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Post by Olive on Jun 1, 2011 13:16:32 GMT -5
Chaucer. I'm sorry, but I simply cannot get into his stuff, even Troilus and Criseyde. I can appreciate it's value and interpret him, but I do not find him as funny and amazing as people say. Wait... you read The Wife of Bath and didn't totally crack up at the end? Awww, sadbeans. I honestly like Chaucer. And love Milton. And positively adore Shakespeare... Overrated literature though? I'd have to say my vote goes towards Milton. I just can't grasp why it's so amazing. He made Satan loveable. How can you not adore him? However, I feel like we can do without Austen. Blech. |
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Post by callmeishmael on Jun 1, 2011 13:25:36 GMT -5
I actually almost mentioned that when I cast my vote. I mean, I think what he did by making Satan the hero was great, I even wrote a paper on it.
I just cannot enjoy him on any point besides that one.
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Post by Olive on Jun 1, 2011 13:27:03 GMT -5
I actually almost mentioned that when I cast my vote. I mean, I think what he did by making Satan the hero was great, I even wrote a paper on it. I just cannot enjoy him on any point besides that one. I don't know. Honestly, I love his style, as weird as that might be. He's the only time I can sit down and read epic poetry and not eventually bang my head against something. |
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Post by Marina on Jun 1, 2011 13:31:17 GMT -5
I find Toni Morrison overrated. Of course, she's more modern, but still. Couldn't stand Bluest Eye or Beloved.
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Post by Silva on Jun 1, 2011 14:24:46 GMT -5
We had to read Beloved junior year of high school. I'm not sure if the teacher ruined it or if I would have disliked it anyway.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 1, 2011 15:41:13 GMT -5
I find Toni Morrison overrated. Of course, she's more modern, but still. Couldn't stand Bluest Eye or Beloved. UGH. I had to read Sula in high school. I just...don't get it. |
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Post by beasty on Jun 1, 2011 20:34:20 GMT -5
Chaucer. I'm sorry, but I simply cannot get into his stuff, even Troilus and Criseyde. I can appreciate it's value and interpret him, but I do not find him as funny and amazing as people say. Wait... you read The Wife of Bath and didn't totally crack up at the end? Awww, sadbeans. Overrated literature though? I'd have to say my vote goes towards Milton. I just can't grasp why it's so amazing. He made Satan loveable. How can you not adore him? However, I feel like we can do without Austen. Blech. I had to do a huge presentation on the Wife of Bath... so I got pretty fed up with the woman. I FRIGGING LOVE MILTON. I have no idea why people dislike him. |
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Post by cmthecla on Jun 1, 2011 20:47:26 GMT -5
YES! I remember reading The Old Man and the Sea in high school and hating it. A few years later I read his short story "Hills Like White Elephants" and thought he might not be so bad after all, so I decided to try out another one of his novels, A Farewell to Arms. It made me dislike him all over again! He might be one of those authors I'll appreciate if I wait another 10 years or so, but for right now, I can't stand him. |
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Post by Richelle on Jun 1, 2011 21:37:43 GMT -5
Anything by Chuck Palahniuk really. When I was 15 I was all over his books, but as I have grown I have found that everything he writes is basically the same thing. I understand why people would love him, because I used to. Now it is all very annoying.
p.s. excuse any kind of mistakes with grammar, I'm not exactly great at it, but I was nervous to post anything here in case people would be all over me haha.
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 1, 2011 22:46:41 GMT -5
I find Toni Morrison overrated. Of course, she's more modern, but still. Couldn't stand Bluest Eye or Beloved. UGH. I had to read Sula in high school. I just...don't get it. I read Sula in high school and had a "meh" reaction, too. Then read it again for a summer high school writing program and Bryn Mawr and got it[\i]. I mean, I still didn't love it, but I saw what its value was. (Wish I could tell you what I figured out, but honestly it's been so long I'm impressed with myself for remembering that much.)
Anyway, my point is that sometimes it isn't the book itself, but the way it's presented. |
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Post by Silva on Jun 1, 2011 23:27:39 GMT -5
Okay, what about Death of a Salesman by Arther Miller? It drove me insane when we read it in AP English. The title was really obvious, so I sat there wishing it would happen already.
Reading what I wrote, it sounds a bit harsh, but I'm leaving it up there.
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Post by gravyboat on Jun 2, 2011 0:29:07 GMT -5
Anything by Spenser.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 2, 2011 0:30:20 GMT -5
Really? That saddens me as I've been meaning to read some things by him ASAP....  |
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Post by callmeishmael on Jun 2, 2011 0:38:51 GMT -5
Anyone who dares to create his own sonnet style deserves to be shunned. Except for Shakespeare. We love him. |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 2, 2011 1:07:12 GMT -5
Anyone who dares to create his own sonnet style deserves to be shunned. Except for Shakespeare. We love him. love him. Some of us hate him. Some of us are ambivalent, and some of us just like to clarify absolute statements. |
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