My Reading List For University

[Cheese]

Just got my reading list for University through the door. That's a lot of reading... :ph34r:
The Secret Self: Short Stories by Women 1900-1984

The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald

The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Essays

The Consolations of Philosophy - Alain de Botton

The Iliad - Homer

Agamemnon in the Orestian Trilogy - Aeschylus

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Anon

Macbeth - Shakespeare

Paradise Lost - John Milton

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

Beginning Theory - Peter Barry

The Rape of the Lock - Alexander pope

The Specatator - Joseph Addison/Richard Steele

Oroonoko; Or the history of the Royal Slave - Aphra Behn

The Life and strange and surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Dafoe

Gulliver - Johnathon Swift

The School for Scandal - Richard B.Sheridan

From Britain Literature 1640-1789:

The Deserted Village - Oliver Goldsmith
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - Thomas Gray
Fingal - James Macpherson
Ode to Evening - William Collins

Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded - Samuel Richardson

The New Penguin Book of English Verse

The Poetry Handbook

The ones in red are ones I have got already.

[uNz[i]]

How long are they giving you to read that rather interesting yet very tall pile Cheese? :book:

[DanB]

You want to start now and you could be finished by 2006 :lol:

[Cheese]

Originally posted by uNz[i]@19 August 2004 - 10:01
How long are they giving you to read that rather interesting yet very tall pile Cheese? :book:
The course starts properly at the end of September. :ph34r:

Quote from list:


We do not, of course, expect you to have read everything on these lists but it may be useful for you to familirise yourself with some of the reading required for the first and especially with some of the longer literary works.

Just getting them all is going to be a task. Amazon here I come. (If anyone knows of any other cheap UK based second hand online book stores please post them here.)

[MagicNakor]

Well, a number of them are available for free on the net.

Great Gatsby
Iliad
Agamemnon
Sir Gawain
Macbeth
Paradise Lost
Heart of Darkness
The Rape of the Lock
Gulliver's Travels
Robinson Crusoe
Ode to Evening
Elegy

are all ones I've seen plastered about. If you want the addresses, just ask. Most are on Project Gutenberg.


Whose translations of Iliad and Gawain are you reading?

It's really not as long as it seems. ;) But I've read 16 of those already.

Your bigger task will be in the understanding, rather than the reading. Macbeth, for example, has a huge amount of themes running through it. Too bad you don't have Hamlet, though. I love Hamlet.

:ninja:

[Cheese]

Your bigger task will be in the understanding, rather than the reading. Macbeth, for example, has a huge amount of themes running through it. Too bad you don't have Hamlet, though. I love Hamlet.

I'd love to do Hamlet as well, my favourite Shakespeare text. Macbeth I actually did at GCSE level...will be interesting to see how it is treated at this higher level.

Looking on Amazon it doesn't look like I'm going to have to spend too much money for these books. Or, I should say, my parents aren't going to pay too much. :lol:

[uNz[i]]

There's always the local second-hand bookshops.

http://img1.uploadimages.net/118450blackbooks.jpg

But don't get your hopes up.

[MagicNakor]

Why not?

The best bookstore in my town is a second-hand shop. ;) It's absolutely huge, with such a great selection.

The other two bookstores cater to either the "_____ for dummies" or the coffeetable-gardening set.

:ninja:

[Cheese]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@19 August 2004 - 12:20
Why not?

The best bookstore in my town is a second-hand shop. ;) It's absolutely huge, with such a great selection.

The other two bookstores cater to either the "_____ for dummies" or the coffeetable-gardening set.

:ninja:
An English Degree For Dummies book would be great. ;) :lol:

[Peerzy]

Guess Harry Potter isnt on the list this year either :( .

[DanB]

Originally posted by peerzyboy@19 August 2004 - 12:50
Guess Harry Potter isnt on the list this year either :( .
Nope, although it would be damn good if they had LOTR on there :01:

[Peerzy]

Originally posted by danb+19 August 2004 - 11:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (danb @ 19 August 2004 - 11:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-peerzyboy@19 August 2004 - 12:50
Guess Harry Potter isnt on the list this year either :( .
Nope, although it would be damn good if they had LOTR on there :01: [/b][/quote]
If there anything like the movies Cheese would never finnish them :rolleyes: .

