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Tue Feb-01-11 05:26 PM
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| 6. Sign of Apocalypse #817 |
| -'Twilight' is required reading in a college lit course |
The Straight Story |
Feb-01-11 05:14 PM |
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well, it is OSU after all... |
ironrooster |
Feb-01-11 05:18 PM |
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Aww fuck! That's my and my brother's alma mater. Now I gotta |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Feb-01-11 06:21 PM |
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I had to read "the Celestine Prophecy" for a graj level English Education class once |
blondeatlast |
Feb-01-11 05:21 PM |
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I'm not seeing the problem here |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-02-11 09:51 AM |
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GAH!!!! WHICH OSU??? THERE ARE THREE OF THEM!!! |
Taverner |
Feb-01-11 05:24 PM |
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I was wondering that too. I have to decide whether or not this is mockably stupid... |
petronius |
Feb-01-11 06:16 PM |
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It's Ohio State. |
DarthDem |
Feb-01-11 06:39 PM |
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yeah, very sad indeed. |
ixion |
Feb-01-11 05:24 PM |
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I've never read Twilight, nor is it my cup of tea |
RandySF |
Feb-01-11 05:26 PM |
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"Twilight" "does not have literary value" |
NuclearDem |
Feb-01-11 05:29 PM |
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I read book one to please my girlfriend. |
Codeine |
Feb-01-11 06:18 PM |
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I am ashamed to say I read all four |
Arkana |
Feb-01-11 06:53 PM |
#31 |
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I did sit through the first two movies |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-01-11 08:12 PM |
#34 |
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I can sum up the reason I've sat through any of the movies in two words: |
NuclearDem |
Feb-01-11 08:14 PM |
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My lady and I trade |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-01-11 08:32 PM |
#39 |
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WTF? A demon baby chews it's way out?? |
tammywammy |
Feb-01-11 08:54 PM |
#43 |
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Eh...Twilight could STILL probably make that lame... |
NuclearDem |
Feb-01-11 08:58 PM |
#44 |
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I've never read any of the books nor seen any of the movies. |
tammywammy |
Feb-01-11 09:01 PM |
#46 |
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Not kidding. Google "Breaking Dawn birth scene". |
Arkana |
Feb-02-11 11:48 AM |
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The best part is that wolfboy "imprints" (falls in love with, forever) the newborn. |
joshcryer |
Feb-02-11 01:40 PM |
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I would like to know |
RandySF |
Feb-01-11 09:04 PM |
#47 |
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Deadman wanking |
Bad Scooter |
Feb-02-11 01:50 PM |
#83 |
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seriously? this is what mormons think about? jeez. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-01-11 10:25 PM |
#55 |
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I read the first and about half of the second |
NuclearDem |
Feb-01-11 08:13 PM |
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first thing i've ever agreed with you on. tried to read the first one to see what the kids were |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-01-11 10:12 PM |
#50 |
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We probably agree on a whole range of stuff, |
Codeine |
Feb-01-11 10:22 PM |
#52 |
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i made it a third of the way through before i admitted i was wasting my time |
bedazzled |
Feb-03-11 09:28 AM |
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Pssst......Mary Shelley wasn't male |
PVnRT |
Feb-01-11 08:48 PM |
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Sign of Apocalypse #817 |
Leithan |
Feb-01-11 05:26 PM |
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It's not that uncommon to read a popular modern work in a lit class... |
antigone382 |
Feb-01-11 05:38 PM |
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Right. |
H2O Man |
Feb-01-11 06:24 PM |
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Critical reading skills, even. |
antigone382 |
Feb-01-11 06:55 PM |
#32 |
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It's an example of Mormon family-values propaganda |
PVnRT |
Feb-01-11 08:49 PM |
#41 |
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Sure, but that still makes it relevant to an examination of the way that mythos is invoked... |
antigone382 |
Feb-01-11 10:08 PM |
#48 |
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And sometimes dreck |
pscot |
Feb-02-11 11:06 AM |
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Look, if you want to act like I'm saying that Twilight is a seminal work of art, then I'm done. |
antigone382 |
Feb-02-11 01:34 PM |
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Odd... the same implication was given |
LanternWaste |
Feb-03-11 08:09 AM |
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It's very popular. Whatever it is at it's core, it's resonated with a large audience, and |
Marr |
Feb-01-11 10:26 PM |
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Agreed. |
erodriguez |
Feb-01-11 08:50 PM |
#42 |
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+1 |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-02-11 09:54 AM |
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Well said. We did similar exercises in art history. |
Marr |
Feb-01-11 10:23 PM |
#53 |
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I get the feeling youhaven't read it. This is NO Nosferatu. |
FourScore |
Feb-02-11 01:38 PM |
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Which is why it's worth examining. |
antigone382 |
Feb-02-11 01:43 PM |
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and? it could be put to good use, depending on the course and how it's used |
fishwax |
Feb-01-11 05:42 PM |
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I'd think it would be more appropriate for a Pop Culture class. Aren't there other modern works |
KittyWampus |
Feb-01-11 05:42 PM |
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Why? If you are studying Bram Stoker's Dracula & Frankenstein, why would you pick Stepford Wives |
Iris |
Feb-01-11 10:34 PM |
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Rosemary's Baby would've been a good one. |
bedazzled |
Feb-03-11 09:30 AM |
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Nothing unusual about it IMO I had to read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, |
Raine |
Feb-01-11 06:02 PM |
