I took a Joyce class in college. We spent most of the quarter on Ulysses, a chapter at a time. We spent one class period on the first page of Finnegan's Wake.

I took a Joyce class in college. We spent most of the quarter on Ulysses, a chapter at a time. We spent one class period on the first page of Finnegan's Wake. As you mentioned, you adapt fairly quickly to Ulysses, but Finnegan's Wake is a whole other universe. I found it helped with both works to mentally read them in an absurdly exaggerated Irish accent. Especially FW.