule, since I could just read the whole thing on Saturday. Feel free to offer thoughts and advice for how to go about this, it's certainly a first for me to attempt group reading/discussion. emot-wink

I'm going to do a little homework over this week, so the thread will open with background information and an overview, maybe a few links to helpful pages. Let's do this right, or at least let's make it fun! emot-smile


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#33 | Back to Top10-25-2006 01:18:12 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Giovanna wrote:

I'm going to start a new thread on Friday beginning the discussion. In the meantime, let's all decide on broad strokes of schedule. The Word document copy is about 100 pages, and the book is 8 chapters, so no threat there, it ain't War and Peace. The physical copies of the book tend to be around 160 pages, so I was thinking we could 'assign' about 3 chapters per week, something that keeps the read load light and allows for very extensive discussion. I don't know how fast everyone reads or how much of this they'll be able to push out in their spare time, personally, I'd be fine with just about any schedule, since I could just read the whole thing on Saturday. Feel free to offer thoughts and advice for how to go about this, it's certainly a first for me to attempt group reading/discussion. emot-wink

I'm going to do a little homework over this week, so the thread will open with background information and an overview, maybe a few links to helpful pages. Let's do this right, or at least let's make it fun! emot-smile

Damn right! I could read the thing easily in a few hours; I read about a quarter of it on Sunday and wandered off only because my spare time is so bloody limited at the moment. I only left it because I want it to be fresh in my mind, and I wasn't sure when we were starting! I am absolutely intrigued by this book on its own merits, actually, and it's reminding me of a LOT of other books and whatnot other than Utena. This shall be fun! etc-wankgirl

I am not sure how to go about it either, but I think asking questions and going for answers as a group might be an idea, i.e. as we begin to analyse a chunk, have everyone come up with a question or an observation that they had and build around that idea. If someone doesn't have anything specific to say, that's cool; it just means we can flesh out the other ideas. If that makes any sense; I didn't become a teacher for a very good reason. I SUCK AT IT! emot-biggrin


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#34 | Back to Top10-25-2006 02:11:44 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Oh hell yeah, Demian stands on its own, but then, being a bit of a slut for school-freud (I used to bitch about how much I hated him, this is called denial school-eng101) and the whole psychoanalysis movement, well yeah. I'm not meaning for all discussion to focus on SKU, although I think given our area of expertise, that we'll be using familiarity with one as a jumping off point to process the other, and then vice versa as we go along. I'll keep the thread in the SKU forum, but not everything we discuss must center around how it relates to SKU. I'm really stoked about having the chance to discuss something outright like this at all. I grew up in American schools. emot-frown In 9th grade we started Romeo and Juliet and got about a scene in before the teacher gave up. emot-frown I was in the AP class. emot-frown

I'm figuring we'll do kinda a freeform discussion with questions, something structured enough to follow but open enough to allow for all the really cool stuff that pops up from following trains of thought wherever they might take you. emot-smile


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#35 | Back to Top10-25-2006 05:06:44 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

HURRAH! I'm so happy, my other philosophy groups were kinda... I dunno. I didn't like the material we were covering, and the groups were pretty uninteresting as people. I'm going to try to get my philosophy prof in here if possible, he's awesome. etc-love

Yeah, I totally go to his D&D meets, I should make him come in for Demian discussion. emot-biggrin


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#36 | Back to Top10-26-2006 08:30:08 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

I read Demian about 3 or 4 years ago, it was for a lecture on Hermann Hesse... My teacher in that moment said that Hesse was really influentiated by Carl Jung, and
other guy (i don't remember his name now, i'll find it!! i promise!!!). Jung was a psychoanalyst, so the thread will be very "cerebral"... emot-biggrin

It will be really a pleasure to post in the Hesse's thread!!! emot-danceemot-dance At last i can use some of my studies for some FUN!!!!!!school-eng101

And other point... when in the book mentions about breaking the shell, he named Abraxas..... I'ts a Gnostic's God.

See ya on the thread!


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#37 | Back to Top10-26-2006 11:34:48 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

All right, so Gio got herself all wrapped up making a new layout for the Mrs. Ohtori shrine (it's sexay, I get the previews and I know you'll love it etc-wankdude) and she hasn't got the time to do background work for Demian. I'm going to do it, but I won't be able to until about 6 or 7 mountain standard time (GMT-7) tomorrow evening. This doesn't leave me much time to prepare, so the background info might be a bit sparse, but we'll see what happens.

In the meantime, everyone get your books ready! I will do my best to provide information and links, as well as a rough outline of discussion structure (so's we don't get too off topic).

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#38 | Back to Top10-27-2006 03:50:10 AM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Oh man, this is exciting.  etc-love  I only just signed up for this forum this morning, so please excuse my joining just under the wire.  emot-keke;;

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#39 | Back to Top10-27-2006 03:59:15 AM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Ahh, if only my book backlog wasn't filled to the brim! Though Demian isn't my favourite Hermann Hesse novel, I certainly wouldn't mind reading it again and discussing it with you people. But, since I have a ton of stuff I haven't yet read but have been meaning to, I'm afraid I'll have to pass this chance up.

I might still pop up occasionally in the discussion thread to spout my vague recollections of my vague interpretations, if that's all right with you guys.


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#40 | Back to Top10-27-2006 08:15:03 AM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Joku_Krypfto wrote:

I might still pop up occasionally in the discussion thread to spout my vague recollections of my vague interpretations, if that's all right with you guys.

More than fine! Come one, come all! If you can read along, I think we all would prefer it, but if you can't that's okay too.


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#41 | Back to Top10-27-2006 12:12:30 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

I'd join, but I can't find an text file version on Project Gutenberg, and I'm too lazy to go to the library today... emot-frown


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#42 | Back to Top10-27-2006 12:15:21 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

onsenmark wrote:

I'd join, but I can't find an text file version on Project Gutenberg, and I'm too lazy to go to the library today... emot-frown

Read the whole thread. emot-wink


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#43 | Back to Top10-27-2006 12:51:04 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

I've ordered my copy off Amazon.co.uk because all the bookshops and  librarys in manchester SUCK. as they have no copy ANYWHERE. emot-mad Hopefully, I'll get my copy soon so i don't get behind.


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#44 | Back to Top10-27-2006 01:10:37 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Sanguine_Rose wrote:

I've ordered my copy off Amazon.co.uk because all the bookshops and  librarys in manchester SUCK. as they have no copy ANYWHERE. emot-mad Hopefully, I'll get my copy soon so i don't get behind.

If it's anything like amazon.com in the US and nothing like amazon.ca, you should have it in four days max, so you're good. emot-smile


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#45 | Back to Top10-27-2006 03:19:01 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

Giovanna wrote:

onsenmark wrote:

I'd join, but I can't find an text file version on Project Gutenberg, and I'm too lazy to go to the library today... emot-frown

Read the whole thread. emot-wink

*holds up a sign saying "/r/ text version of Demian plz."*

(That way, I can read along on my PDA, lol. emot-dance )


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#46 | Back to Top10-27-2006 09:40:41 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

I wasn't sure I had time to do this, but why not? At the very least I can follow along. I need a computer version of the book though please Gio emot-keke

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#47 | Back to Top10-27-2006 09:43:21 PM

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Re: Demian - Chapter by chapter group analysis, starting 10/27!

I'll make sure she gets it to you soon. I'm about halfway through the first chapter so far. emot-smile


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#48 | Back to Top11-10-2006 03:55:58 PM

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I just got a copy from my library. I know it's late, sorry! I'm going to start reading it tonight, and I'll post my first impressions later.


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