Today, for my final World Literature I blog, I would like to discuss my favorite and least favorite pieces of literature that we have gone over in this course. How about I begin with my least favorite so we can end on a positive note? My least favorite piece we have read through out this course is the Tale of Genji. This was my least favorite because it was not an extremely easy to follow/straight forward text. On top of that Genji was not the type of man I believe people should read about with an expectation of aristocratic nature and high opinions of him. Genji had multiple lovers, in general the text was just not agreeable with me. In contrast, my favorite piece of literature we have discussed is The Inferno. I have a notion to say my favorite is Antigone, because I really like several topics that the play discusses and the overall plot is very interesting to me, it kept my attention. However, for blog and world lit purposes I have decided to say The Inferno my favorite because I have previously read Antigone for a AP Literature high school course. I must say I do not necessarily prefer Antigone over The Inferno, honestly they are both excellent. One of the biggest reasons I enjoyed reading The Inferno was because as a Christian I was interested to see what one man's imagination of hell was like, how he decided to punish each sin was interesting. The most fitting circle of hell, I believe, was Circle 7; because of the punishment for suicide being to spend eternity as a tree with your body hung in your branches. I also really found it interesting that Satan was being held captive in the cold, it was a view I had not previously thought of.
There we have it, my final blog for World Literature I.
Thanks for reading!
I was hoping someone would put their favorite as the Inferno, and I finally found someone who did. I think it is very interesting how hell is viewed after being raised in a Christian family, and being a Christian myself. I also think the imagery of the story and the creatures has to do a huge part with why The Inferno is my favorite piece of literature we have read all semester!
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