Bandev Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 (edited) What? Hedda Gabler, Medea and Perfume are awesome. Hedda Gabler is my favourite play ever and Perfume is just ingenius in its basic ideas despite the sordid nature. I will agree with you on MacBeth but when I read that (2 years ago) I wasn't very good with Shakespeare's language. Edited November 8, 2007 by Bandev Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBStuck Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 ithink it id funny, how ther are do many similar book there are between us. i cna't tell you what part they fall into, but we'v ereadVirgina woolf's a room of one's ownothellocornicle of a death fortold-gabriel garcia marqezthe twilight years-sawako ariyo****he metamorphasis- kafkaone day in the life of ivan dinisovich- i forgot his name.things fall apart-chinu achebewe read an aruther miller play, but it wasn't death of a salesmen.there were like 5 more and i can't remeber the names.we will read plath's pomes, and then hamlet, aand too much more to even remember.i should proof read before posting. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBiswatching Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 (edited) It's interesting to see the overlaps in books, but how they're read at different times... Our books haven't been terribly depressing so far, or at least the ones we read in Part 1 were alright. They seem to be spiraling downward though Part I: School Days (Patrick Chamoiseau) The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston) Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko) Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie) Part II: The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) House of the Spirits (Isabelle Allende) Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) Part III: Hamlet (William Shakespeare) George Orwell Essays Margret Atwood Poems Sylvia Plath Poems The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Part IV: Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo) The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner) I'm liking the texts in Part III and IV better. Hated all the books we read in Part I, but the Part II books were better, albeit extremely depressing. It's kinda odd how we don't read any Greek texts in IB1 or IB2 at my school - seems like a lot of you read stuff like Oedipus and we only did those in Pre-IB (9th and 10th grade)... Edited November 12, 2007 by BBiswatching Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc4293 Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Yeah, our books have a tendency to be a bit depressing too... Strange, isn't it, that IB has so many depressing options? Maybe they're just trying to make us realize how good we have it and stop complaining about the workload We seem to be focused on power and women who commit suicide, which is an interesting choice for an all-girls school. I have liked our books in general, though, they're pretty interesting. My favorite was So Long a Letter, though not too many people agreed with me, I think. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmiL Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'm still new at this and I'm not sure how the parts system works, but I've just had to read Madame Bovary and Wuthering Heights...and they didn't exactly make me feel better about life. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 yep all of ours are about death! that's the connecting theme so we are told by our crazy teacher! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scade Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I'm taking Finnish A1 HL, so I think my list will differ to a certain extent from yours.1.Tolstoi: Anna Karenina (see above)Jaan Kross: The Czar's Madman, the main character was sentenced to prison for 10 years due to his madness. This is a historical novel, with criticism towards the USSR (Kross was an Estonian writer, who expereienced the horrors of prison camps in the USSR).Amos Oz: Black Box, Deals with tensions resulting from a destroyed marriage and the relations of different family members.2.Aleksis Kivi: Seven Brothers, a tale of seven brothers growing up in finnish countryland. Portrays them realistically as being idiotic men who have bad habits. Still the story is actually rather positive, with quite dark elements though.Aaro Hellaakoski: poems that deal with death and loneliness for example.3. Joni Skiftesvik: selection of short stories about twins drowning, someone coming back from military hospital unaware of the fact that war has ended etc.7. Minna Canth Anna Liisa (which is a girls name, dunno if tis has been even translated into English): Deals with a girl planning to get marriage when his ex-loved returns and demands her to marry him or he'll reveal that she had a bastard son which she killed (this was written in the late 19th century). Eventually this of course happens and the girl's marriage breaks up and stuff.3.Ilmari Kianto Punainen viiva (roughly translated Red line): Tells about the first elections in Finland, and makes fun of the poor family who think that voting will change their life. 3 of their children die during a week, and the father is killed by a bear.Albert Camus: The Outsider (see previous posts)Leena Lander: The hom of the dark butterflies. Themes are childhood suffering, forbidden love, ecological disaster.Matti Yrjänä Joensuu: Harjunpää ja rakkauden nälkä (Harjunpää and the hunger of love). About crime and forbidden love.4.Kirsti Simonsuuri: Paholaispoika (Devil boy), don't know about this book yet.J. M. Coetzee: Disgrace. Story of a South African professor of English who loses his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect his cherished daughter.Juha Itkonen: Anna minun rakastaa enemmän (Let me love more). A story about passion, music and passion for music. A man who after his divorce with the singer of his rockband, who goes on to make a succesful career, continues living their relationship in his thoughts and dreams and lets go of reality.We have one book more, but I don't know which one, since we are changing it to a different than the one on my list. