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Post by cjbarnett3 on Nov 7, 2009 22:22:06 GMT
Take all the love for literature from Poets Corner and bring it over here  |
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Post by dontask on Nov 8, 2009 19:02:10 GMT
sadly, i love harry potter.
but 1984 is my favourite book. starting catcher in the rye.
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Post by ELF! on Nov 8, 2009 21:09:01 GMT
guiltily also a fan of Harry Potter!  But Of Mice and Men, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest and 1984 are all amongst my favorites! |
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Post by dontask on Nov 8, 2009 21:27:45 GMT
of mice and men can f*ck right off!!!
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Post by ELF! on Nov 8, 2009 21:34:42 GMT
 WHY?! |
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Post by Exo-Happiness on Nov 8, 2009 21:37:05 GMT
Hahaha. OMAM. God how i hated that. But the film did make me cry. But after studying it for 2 years, it begins to grind...
As for Harry potter... Do. Not. Get. Me. Started.
Now HE can f*ck right off!
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Post by dontask on Nov 8, 2009 22:20:48 GMT
harry potter is genius, brought me to tears three times in a day, love it.
and yeah alice is right bout of mice and men, to much studying.
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Post by sirmavers on Nov 8, 2009 22:41:26 GMT
Thanks for creating this thread christian, top work |
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Post by ELF! on Nov 8, 2009 22:48:13 GMT
ahhh, yeah ok fair enough. I never studied it, just read it! Thats partly why I didn't take english literature for a level, hate having to analyse things and that! |
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Post by sirmavers on Nov 8, 2009 22:51:30 GMT
Education doesn't let you enjoy things for what they are anymore, you have to study the pointless and meaningless depths of a book, rather than enjoy reading it for the sheer fact that it is a good book. Analysing things that even the author probably didn't notice, stupid things that have no impact on the outcome of the story, or on how you feel at the end of it.
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Post by dontask on Nov 8, 2009 22:56:45 GMT
ant is pretty much bob on there. i didnt take it at a-level for that reason. now at uni they make me do a module of it. its a joke.
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Post by sirmavers on Nov 8, 2009 23:00:18 GMT
Only did 6 months of combined english at A-level but what seemd to be a good book (can't remember the title) just ended up annoying me, studying the 'imaginary' body language of the characters. They are on a book, how the hell do they have body language??
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Post by dontask on Nov 8, 2009 23:48:04 GMT
well yeah, thats the issue, you get taught to disregard the writers true intentions.
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Post by Exo-Happiness on Nov 9, 2009 17:35:14 GMT
I don't agree with any of this. As a literature student ( ) I think the subject only teaches you to appreciate teh text more. Ok, yes at times, there are things that I doubt the author intended. But when it comes to some old texts and poetry in particular, there are often hidden meanings, which to me, make the poem or book or whatever seem much more intellectual or interesting. |
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Post by Exo-Happiness on Nov 9, 2009 17:36:10 GMT
As for Harry Potter? Genius?! Pah! Genius my arse! It brough me to tears 10 time in a day. Purely becuase of it's shitness!! I mean, come on? A three headed drooling dog? It makes me shiver... |
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