Board 8 > What writers get college classes devoted to them?

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Obviously Shakespeare, Milton, and Chaucer, but who else?

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My thought coming in was "Besides Shakespeare?"

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The hippie college I live by had a class devoted to the Grateful Dead

This topic will attract well-read people. I ask you: what do you think is the most recent book to be considered a literary treasure and possibly (or even probably) be widely adopted into academic curriculum one or two generations from now?

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I think I saw Stephen King getting his own class somewhere?

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they should have classes for joseph heller

And I'm not super well read myself, but I think ASoIaF has the potential to be a classic. It's getting huge coverage and critical acclaim, and it's still ongoing.

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Tolkien occasionally

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Moliere and Hugo on the French side at the very least.

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I took a class devoted to Miyazaki/Ghibli. That sort of counts.

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My school has C.S. Lewis

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The writers of the Simpsons

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I know my college has courses on James Joyce Twain and Faulkner.

As for Yo's question, that's a difficult one. I could see several recent fantasy books making their way into those kind s of specialty courses, but most of the big name literature is children's literature.

While Hunger Games and Harry potter may be popular I don't believe there is enough intellectual depth to either series to warrant their induction into the academy.

I would say the most recent stuff that will get a serious look is the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera in particular.

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Faulkner definitely gets classes devoted to him.

Ah, Cervantes.

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Poe... probably Dickenson.

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This topic will attract well-read people. I ask you: what do you think is the most recent book to be considered a literary treasure and possibly (or even probably) be widely adopted into academic curriculum one or two generations from now?

Terry Pratchett's got to be in with a shot. High fantasy, philosophy, social commentary, and an exploration of the nature of literature within a literary setting.

In fact, on that last one, I'd love to see what some academics make of Jasper Fforde.

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This topic will attract well-read people. I ask you: what do you think is the most recent book to be considered a literary treasure and possibly (or even probably) be widely adopted into academic curriculum one or two generations from now?

Well, to answer a combination of your question and the TC's...I think Haruki Murakami will have a good shot at having a class devoted to him.

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This topic will attract well-read people. I ask you: what do you think is the most recent book to be considered a literary treasure and possibly (or even probably) be widely adopted into academic curriculum one or two generations from now?

I think McCarthy or Pynchon have good chances.

Oh. Hemmingway definitely.

Bob Dylan.

No seriously there was a class at University, on my ENGLISH degree, devoted to Bob Dylan songs. I was THIS close to doing it, but my least favourite lecturer was running the course.

Also to answer Yo: Cormac McCarthy is probably a solid bet.

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Twain
Dickinson
McCarthy
Hemingway
Shakespeare
Joyce
Keats
Kerouac
Fitzgerald
Steinbeck
Vonnegut

maybe Orwell. I've seen Whitman/Thoreau combined into one class, just those two authors

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oh and Dostoyevsky

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The Bronte sisters as well.

Speaking of Chaucher, how are classes about his writing? My school is offering one about him this semester.