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Great books you don't like??
Johnny C:
Which is fair - I've read a good chunk of it and what I read was really good, it's just that I can't bring myself to finish it.
Oh and I didn't think Chaucer invented literature. Poems and stories were around before he was, and I thought the consensus was that the first modern novel was Don Quixote.
supersheep:
Don Quixote is a good two hundred years after Chaucer. Also, Chaucer was (well according to wiki anyways) the first author to demonstrate the power of the vernacular, at least in English. And I can't think of much that came from pre-Chaucerian times - Gawain and the Green Knight is the only one I can really think of that made much of an impact.
Johnny C:
The first modern novel was Don Quixote.
--- Quote from: The Wikipedia ---Don Quixote is often nominated as the world's greatest work of fiction. It stands in a unique position between medieval chivalric romance and the modern novel. The former consist of disconnected stories with little exploration of the inner life of even the main character. The latter are usually focused on the psychological evolution of their characters.
--- End quote ---
camelpimp:
Tale of Genji is considered the first novel, right? But how is Don Quixote that different to be the first "modern" novel? Other than being western?
supersheep:
I think you may have hit it on the head with that one...
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