[uNz[i]]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@19 August 2004 - 20:50
Why not?

The best bookstore in my town is a second-hand shop. ;) It&#39;s absolutely huge, with such a great selection.

The other two bookstores cater to either the "_____ for dummies" or the coffeetable-gardening set.

:ninja:
Well my local second-hand bookshop stocks mostly fantasy/sci fi, B)
used pr0n mags and Mills and Boons romances. :x

Not a lot of classics in there, sadly.


Edit: typo

[DanB]

Originally posted by peerzyboy+19 August 2004 - 13:03--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (peerzyboy @ 19 August 2004 - 13:03)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by danb@19 August 2004 - 11:51
<!--QuoteBegin-peerzyboy@19 August 2004 - 12:50
Guess Harry Potter isnt on the list this year either :( .
Nope, although it would be damn good if they had LOTR on there :01:
If there anything like the movies Cheese would never finnish them :rolleyes: . [/b][/quote]
Thats a travesty :o


Bak on topic though, good luck with all the reading Cheese :D

[Cheese]

Originally posted by uNz[i]@19 August 2004 - 13:04
used pr0n mags
Not something you really want to come across when searching for books. BOOM BOOM&#33;

[MagicNakor]

Here&#39;s a start. ;) (http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-0764553224.html)

What tv show are those guys from Cheese? I saw a bit of it a few nights ago, and damn it was funny.

:ninja:

[Snee]

I think I can dcc you macbeth at least, but I think that&#39;s also out on project gutenberg.

All you&#39;d need is a palm &#39;puter, or an e-book reader, or a cell that can handle repligo or txt and you might be able to save some money if more of it can be found electronically, it&#39;d have to be a lot of books, including stuff for the next terms.

[Cheese]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@19 August 2004 - 14:31
Here&#39;s a start. ;) (http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-0764553224.html)

:ninja:
Cheers MN :lol:


I just ordered some books of Amazon and accidentally ordered Beginning Theory - Peter Barry twice...d&#39;oh. Can&#39;t cancel it, I have to send it back...which will cost more than the book costs.

At least I&#39;ll have a spare. :01:

[Cheese]

Originally posted by SnnY@19 August 2004 - 14:32
I think I can dcc you macbeth at least, but I think that&#39;s also out on project gutenberg.

All you&#39;d need is a palm &#39;puter, or an e-book reader, or a cell that can handle repligo or txt and you might be able to save some money if more of it can be found electronically, it&#39;d ahve to be a lot of books, including stuff from the next terms.
Looking at Amazon it&#39;s not going to cost me much more that 100 GBP to get all the books I need for this term, and most of this will be subbed to me by relatives. :01:

[Snee]

Originally posted by Withcheese+19 August 2004 - 15:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Withcheese @ 19 August 2004 - 15:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@19 August 2004 - 14:32
I think I can dcc you macbeth at least, but I think that&#39;s also out on project gutenberg.

All you&#39;d need is a palm &#39;puter, or an e-book reader, or a cell that can handle repligo or txt and you might be able to save some money if more of it can be found electronically, it&#39;d ahve to be a lot of books, including stuff from the next terms.
Looking at Amazon it&#39;s not going to cost me much more that 100 GBP to get all the books I need for this term, and most of this will be subbed to me by relatives. :01: [/b][/quote]
Good, feel lucky you don&#39;t have to get lots of material on linguistic theory, that stuff is damned hard to find online, and it can cost a bundle.

[Cheese]

Originally posted by SnnY+19 August 2004 - 14:37--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SnnY @ 19 August 2004 - 14:37)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Withcheese@19 August 2004 - 15:35
<!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@19 August 2004 - 14:32
I think I can dcc you macbeth at least, but I think that&#39;s also out on project gutenberg.

