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Huck Finn is one of the best books that I have ever read. I think that it is an enjoyable book for all ages, one of those books that your just not able to put down.Brer Brandon wrote:The Lord of the Rings
followed closely by Huck Finn
Thats weird. I couldnt tell I loved emoticons.............. JUST BY LOOKING AT MY POSTS!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, do you know how I can get an avatar next to my posts? Yours is SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE! I LOVE BOO!RJKD23 wrote:Really? I couldn't tell!chrissy829 wrote:(I love emoticons)
-well, I am mike. eye love boo too.
)Thats my FAVORITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, I did mention it before, but I'm feelingDDMAN26 wrote:There's so many to name:
Harry Potter
about it. Oh, well,I guess alot of people like that series. Oh, well, I can atleast see her in school, Do I sense a fellow Southerner on this board?awallaceunc wrote:I have way too many to rank, though Harry Potter would certainly be near the top. As a general rule, I prefer British literature to American (or any other kind, for that matter), especially when it comes to fiction. I'm not a huge fan of American lit, but I do think we've had some big successes, most notably in children's and southern lit.
Right on! Southern is the best branch of American literature out there! I absolutely adore Flannery O'Connor and few her stories as templates for what good fiction should be. ) Actually, I "get it," but it's just not compelling to me. We've had more than "some" big successes, we have enough to fill a library every year.O.K, sorry. I wont so many those again. But seiriosly, who reads that "junk"? OK. Ill try to read it, no, wait. I WILL READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!awallaceunc wrote:chrissy, I understand that you love avatars, but as the message board FAQ tells you- using too many is a bad thing. It clutters the page and can't make them load slowly on some people's computers. You might want to think about easing up on them a tad. You can also look at the FAQ or the Feedback forum to find out how to get an avatar.
-Aaron
ok. thats it for now!!!!!!!!!!!!!Well perhaps I should clarify that I didn't really have 'commercial literature' in mind when assessing American lit (not that I don't like commercial lit too, bc I do). I was thinking more along the lines of "classic" American lit, as well as the post-modern/post-modernish stuff that is considered contemporary American lit. Doesn't do much for me. When it comes to current thrillers, romance stories, etc, we shape up quite nicely.Prince Eric wrote:I have to disagree about American fiction in general. American literature is great in every respect, especially in the last twenty years when the official "cannon" of "good" literature has been opened up to much more diverse works. I like 19th century British literature, but I'm not too keen on the modern stuff. I just don't get it. (Maybe becasue I'm not British.
I wasn't talking about pop fiction either. In fact, I don't read pop fiction at all. I genuinely dislike genre writing. I was talking about America's literary fiction spectrum. Just because something is contemporary does not make it postmodern. Postmodernity is a writing style, not an era or time defined label, such as "contemporary." I would recommend reading the Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists every year. Let's broaden our horizons...awallaceunc wrote:Well perhaps I should clarify that I didn't really have 'commercial literature' in mind when assessing American lit (not that I don't like commercial lit too, bc I do). I was thinking more along the lines of "classic" American lit, as well as the post-modern/post-modernish stuff that is considered contemporary American lit. Doesn't do much for me. When it comes to current thrillers, romance stories, etc, we shape up quite nicely.Prince Eric wrote:I have to disagree about American fiction in general. American literature is great in every respect, especially in the last twenty years when the official "cannon" of "good" literature has been opened up to much more diverse works. I like 19th century British literature, but I'm not too keen on the modern stuff. I just don't get it. (Maybe becasue I'm not British.
-Aaron
In my opinion contemporary and postmodern are becoming increasingly blended (notice I said "postmodernish"). Things that aren't strictly postmodern borrow from the style- even memoirs these days. Aside from commercial lit and postmodernish lit, you don't get a whole lot coming out these days (again, the exception lies in southern lit, childrens lit, and some scifi). Of course there are plenty of exceptions, but I'm speaking in general terms. I have read a good many of the Pulitzer winners and just don't care for many of their selections. I do keep up with the literary times from one end of the spectrum to the other, and consider my horizons to be fairly broad.Prince Eric wrote:I wasn't talking about pop fiction either. In fact, I don't read pop fiction at all. I genuinely dislike genre writing. I was talking about America's literary fiction spectrum. Just because something is contemporary does not make it postmodern. Postmodernity is a writing style, not an era or time defined label, such as "contemporary." I would recommend reading the Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists every year. Let's broaden our horizons...
I'll keep the rest of my comments to myself.awallaceunc wrote:In my opinion contemporary and postmodern are becoming increasingly blended (notice I said "postmodernish"). Things that aren't strictly postmodern borrow from the style- even memoirs these days. Aside from commercial lit and postmodernish lit, you don't get a whole lot coming out these days (again, the exception lies in southern lit, childrens lit, and some scifi). Of course there are plenty of exceptions, but I'm speaking in general terms. I have read a good many of the Pulitzer winners and just don't care for many of their selections. I do keep up with the literary times from one end of the spectrum to the other, and consider my horizons to be fairly broad.Prince Eric wrote:I wasn't talking about pop fiction either. In fact, I don't read pop fiction at all. I genuinely dislike genre writing. I was talking about America's literary fiction spectrum. Just because something is contemporary does not make it postmodern. Postmodernity is a writing style, not an era or time defined label, such as "contemporary." I would recommend reading the Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists every year. Let's broaden our horizons...
-Aaron
I was talking about both of us. Anyway, I can assure you they're not being blurred. How can they be? Postmodern is postmodern because they stick out, and you can't really blend postmodernism because that goes against the basic postmodernist mantra. The Pulitzer Prize winners are very high art and require intensive meditation and "close reading." They are fulfilling if you give them due attention. As a rule of thumb, prize winners of any kind are not postmodern. In fact, postmodernism is still a fair minority of the novels published each year.