What Are You Reading? (3 Viewers)

[Gregor Samsa]

Ed.Martin Dodsworth-The Penguin History Of Literature; The Twentieth Century.

 

[bubz :D]

right now i have this mad urge to read king lear O__o
(properly, this time! )

 

[grk_styl]

^^ lol

Oh wow the Dave Pelzer books are amazing. When I read them, I was incredibly disgusted. His mother should be shot or tortured.

 

[hyperbole]

wild swans:three daughters of China

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Whilst reading The Penguin History Of Literature; The Twentieth Century, I commenced reading;

Aristotle-The Politics.

on the train today.

 

[Ashleet]

re reading tis (sequel to angelas ashes) and catching up on some herodotus (this guy was seriously screwed in the head)

 

[Ashleet]

Originally posted by grk_styl
Shakespeare (and many modern playwrights) do take a lot from Sophocles (and other ancient Greek playwrights). I am writing about the aspects of his Theban Trilogy -- Plot, characterisation, Sophoclean Hero, Sophoclean tragedy, style, structure, etc.

It's mainly what we look at in the other english courses, but this is a lot more in depth.

Antigone is a fantastic play -- one of his finest I'd have to say.

Antigone is a brilliant play (although oedipus rex is better). For drama i had to do a monologue as antigone and it totally changed my perspective on theatre as a whole. "tomb, my bridal chamber" is one of the best monologues of all time

 

[sweetcherry]

What am I reading at the moment???

NOTHING - just this BOS forum.

 

[Sarah168]

Originally posted by Ashleet
re reading tis (sequel to angelas ashes) and catching up on some herodotus (this guy was seriously screwed in the head)

yeah, im catching up on my history extension readings and i have to drag myself through pages and pages of stuff about herodotus and thuycidides or sumthing..arghhh...and yes i agree that guy was stuffed in the head

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Originally posted by Sarah168
yeah, im catching up on my history extension readings and i have to drag myself through pages and pages of stuff about herodotus and thuycidides or sumthing..arghhh...and yes i agree that guy was stuffed in the head

Just remember that hindsight is 20/20. While parts of 'The Histories' may be viewed as far-fetched, this was not the case in an Ancient Greek context.

Finished 'The Penguin History Of Literature;The Twentieth Century' today, browsing through 'The Norton Anthology Of Poetry' in the process.

Now continuing;
Aristotle-The Politics.

 

[ssssonicyouth]

Originally posted by Gregor Samsa
Just remember that hindsight is 20/20. While parts of 'The Histories' may be viewed as far-fetched, this was not the case in an Ancient Greek context.

Finished 'The Penguin History Of Literature;The Twentieth Century' today, browsing through 'The Norton Anthology Of Poetry' in the process.

Now continuing;
Aristotle-The Politics.

wow that's some heavy ass reading....

what do you read for fun?

 

[Sarah168]

yup, even though i dont enjoy reading about the writings of the ancient historians too much, i plan to use a variety on the exam...but im going off track about the thread again..sorry...ill get back to the main topic: im reading pride and prejudice again at the moment (when im not catching up on my hist ext readings!)

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Originally posted by ssssonicyouth
wow that's some heavy ass reading....

what do you read for fun?

That sort of thing is what I read for 'fun'. [although I do also read fiction..See my many earlier posts in this very thread.]

 

[ssssonicyouth]

Originally posted by Gregor Samsa
That sort of thing is what I read for 'fun'. [although I do also read fiction..See my many earlier posts in this very thread.]

you must have a much better attention span than me

*remembers 'reading' aristotle for ancient class

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Phillip Knightley-The First Casualty;From the Crimea to the Falklands: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist and Myth Maker.

Only up to page 125, but this has been fascinating so far. Highly recommended.

 

[babyslug]

I'm reading Sole Survivor: Children Who Murder Their Families

 

[babyslug]

I just finished Cannibal Killers

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley-Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Catchy title ).. Also my last set text for 'Inventing Modernity'.

 

[walrusbear]

samsa? is inventing modernity that english subject at usyd??
if so, what course are you doing?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Originally posted by walrusbear
samsa? is inventing modernity that english subject at usyd??
if so, what course are you doing?

Yeah, 'Inventing Modernity' is one of the first-year English electives.. I'm doing a BA.