Oedipus Rex

[Zoom]

Ok, Amy Tan has that whole "literature" bent to fall on; does Rice count as modern canon?

 

[Renee750il]

I'm not sure how you categorize Rice. She writes in a very Romantic style of prose, but throws in very fresh dialogue and concepts and mixes them together seamlessly.

 

[RD]

I like that one! Ditto Renee, wait for Beowulf if you haven't read it already. That one caused me some serious pain.

 

[Renee750il]

Oh, I loved Beowulf.

I've been wanting to get a copy of Grendel. It's the story told from the monster's point of view

 

[RD]

The story is neat, I would've liked it if I was just intelligent enough to understand it! lol

 

[Renee750il]

You need to read a good, annotated version of it that will help you with some of the antiquated verbiage.

There's a good dictionary for that kind of thing online. If I can remember where it is

 

[Zoom]

I'm thisclose to digging out my Norton Anthology of "Really Old Stuff" (my words) and start re-reading.

 

[BostonBanker]

I loved Oedipus Rex! Granted, I usually liked everything everyone else in my English classes hated. The only assigned books I couldn't stand were anything by Charles Dickens (except A Tale of Two Cities) and A Prayer for Owen Meany, which everyone else in my class loved.

I picked up Beowulf not long ago considering it - now I'm wondering if I should give it a go.