While I appreciate this series of quizzes, I always wish non-European/North American literature was represented. This one could have Tanizaki Junichiro; Rabindranath Tagore; Amos Tutuola; Things Fall Apart; Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms; The Thousand and One Nights; The Temple of the Golden Pavilion; Noli Me Tangere... If White people don't know these, well, they might learn something. Quizzes on this site teach things and pique people's interest all the time.
The point is to quiz people on matters that are fairly well-known among the target audience. Most of this site's visitors are from North America and Europe, so most of the literature they know is, too.
But you know all that--your point isn't about how to make this more fun for the rest of us, but how to push your ideology everywhere you go.You want to force "white people" to "learn something," to make them treat the things you value as if their value was universally-acknowledged, and to tear down the Dead White Men. This propagandizing is unsubtle, unappealing, and ineffective, so please stop, here and elsewhere.
I'm from Europe and I've never heard of most of these. And in my opinion, your comment is quite contradictory - you critisize "pushing one's ideology everywhere" and "forcing others to treat the things one values as if their value was universally acknowledged." But that's exactly what you're doing by "forcing" American-centred (I'm guessing you're American) answers to everyone on a quiz that could easily be more global...
Maybe i shouldnt get mixed up in this. But here are some of my thoughts. I am fór diversity, but also it needs to remain (mainly) globally recognisable. There might be gems out there that doesnt make thelist (from whichever country) but this isnt about good books but wellknown ones. Though I agree it never hurts to slip one or two lesser known ones that are awesome works in the mix. Just to get some people to discover them.
but you shouldnt add books just because they are, or are not from a certain country. Either is the wrong mindset. Im from europe, but I dont know these works because im from europe but because im on the internet (and once in a while tv) hardly any of the works i know are through western education. I dont think asian people have heard less about these than me.
thereis is the point ofcourse that i mainly read in my own language and english. So if good asian books are not or hardly translated there isnt going to be much global exposure
'Remembrance of things past' is a phrase from sonnet 30. In search of lost time is a more literal translation. There's a decent quiz to be written about works of literature with Shakespeare quotes as titles.
But you know all that--your point isn't about how to make this more fun for the rest of us, but how to push your ideology everywhere you go.You want to force "white people" to "learn something," to make them treat the things you value as if their value was universally-acknowledged, and to tear down the Dead White Men. This propagandizing is unsubtle, unappealing, and ineffective, so please stop, here and elsewhere.
but you shouldnt add books just because they are, or are not from a certain country. Either is the wrong mindset. Im from europe, but I dont know these works because im from europe but because im on the internet (and once in a while tv) hardly any of the works i know are through western education. I dont think asian people have heard less about these than me.
thereis is the point ofcourse that i mainly read in my own language and english. So if good asian books are not or hardly translated there isnt going to be much global exposure