Thanks everyone for the tremendous response to this topic. However,
we now have over 100 submissions from which to elect the 10 Best
Fictional Works for a literary education!
I think we should stop here because that's a lot to choose from.
Shortly, I'll distribute the list for folks to vote on. I can't think
of a better way to reduce it to 10 since repeat-recommendations isn't
turning out to be a good discriminator, but I am open to suggestions.
While I've kept who recommended what I think one should not vote for
one's own submissions or we could end up in the same situation.
I also like Nick's idea of making a CUSF seminar out of the 10 best, if
someone (suitably qualified) is prepared to lead it.
Thanks,
Robert
On 10/10/10 1:00 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:
On Oct 9, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Leigh Fanning wrote:
Likewise, I am keenly aware as well that we are largely reading only in
Western European and American works. Can any folks on this list who
were
raised outside this tradition, weigh in? Additionally, I appreciated
the
sci-fi variant, and would be interested in a fairy tale variant.
I've read
wonderful tales in the German and Norse traditions, and once found a
delightful book
of Tolstoy fairy tales. I know nothing of Eastern ones, among others,
and would like to remedy this if someone has suggestions along these
lines.
Three novels that would probably be on a Chinese top 10 list:
"Dream of the Red Chamber"
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
"Journey to the West"
-S
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