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Hello, /lit/izens,

I have recently embarked on the adventure of a lifetime: traversing the wide world of Western canonical literature. My roadmap is as follows:
>Greeks
>Desert Fathers
>Romans
>Bible
>Latins & early Italians
>Late Italians
>Middle English
>Scandinavians
>Shakespeare

I may have omitted some cultures that I should not have; I would appreciate if you can help me fix that.

I have also consciously omitted the Sumerians and Egyptians - I plan on that being its own silo for another journey. Of course, similar thoughts apply to the omission of other African and all Asian canon. I am conflicted about including Mesoamerica as I do feel it has its own cultural foundations, but I may be ignorant.

I completed The Iliad recently (tr. Fagles) and am now starting The Odyssey. I will follow this with Hesiod, then continue down the Greek path for some time. Also, I'm debating whether to add philosophy and art of the respective eras to my reading list as I do think it helps inform the characteristics and cultures of the people of the time, though it would significantly increase the reading load.

Would anyone be interested in longform threads that are dedicated to this project? It would be great to have an open forum to discuss all of these seminal works. I don't have a schedule in mind, but perhaps a thread can be started every Monday or something and folks can drop in whenever to offer their two cents. The core focus of these longform threads would be to learn from and enrich each other.

I'm excited to contribute to /lit/ with my thoughts as I progress, and just as excited to hear yours!

>> No.21892433
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>>21892427
>I have recently embarked on the adventure of a lifetime: traversing the wide world of Western canonical literature.
Anon, please don't read them in translation. It wouldn't take that much effort to learn Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Hebrew and Old Norse in order to read most of the canon in the original languages.

>> No.21892446

>>21892427
>>Greeks
>>Desert Fathers
Kek inadvertently based. Desert Fathers come after the Romans but you're better off skipping them. However, you're obviously a dumb zoomer and you're unlikely to read anything at all.

>> No.21892452

>>21892433
> Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Hebrew and Old Norse
Quot ex istis scis?

>> No.21892454

>>21892433
haha, if only. I'm American with Indian heritage, so any languages I know are relatively far removed from any you mentioned. It would take another lifetime to learn all of those!
>>21892446
I figured the chronology wouldn't be perfect, but it's more about the value of the concept.
Help others correct course, anon; don't discourage them, and the community will be stronger for it.

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OP again - I will make my first update to this thread in some hours, after I have the chance to begin The Odyssey. Looking forward to learning from all of you. Enjoy the rest of your Easter weekend.

>> No.21892550

>>21892454
>Help others correct course, anon; don't discourage them, and the community will be stronger for it.
Go back

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>>21892452
Omnibus his linguis studio praeter linguam nordicam