Disrespecting a "classic"
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While I don't particular despise any classic literature,except maybe The Scarlet Letter and that is for thick prose more than anything,I abhor this idea that modern literature is all trash.Note when I say modern literature I mean literature in the last 20 years. To be fair a good bit of it is trash but to classify it all as such just because it's modern is infuriating.
Agreed. I hate those kinds of books because nothing. fucking. HAPPENS!. Classic my eye! (Okay, maybe for the time it was good, but nowadays it really doesn't work...)Tanis said:
I generally dislike classic literature, not not because of the literature itself, but more because of what made it considered a classic in the first place. In my senior AP English class I wanted to read H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness for my quarter reading project, but my teacher would not allow me to read it citing that it wasn't "AP material". Never mind the fact that this one author pretty much inspired an entire century of fiction writing and his diction and syntax is far higher than many other authors who were considered to be "AP worthy", but her dismissal of anything that was outside the bounds of period piece melodrama pretty much made me dislike a lot of classic literature. It's also also kind of the same reason why I generally don't participate in discussions about The Beatles or Radiohead, because it just seems to be the same stuff said over and over about it, without any real thought given to unheard classics, or heaven forbid, something written within the last 50 years.
Basically I'll leave classics to the academics to tongue bath, I'll go over here and actually enjoy my literature.
Basically I'll leave classics to the academics to tongue bath, I'll go over here and actually enjoy my literature.
that was pretty much my experience to, it feel 7 hours long to you? cause it did to meAuron225 said:
Let's see...
I hated Catcher in the Rye. I do "get it", fans. I do understand what Holden's character is supposed to be. He is an annoying brat, far too similar to the assholes I had to deal with in high school.
I was also not a fan of Pride and Prejudice. It is the only book that was required reading that I didn't read all the way through. For its time, it was a revolutionary book. Unfortunately, that time was 150 years ago, and it has not aged as well as, say, Frankenstein.
Finally, it pains me to say this as a fan of fantasy books, but I just could not get into "Wheel of Time". It was dull for me. It was too big on descriptions and too small on actual action for me.
Oh, and while I liked it, "The Godfather" is largely overrated. I liked the story, and the acting was good, but the pacing was just abysmal. There was no reason for it to be nearly 3 hours long.
I hated Catcher in the Rye. I do "get it", fans. I do understand what Holden's character is supposed to be. He is an annoying brat, far too similar to the assholes I had to deal with in high school.
I was also not a fan of Pride and Prejudice. It is the only book that was required reading that I didn't read all the way through. For its time, it was a revolutionary book. Unfortunately, that time was 150 years ago, and it has not aged as well as, say, Frankenstein.
Finally, it pains me to say this as a fan of fantasy books, but I just could not get into "Wheel of Time". It was dull for me. It was too big on descriptions and too small on actual action for me.
Oh, and while I liked it, "The Godfather" is largely overrated. I liked the story, and the acting was good, but the pacing was just abysmal. There was no reason for it to be nearly 3 hours long.
Anybody had to read Silas Marner? I'm not sure why we did, it's hardly a classic. But my god, it is SO bad. The book feels like Eliot stopped at several points and went "Hmmm, this needs to be longer. What unexciting shit can happen now?"
And I agree with the comments re: A New Hope. After 18 years avoiding it, I finally decided to give Star Wars a chance and started - obviously - with the first one. Or the fourth one. Ffs, George. Anyway, it wasn't bad...it just felt like any other sci-fi movie with nothing much to distinguish it. Give me Flash Gordon any day. At least that had Brian Blessed in it.
And I agree with the comments re: A New Hope. After 18 years avoiding it, I finally decided to give Star Wars a chance and started - obviously - with the first one. Or the fourth one. Ffs, George. Anyway, it wasn't bad...it just felt like any other sci-fi movie with nothing much to distinguish it. Give me Flash Gordon any day. At least that had Brian Blessed in it.