SeraFirefly
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Post by SeraFirefly on Nov 30, 2005 22:55:49 GMT -5
Hmmm, never knew that before. I guess you learn something new everyday. I've read a couple of pages to one of Shakespear's books and it only confused me a little bit. Books that should be on the hard, confusing, brain melting list are...The Illiad and The Odyssey(sp?) I took a couple of peaks into those books and my brain had already taken enough! There are too many metaphors that I can't understand what the heck is happening.
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Post by blueknight on Nov 30, 2005 23:09:28 GMT -5
I have read both the Illiad and the Oddessey and didn't have a problem with it. Of course they were in a community college text book and they summarized many chapters of both books. I suppose you might not want to read The Divine Coedy of Dante Alighieri. I think that's the right name for it.
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Post by Mac Dragard on Nov 30, 2005 23:59:58 GMT -5
The Divine Comedy. And yeah, it's the same difficulty as The Iliad and Oddessy, which to me aren't that hard to read. But if all else fails, you can use cliff notes.
I remember I had to read Virgil's Aeneid, which was boring as hell.
Beowulf is a hard read too, but it's VERY good.
Shakespere is by far the hardest to understand in my opinion. Of course, I'm sure there is much harder out there.
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Post by blueknight on Dec 1, 2005 0:11:33 GMT -5
I had to read both Beowulf and the Aeneid. The Aeneid did get boring at some points but I think that's because, unlike the Iliad and Oddessey which are oral epics, it is a written epic. Sorry if these aren't the right terms. I'm trying to remember what I learned in my World Litterature class. Anyway, Beowulf didn't seem to be that hard either. It was only a few names that were hard to pronounce for me and yes it was a good book.
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Post by Mac Dragard on Dec 1, 2005 0:45:06 GMT -5
The Iliad and Oddessy were written too, seeing as they found old scrolls of it. Although it is believed that Homer wrote the epics 700 years after the actual events took place.
Unless you meant that the Aeneid was just written and never told to anyone through song, or it's just a narritive.
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Post by blueknight on Dec 1, 2005 1:05:55 GMT -5
Actually Homer told his epics to an audience. They were written much later after being passed down from person to person. Besides, if I remember right, Homer was blind. As for the Aeneid, it was written for a litterate audience and by a litterate person. If you'll notice the Oddessey and Illiad have different attention grabbing scenes to keep the audience interested while the other has much less. The Aeneid is meant more to tell the origin of the Rome while the Oddessey is meant more to entertain.
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Post by Betty Ann on Dec 14, 2005 0:57:07 GMT -5
I LOVE TO READ! I just recently started a booklog... I highly suggesting doing so if you are also an obsessive reader. It makes it even more fun to read when I can list everything... but then again, I love making lists just as much as I love reading here's my booklog: soul-hunter.com/confessions
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Post by arwentheelf02 on Dec 14, 2005 17:26:31 GMT -5
Oh, wow! What a great idea! I hope your reading goes well!
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Post by haruka173 on Jan 4, 2006 10:22:47 GMT -5
Guys let's appreciate language games, like those Shakespeare used to play... in his plays. <tries not to get shot>
Seriously, it makes the study of language more fun, especially for those who don't use it as the first language, like me - I don't use English ALL the time, but I appreciate his humor behind his wordplay.
I guess it depends on how exposed you are to the world. <shrugs, not knowing how else to explain the appeal of Shakespearean wordplay>
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