All you&#39;d need is a palm &#39;puter, or an e-book reader, or a cell that can handle repligo or txt and you might be able to save some money if more of it can be found electronically, it&#39;d ahve to be a lot of books, including stuff from the next terms.
Looking at Amazon it&#39;s not going to cost me much more that 100 GBP to get all the books I need for this term, and most of this will be subbed to me by relatives. :01:
Good, feel lucky you don&#39;t have to get lots of material on linguistic theory, that stuff is damned hard to find online, and it can cost a bundle. [/b][/quote]
I wisely chose not to do any modules involving English language, I&#39;ll stick to reading books and poems. :01:

[uNz[i]]

Edit: oh... you meant the Mooninites. Nevermind. :P

[Cheese]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@19 August 2004 - 14:31
What tv show are those guys from Cheese? I saw a bit of it a few nights ago, and damn it was funny.

:ninja:
The guys in my av/sig are from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which is the funniest cartoon around bar none.

There are loads of episodes available everywhere, though on Bittorrent I think you can get all 3 series if you have teh fast broadband.

[Honey]

No Ayn Rand?.. :o

sheeeesh what is this world coming to?&#33; :huh:

[ziggyjuarez]

Originally posted by Withcheese@19 August 2004 - 08:50

The Rape of the Lock - Alexander pope


:blink: what

[MagicNakor]

It&#39;s an epic satire. A gentleman steals a lock of a lady&#39;s hair, causing a most terrible scene at the social. ;)

:ninja:

[james_bond_rulez]

do u guys know if anybody on ss shares some of these books? :blink:

my reading bug is itching again :lol:

[Cheese]

I am reading The Secret Self Short Short Stories by Women...yawn.

Not being sexist or anything but women&#39;s writing always sends me to sleep. :(

Willa Cather next...joy.

[james_bond_rulez]

Originally posted by Withcheese@21 August 2004 - 00:23
I am reading The Secret Self Short Short Stories by Women...yawn.

Not being sexist or anything but women&#39;s writing always sends me to sleep. :(

Willa Cather next...joy.
hell...i never finished "Pride and Prejudice" either <_<

still passed with flying colors... :P

[MagicNakor]

I like Pride and Prejudice. ;)

You could simply be picking the wrong type of writer too Cheese. There are excellent female writers and terrible female writers, as is the same case with male writers. Which other books have you tried?

Short stories I&#39;ve not much a fondness for. More often than not, they are done poorly.

:ninja:

[Cheese]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@21 August 2004 - 13:15
I like Pride and Prejudice. ;)

You could simply be picking the wrong type of writer too Cheese. There are excellent female writers and terrible female writers, as is the same case with male writers. Which other books have you tried?

Short stories I&#39;ve not much a fondness for. More often than not, they are done poorly.

:ninja:
This year I&#39;ve read Emily Bronte, Willa Cather (O Pioneers) and Jane Austen. All of them hard work.

Though even when I read for pleasure I avoid women writers for some reason, though I daresay my course will open me up to some female writers.

[ElvisLover]

Martine or Martina Cole ( I can&#39;t remember which) is a really good author although I doubt they are the sort of books to be on your reading list

[Cheese]

This terms reading list is looking pretty light, I do have to choose some more bits to read for a 3,00 word essay (probably go with Tennessee Williams for that) but I'm happy with what I've been given:



Romanticism




Austen, Jane 2004. Persuasion, ed. James Kinsley. Oxford: Oxford UP.

Shelley, Mary 1994. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text, ed. Marilyn Butler. Oxford: Oxford UP.

Wu, Duncan, ed. 2005. Romanticism: An Anthology, 3rd edition. Oxford: Blackwell.



The American South




William Faulkner As l Lay Dying

Richard Wright Black Boy

Toni Morrison Beloved

Extracts from:

W.J. Cash The Mind of the South
Joel Chandler Harris The Wonderful Tar Baby and other Stories
W.E.B. Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk
Poems by the Southern Fugitives
Flannery O'Connor: Selected Short Stories


Creative Writing




Burroway, Janet. Imaginative Writing. New York: AW Longman-Penguin, 2003.

[Gemby!]

i always wanted to read paradise lost but never got round to it so far and know i have a hefty reading list to do so it will be a while before i do get to reading it

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