Long live the literature forum!
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Topic: Long live the literature forum!
Posted By: Rebelsoul
Subject: Long live the literature forum!
Date Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 05:25
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Well, this is really not some sort of substantial thread, but as we do have now a literature forum, I felt someone should start a thread, even just for the heck of it. So, welcome to the literate AEers! Let's start some thoughfull, interesting, intriguing threads! |
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Posted By: Cornellia
Date Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 06:47
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I agree! Any ideas on the first book of discussion? ------------- Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas |
Posted By: fastspawn
Date Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 07:26
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Posted By: Master of Puppets
Date Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 09:55
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No, Asterix is far more intellectual! Maybe we could set up some sort of reading club and try to read several books simultaneously? Also it may be an idea for every member to tell something about his or her national literature and reading experiences/favorite books.
------------- Wherever I turn, there is Death. The Epic of Gilgamesh; Tablet XI, line 245 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 10:55
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Spirou et Fantasio all the way I've been waiting for someone else to start something before posting anything about my own books. Like to get a feel of what would be expected on this board, lol. ------------- |
Posted By: Jr_Capablanca
Date Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 04:02
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Hello! Asterix all the way. Although Tintin is fun too. /Capa |
Posted By: Rebelsoul
Date Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 04:25
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Since we go this way... what about more mature comix? I do love Isnogood (my all time favorite) and Asterix and Lucky Luck ain't bad either, but there are more serious comic books out there... Enki Bilal and Edika are two of my favorite comc artists. P.S. I hate Tintin |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 20:31
| Damn, I liked Isnogood too though I have to confess that Asterix is supreme. But do they belong the so-called Literature? |
Posted By: Master of Puppets
Date Posted: 19-Aug-2004 at 05:02
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Maybe really good comics are sub-literature. Most comics don't feature complicated characters/personality changes and don't try to teach you a lot about the world, so that keeps them from being real literature, I think. But that brings us to a new question: what is literature actually? ------------- Wherever I turn, there is Death. The Epic of Gilgamesh; Tablet XI, line 245 |
Posted By: fastspawn
Date Posted: 19-Aug-2004 at 11:13
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Comics are the best literature ever. It emcompasses so much information within so few words. History, Current Affairs, Science all these are covered in aspects of comics. |
Posted By: Dawn
Date Posted: 19-Aug-2004 at 15:13
both good ideas.picking the books will be difficult. ------------- |
Posted By: Dawn
Date Posted: 19-Aug-2004 at 15:22
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"what is literature actually?" I would say the second entry from the Websters dictionary discribes it best for our purposes in start the discussion. 2 a) all writtings in prose or verse esp. those of imaginative or critical character,without regard to their excellence b)all such writings considered as having a permanent value,excellence of form great emotional effect ------------- |
ften distinguished from scientific writtings ,news reporting &nb sp; Posted By: Master of Puppets
Date Posted: 20-Aug-2004 at 10:52
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Yeah, picking the books will be difficult, because everyone will have to find one in his or her own library, so it's probably good to pick some of the really big ones. I agree with you that the second definition is better - the first one simply distinguishes fiction from other texts. Quality is what makes fiction literature, though. ------------- Wherever I turn, there is Death. The Epic of Gilgamesh; Tablet XI, line 245 |
Posted By: Evildoer
Date Posted: 13-Sep-2004 at 11:21
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No, Big Brother decides wether it is fiction or non-fiction, literature or non-literature, person or unperson. Ignorance is Strength. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Know this and enjoy the beneficial rule of Big Brother... 1984 |
Posted By: Abyssmal Fiend
Date Posted: 13-Sep-2004 at 12:34
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Correction: Ignorance is Bliss ------------- 
Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit! |
Posted By: BattleGlory
Date Posted: 13-Sep-2004 at 17:52
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He's quoting from a book. Ignorance is Strength is one of the mantras in it. ------------- ~If you don't know history, you don't know anything. ~Time can change me, but I can't change time. 
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