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest newman500 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 so far...Radience (play) The Grapes of Wrath Madame Bovary An Evil CradlingA Dolls HouseMargaret Atwood (poems)MacbethThe Outsider The Metamorphosis One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Heart of Darkness Twelfth Night Street Car Named Desire Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flsweetheart422 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Okay so I don't really know exactly which texts are in which section... and I'm only halfway through, but whatever. Part IVThe Visit- Friedrich DürrenmattDeath of a Salesman-Arthur Miller Metamorphosis- Franz KafkaOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Ken KeseyTheir Eyes Were Watching God- Zora Neale HurstonOther A1 works. Chronicle of a Death Foretold-Gabriel Garcia MarquezHouse of the Spirits- Isabel AllendeBlood Wedding-Federico García Lorca Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Part 1 Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky): interesting but way too long..takes forever to find quotes, as I'm sadly discovering at the moment as I'm attempting to do my world lit 1 outline The Outsider (Camus): short, but not really for me as I want to punch out Meursault for being so annoying indifferent Oedipus Rex (Sophocles): okay play, don't really understand the Greek Chorus haha Part 2 King Lear (Shakespeare): I actually really enjoy this play..so many memorable quotes, I can think of at least 6 quotes off the top of my head right away Heart of Darkness (Conrad): don't like this book, bit of a bore to me Macbeth (Shakespeare): I did my IOC this year on this haha..I also enjoy this play, although not as much as Lear Poetry (Eliot, Donne, Frost): I hate The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, but I really like Mending Wall, Valediction: Forbidden Mourning. Holy Sonnet 10 doesn't really appeal to me Part 3 A Doll House (Ibsen): I love this play! (my world lit 2 work) Waiting for Godot (Beckett): Haven't done this yet but I read a passage of this before and it looks very confusing/pointless lol Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Stoppard): Haven't read it yet Death of a Salesman (Miller): I also enjoy this play, probably my second favourite after Doll House Part 4 Mad Shadows (Blais): I really liked this novella, very descriptive and interesting The Educated Imagination (Frye): Hated this. A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams): This play was alright. 1984 (Orwell): Interesting novel. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan117 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I dont know anything about the groups of my books, I just know which ones i like and which ones i hate:Like first:The outsider/the strangerWaiting for Godot: funny if two funny people read it out loud for sureRosencrantz and Guildenstren are dead....Duffy and Keats : really good poets, seasons of mist and mellow fritfullness....Radiance of ashes: if you live in bombay/mumbai or even india u must read this, or even if your intrigued by india...I HATE:SONS AND LOVERS!!- This is the ultimate ewwy, Oedipal nonsneseIndia: a wounded civilization: as told by a freak who has never lived in the country for more than a few months....Death of a salesman.... its so boring, i really dont care for a hypocrate whos losing his mindMont Blanc is the worst poem ever written. Nothing else to say about it)Broken April is the most boring book ever written Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
master135 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Dont remember all the books we're supposed to do but this is what we did so far...Part Four (for IOP):Negotiating with the Dead (Margret Atwood)The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie)The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)WL1:Death and the MaidenLysistrataThe Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Dario Fo) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beli16 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 try "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry..then come back and tell me =P Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanna.hirst Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 ALL of our A1 tests deal with either: SEX, INCSEST and MURDER.whoever chose them we all believe to be a creep. yeapp.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miilki Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 (edited) omg..some of you guys get to do Perfume?! I wish I could do that book. i found it really interesting. damnn wish i could have it >:[ our school's reading list isPART IThe outsider : it IS pretty depressing with all the references to the meaningless of life, existentialism, nihilism stuff that IB makes you think about x_x;The Metamorphosis: what's can be more depressing than a man who turns into a giant vermin and has his family turn against him?? made me really sad when i read it the first time...One day in the life if Ivan Denisovich: also a pretty sad book I suppose. guy who's stuck in jail working his ass off for.. how many years? 6...?PART IIMacbeth: guy kills king. everyone goes crazy. tons of people die. more stupid than sad i would think but meh.King Lear: tons of people die once again, helloo.Eliot / Yeats selected poems: the most depressing thing about their poems are how i can't analyze them properly lol. but they're mostly about life and death and the condition of the human soul..Handmaid's Tale: i feel sorry for her. seriously.PART IIImaster harold: havent read yet lolWaiting for Godot: this is the most depressing play everrr.. it basically makes you wonder what the point of life is. that everyday in life is just a routine, and there's "nothing to be done". Glass Menagerie: the guy craves freedom. the girl has no ability to cope on her own. the mother is a control freak. the guy abandons the family in the end and the girl + her mother are left weak and helpless. House of bernarda: didn't read yetPART IVthe wars: a war's happening. this one kid goes to war. everyone around him dies but he eventually makes it out half alive and literally on fire. wuthering heights: tragic love story of all time. too bad i didn't read it lmao.dubliners: some pretty weird stuff in this book o_Ocassandra: princess of troy who's forgotten, her story that lives on. blah. Edited April 4, 2008 by miilki Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxtreme Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Two words, Canterbury tales... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibkid Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 The only ones i can think of on the spot are: Hamlet Macbeth A brave new world Childe Harold's pilgrimage the adventures of Huckleberry Finn (i dont know if this book is banned in USA, but in canada my teacher chose this book ) oedipus rex the glass menagerie a hero of our time dont know anymore Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tournedos Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 (edited) Haha,I've got:Part 1: MedeaHedda GableerMiss JulieThe House of Bernada AlbaMother Courage and Her ChildrenPart 2:King LearTwelfth NightI know why the caged bird singsPart 3:Paddy Clark Ha Ha HaSiddharthaHuck FinnColor PurplePart 4:Selected Stories of Lu XunNo Other CityEast, WestGod Of Small Things_ho ho... Edited April 13, 2008 by tournedos Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBMan9000 Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 (edited) My booklist is similar to HMSChocolate's, but we have to do poems by Sylvia Plath. That woman was insane and it shows in her poems. :/ Edited April 30, 2008 by IBMan9000 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radish Princess Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 None of you had the poetry of dear, melancholiac Lesya Ukrainka? I feel you have been deprived....Her country got invaded and all her relatives were in concentration camps and she was dying of tuberculosis. *Mother Ukraine wracked with misery boundless.......* Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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