Why? So far it hasn't been boring me, and I'm about a third of the way in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
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Why? So far it hasn't been boring me, and I'm about a third of the way in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
Hi Rei! Welcome to the site. Perhaps what you were really hating all those years was having literature like The Idiot crammed down your throat because it was "something that you should read" rather than an emotionally rich (not to say excruciating) experience, and a book one might want to read. It's important to read what you love, and if you are enjoying Dostoyevsky, I recommend that you stick with him. The Brothers Karamazov is even better--his masterpiece, really.
By the way, your name means "of the thing " or "to the thing" in Latin, and could potentially be translated as "to the point." Did you do that on purpose? Or maybe it has something to do with classical music?
In any case, welcome to the site. :)
Well, if you like it then keep going! It's just a rather dense, painful text for many readers. But like Pompey said, keep reading Dostoevsky if he speaks to you. Crime and Punishment is a blast.
Rei means zero in Japanese and is the name of a character from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. Is that where your name is from? Who's right, Pompey, me, or neither? :)
Well then you should be fine. A lot of people find The Idiot in particular to be quite boring, I don't but it wouldn't be my first choice with Dosto either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rei
Crime and Punishment, Catch 22, The Great Gatsby, Jane Eyre, Gogol in general, Kurt Vonnegut in general, Fathers and Sons, Notes from Underground, Ivanov, The Catcher in the Rye, A Hero of Our Time and Watership Down are all books I would recommend someone who hasn't read much.
Hi! My name is Katie and that is pretty much it!
In reply to Pompey Bum and Lykren:
Thanks for the welcomes, and no, neither of you are right about my username. I decided upon it on a whim, but based on my initials. However, those are some interesting guesses!
The Idiot is a primarily existentialist, but beautiful, text examining how Christ would fare in the modern world. So, the narrative isn't as linear or dramatic as Crime and Punishment, none of his other novels are, however it has its own fascinating metaphysical narrative about the spiritual connections and disparities between Myshkin and Roghozin and both of their desires Nastassya. I always recommend it and The Devils/Possessed if they want to read the best Modernist (non-linear) existentialist novels of F.D. Most of them have loved The Idiot, the Devils, not so much.
P.s. Kurosawa's film of The Idiot is brilliant.
Greetings Katie Cranberries and welcome to the site. :)
PB, we get some impassioned discussion about the nature of Prince Myshkin in the Authos List forum, if you are interested.
Edit: Oh and welcome to the site, PB. :)
Hello folks, I've been lurking here for some time now.
I'm from Finland and, in addition to literature (classics, poetry), am interested in visual arts (painting drawing, etc, I'm also an amateur photographer), classical music and movies.
Welcome North Star!
We've chatted about classical music a bit, but what films and directors do you like?
Hey everybody, I' m Jenny, though I suppose that was not too hard to guess! I don' t do any writing but I love to read!
Zvyagintsev, Tarkas, Rossellini, Jean-Pierre Melville, Leone, Lang, Kurosawa, Kubrick, Hitchcock, Fassbinder, Dreyer, Dassin, Coens, Chaplin, need to see more Bergman, AndersonQuote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
Rome Open City, Bicycle Thieves, Godfather I&II, As Good As it Gets, Jackie Brown, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Ran, Yojimbo, Rashomon, 'Lust, Caution', Big Lebowski, Vertigo
There's a lot of Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Russian, European, American, Brazilian cinema I need to see.
Don't know, don't know, so-so, don't know, don't know, haven't seen, of course, of course, pretty good but no fave, not seen yet, also not seen Dreyer (for shame eh), don't know, like quite a bit, like quite a bit, WATCH ALL THE BERGMAN YOU CAN, Anderson is great.
Wow.
Yes, Yes, Yes, not seen, not seen, not seen, YES, so-so, yes, not seen, yes, yes.
Yes, I intend to watch all the Bergman I can. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
I'd like to see your list of movies and directors, as it seems that there would be some different names ;)
Unless you've already seen his works, you have to see John Ford as well. He one of the greatest American directors of all time, if not the greatest, and has been a huge influence on hundreds of directors, including Kurosawa, Lucas, and Scorsese. His best films are: The Searchers, Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, but he has many other greats.