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 Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:00 pm
Seeing as how our mission statement is to improve literacy and understanding of various literary techniques it seemed a good idea to have a thread for this. Here you can post about books, essays, articles and whatever else you have read so that othere may partake in their joys.
Perhaps we can even come up with a "required reading" outline so that people may understand the nuances of literary devices. Such works as those of Jonathan Swift and Chaucer could be included.
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:36 pm
First suggestion:
"Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco.
Just another highly-intellectual mystery/thriller about a group of writers and publishers who stumble upon a "map" to find the Holy Grail. Well-written, but unfortunately requires that the reader know more than two of the Romantic languages and has already received his/her Doctorate in Medieval Studies, the Knights Templar, and Religious Mythology.
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:44 pm
Even I might be screwed then. stare
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:09 pm
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Sorry, it was the first work I could come up with.
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:56 pm
That's perfectly fine my good friend. If it means I have to do some research to read the book I can't really complain.
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:22 pm
At least I found something that goes WAY above the normal idiot's heads.
xd
Another suggestion I should make would be any work of David Sedaris. He's a HILARIOUS essayist. He manages to take his homosexuality in stride, and finds humor in most stupid things...
Example:
He's called up to clean a rather wealthy person's apartment ... and things go a BIT haywire. If you want, you can PM me for the summary.
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:18 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:22 pm
I am a victor hugo fan, and would recomend that his works are included. Hmm, our guild is kinda like an information age Cenacle.
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:38 am
Ehh I'm not gonna take up all of the books I've read 'cause most are irrelevant (have soem classics waiting to be read thoug).
But Homer's The Illiad and Oddysey (on verse ofcourse.. and I got the swedish translation so I'm not initerly shure I got the titels right there, sorry) is a must read.
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:59 am
Iliad and Odyssey.
I'm studying them, and I should know how to spell them. sweatdrop
"Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich. Essayist/journalist who goes on assignment to live off of minimum wage. Real events, names changed.
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:37 am
John Ronald Reul Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Why? Because if you look for the metaphor and apply basic psychology such as that of Freud and Jung you will find a much deeper book than originally imagined.
It was created to be a mythology for England because all they had was Beowulf and, well, that takes place on the mainland. Also, the actual build up if you include his other books is so rich it is amazing. Not to mention his background as a linguist really provides for some interesting nuances.
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:49 am
I agree, Tolkien's book contained much more depth than people would think. Just how he created all the races and cultures was amazing,a nd with such detail. As I see it, he left no stone unturned when explaining family trees, histories, racial origin,and even the histories of the enemies were so full of information and depth...I absolutely love his works.
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:33 am
Lord of the rings is wonderfull.. gonna re-read it in english someday.. sadly I've only read the slaughterd swedish translation (first translation.. got a new one this year) with over 10.000 translation errors in the three books... but it's defently a story worth re-reading 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:36 am
2001: A Space Odyssey. THE best sci-fi movie/book EVER.
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:49 am
Paradise Found 2001: A Space Odyssey. THE best sci-fi movie/book EVER. What is your general synopsis of this book? I am in a Sci Fi Literature course, and we have read 1984, The Handmaid's Tale, Starship Troopers, The Left Hand of Darkness, Adiamante, Dune and next we will read I, Robot. We were also going to read Slaughterhouse 5, but due to the Prof's illness we had to cut it.
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