Talk:Great Books
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I do not think these articles ought to be merged; Great Books as an intellectual movement is something related to but separate from the idea of a core liberal education. There also ought to be added a section on Leo Strauss.
The articles here focus on two very different lists. The Core Curriculum is just that. It's a Core list used by Columbia to provide a foundation. The Great Books list is the entire curriculum. It's the full program used at St. John's College. If it was meant to be one in the same, it would be presented by the schools as such. Maybe a better way to consolidate these programs is to talk about it from an educational experience perspective. "These are different approaches to teaching original western literature to students..." --jtowns 15:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Since no-one has commented in favour of the merger in tow months, I am removing the merge tag. The curricula are rather different. --Duncan 10:21, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Hemingway?
Don't you think Hemingway deserves some spot on this list? It's almost been a hundred years and i think his books still resonate. I think that at least one novel deserves to be on the list as one of the great modernists.
--Hemingway? Maybe, but it's all subjective. Some people feel Hemingway being omitted is criminal, while others (such as myself) feel the apparant omission of Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas is unfortunate. But like I said, the idea of a "Great" book is entirely subjective - so pursuant to the criteria that this list was composed, they just didn't feel the aforementioned authors merited inclusion.
[edit] Eastern World?
Are there equivalent or similar lists for works from the Eastern traditions? Could/should articles or sites with more globally scoped lists be linked to from this article? Jamal Wills (talk) 21:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Critique?
I currently go to a Great Books college and am surprised not to find to critique of the "Great Books" as being a bunch of dead white males. I'll try to find some resources and invite anyone else wishing to add that to join the conversation. ~libertyblues
[edit] External links
The site www.thegreatbookslist.com is merely a front-end to Amazon and Google Ads, so it was removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.237.87.99 (talk) 05:22, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] thegreatbookslist.com
I think this is an excellent list. I like it. The link that was removed I mean. I think maybe you should restore it. But I don't know. It's very difficult to find reasonably concise lists with near unanimity regarding the selection and a balance among many different regions and time periods. But I think this list essentially does this with a very convenient and attractive presentation. 129.15.106.29 (talk) 00:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