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Compare and contrast, kiddies |
MorningGlow |
Feb-01-11 06:14 PM |
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My 7rh grade daughter did a |
exboyfil |
Feb-02-11 04:12 AM |
#60 |
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Ugh, Hawthorne and Hemingway... I love reading classics even as a very young child |
KittyWampus |
Feb-02-11 09:48 AM |
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Need a Puritan era novel for literature |
exboyfil |
Feb-02-11 01:25 PM |
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Undaunted Courage |
pokerfan |
Feb-02-11 06:18 PM |
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I agree with you totally |
exboyfil |
Feb-03-11 07:40 AM |
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Meh I've required Carrie for a similar class |
tishaLA |
Feb-01-11 06:17 PM |
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The difference being the fact that Mr. King can build a sentence |
Codeine |
Feb-01-11 06:20 PM |
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Carrie is a well-written, powerful book |
mainer |
Feb-01-11 06:41 PM |
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stephen kind is way better, & way less pretentious. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-01-11 10:26 PM |
#57 |
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One of my favorite authors |
walldude |
Feb-01-11 06:21 PM |
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OMG like tooootally! |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Feb-01-11 06:23 PM |
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geez, if they want to read about vampires, I can think of several authors who do a MUCH better job, |
niyad |
Feb-01-11 06:24 PM |
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Good taste FAIL. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-01-11 06:25 PM |
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I don't think that college students should be reading |
eilen |
Feb-01-11 06:31 PM |
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Oh, yeah, The Vampire Lesat would've been a good choice |
bedazzled |
Feb-03-11 09:33 AM |
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are Danielle Steele and Dan Brown assigned for next semester? |
provis99 |
Feb-01-11 06:35 PM |
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That professor should be fired. |
Arkana |
Feb-01-11 06:40 PM |
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Maybe it's an effort to get them to read something. |
Cleita |
Feb-01-11 06:46 PM |
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OSU is not worthy of it's accreditation if they are requiring a love novel |
Dawson Leery |
Feb-01-11 06:50 PM |
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In Stephenie Meyer's world, it's OK for a man to watch you sleep |
Arkana |
Feb-01-11 06:51 PM |
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Edward is a stalker. That was my impression. |
mainer |
Feb-01-11 08:17 PM |
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HE SAID HE LOVES ME IT'S OKAY |
NuclearDem |
Feb-01-11 08:17 PM |
#38 |
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I love Rob Pattinson, though, because in his interviews |
Arkana |
Feb-02-11 11:50 AM |
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Please see my reply #68 above. (I teach college English.) nt |
tblue37 |
Feb-02-11 10:23 AM |
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It's a college lit course |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-01-11 08:08 PM |
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Not this argument again. PLENTY of English Lit majors have jobs and being able to think and anlayze |
Iris |
Feb-01-11 10:15 PM |
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True |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-02-11 06:03 PM |
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Not at all. Because the article in the OP said that Dracula and Franekenstein were also being read |
Iris |
Feb-02-11 10:18 PM |
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So last week, a guy brought in a life sized Edward as a joke for his boss |
tammywammy |
Feb-01-11 08:58 PM |
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Interview with the Vampire was on one of my college reading lists. |
Marr |
Feb-01-11 10:11 PM |
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I wish it were Goth. |
Codeine |
Feb-01-11 10:24 PM |
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It is a course focused on that genre fiction |
nadinbrzezinski |
Feb-01-11 10:28 PM |
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I usually try not to get wound up when it comes to stuff like this, but DAMN |
Union Scribe |
Feb-02-11 04:22 AM |
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It's a popular current novel. We read Love Story in my honors class. |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-02-11 09:50 AM |
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This is what I like about libraries. You can waste your time for free. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-02-11 09:54 AM |
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Meh...vampires. Zombies are where it's at...nt |
SidDithers |
Feb-02-11 10:07 AM |
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As a college English instructor, I can assure you that there is nothing bizarre |
tblue37 |
Feb-02-11 10:16 AM |
#68 |
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Hmmm |
ismnotwasm |
Feb-02-11 10:20 AM |
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I tried reading it. |
bikebloke |
Feb-02-11 10:35 AM |
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same here. I got through like 5 pages before I gave up. |
AmandaMae |
Feb-02-11 11:11 AM |
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I generally don't consume literary Happy Meals. |
MilesColtrane |
Feb-02-11 11:28 AM |
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And the problem is? |
montanto |
Feb-02-11 12:00 PM |
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Twilight is like soccer |
dannward |
Feb-02-11 06:19 PM |
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I recommend this article about "Twilight" in the London Review of Books |
miscsoc |
Feb-02-11 06:31 PM |
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Proof that the worse it is, the more it will be published |
AnnieBW |
Feb-02-11 10:40 PM |
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What our parents considered "the classics", we considered boring and passe'! |
DailyGrind51 |
Feb-03-11 08:27 AM |
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I have no problem with this and see it as a good idea, especially for an honors course.. |
JVS |
Feb-03-11 08:35 AM |
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Anybody else watch Top Chef All-Stars? |
End Of The Road |
Feb-03-11 08:46 AM |
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Good ol' OSU... |
MellowDem |
Feb-03-11 09:51 AM |
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I can kinda see this |
jmowreader |
Feb-03-11 04:26 PM |
#99 |
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