First 20 pages are ok. But as I read through, I become less interested with the topics and arguments/opinions he wrote. Some of them are nothing new (IMHO).Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
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First 20 pages are ok. But as I read through, I become less interested with the topics and arguments/opinions he wrote. Some of them are nothing new (IMHO).Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
I read War and Peace, Lady Chatterley's Lover, A House of Gentlefolk, The Interpretation of Murder, and finished Villette.
Amongst others (:
Oh, and An Inspector Calls for school.
How did you like Jude he obscure? I kind of want to read it.
Tess of the Durbervilles-Thomas Hardy
The Importance of Being Earnest- Oscar Wilde
Someone lives someone dies- lurlene mcDaniels
About half of Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
Two Princesses of Bamarre- Gail carson levine
Plus I just bought The Scarlet Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne and
A Passage to India- E. M. Forester
I knew I would forget something. I also read three essays by Umberto Eco:
"On Some Functions of Literature"
"On the Style of The Communist Manifesto"
"Wilde: Paradox and Aphorism"
And speaking of aphorisms, I'm pretty sure I've bits and pieces of Schopenhauer's Essays and Aphorisms. For some reason I always end up reading Schopenhauer on the toilet. :lol:
Remind me not to borrow books off you please:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dori
Oh I was wondering how Eco is. So how is he?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dori
Also, I read Essays and Aphorisms last month. Schopenhauer is great anywhere, be it the toilet or sewers!
I really like Eco. The essays I read were certainly worth reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremiah Jazzz
And so were Schopenhauer's Essays and Aphorisms, though I can't boast of reading it in its entirety---yet.
I know that Eco's are absolutely worth reading. I have On Literature and I can see that On Some Functions of Literature is included as one of the chapters. I haven't got the chance to read it so perhaps you can share me some of his thoughts on this subject.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dori
Yes, that's the very same book I own: On Literature. "On Some Functions of Literature" is the first "chapter."Quote:
Originally Posted by subterranean
I shall enumerate of few of his points by quotation:
"Above all, literature keeps language alive as our collective heritage."
"Reading works of literature forces on us an exercise of fidelity and respect, albeit within a certain freedom of interpretation."
"...[T]he world of literature inspires certainty that there are certain unquestionable assumptions, and that literature therefore offers us a model, however fictitious, of truth."
"We will have to find a space in the universe where these characters live and shape our behavior to such an extent that we choose them as role models for our life, and for the life of others, so that we are clear about what we mean when we say that someone has an Oedipus complex or a Gargantuan appetite, that someone behaves quixotically, is as jealous as Othello, doubts like Hamlet, is an incurable Don Juan, or is a Scrooge."
"I believe that one of the principle functions of literature lies in these lessons about fate and death. Perhaps there are others, but for the moment none spring to mind."
The last quotation was how he ended it. I really liked that ending. :D
On another note, I was almost inspired to read The Communist Manifesto after reading Eco's essay, "On the Style of The Communist Manifesto." I really enjoyed that essay of his.
I read the ff. last month:
1. Anne Rice's "The Tale of the Body Thief"
2. San Manuel Bueno y Martir (Miguel de Unamuno)
3. Life is a Dream (Calderon)
4. The Sheep Well (Lope de Vega)
5. Obasan (Joy Kogawa)
Mister Pip (disappointing)
Oliver Twist (not Dickens' best plot-wise imo)
Merchant of Venice
King Lear (third read, my second favorite Shakespeare after Hamlet)
Tom Sawyer (revisited and still my favorite piece of children lit)
The Secret Agent (Conrad brilliant as usual, this book really needs more appreciation)
This and some poetry from a couple of anthologies I own. Not bad for someone doing a completely unrelated major (economics) in university :lol:
Catch-22
Life of Pi
Notes From Underground
Probably the most productive month of reading i've ever had.
A Farewell To Arms - Ernest Hemingway
The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
1984 - George Orwell
The Sirens Of Titan - Lurt Vonnegut
and started Lolita by Nabokov.
A farewell to arm must have felt light against those heavyweight.I must admit i hated it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallon
you may like to read Menaha's Discovery TERRAEM, i came across this novel a few weeks back...it is an interesting novel by Bryan Meadan targeted for kids ages 8-14...you may also like to visit the website: terraem.com
thanks
LA NUIT SACREE -- Tahar Ben Jelloun
The New York Trilogy -- Paul Auster
Enduring Love -- Ewan McEwan
The Venetian's Wife -- Nick Bantock
Collected Stories -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez