—Xinnan Teng I consider Tao Te Ching as great work. Great work, to me, is something that can inspire me and influence the way I act in ordinary life. There are two ideas in Tao Te Ching that I like most. One is the hypothesis of YinYang, alluding to balance in our universe. Yin and […]
Ancient and Classical (1200BCE–455CE)
Is the Epic of Gilgamesh a Great Work? To be brutally honest…
—Anonymous Is the Epic of Gilgamesh a Great Work? To be brutally honest I am not quite sure whether or not I would consider the Epic of Gilgamesh to be a great work. Sure, the piece itself contains many different messages that can be interpreted and derived from the epic but I don’t believe that […]
What is great work?…
—Anonymous What is great work? We define literature as great work, by looking at three approaches. Existence and immortality, meaningful themes of the story, and well-written work. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” has lasted for thousands of years since the Mesopotamian times. A story that was written in 2000 BC, translated and taught still in 2020, […]
Poem in response to the classical Sanskrit lyric…
— Afshara Choudhury Poem — A response to the classical Sanskrit lyric Life is unpredictable So is the destiny of mine As my life unfold I rethink the past. Once I read the Sanskrit lyric For a moment he’s a child It hit me to the Core I understood the shift From beginning […]
Letter to a Friend…
— Afshara Choudhury Dear Best Friend, As you know I just transferred to Baruch and I am taking a course named English literature 2800. In the beginning when I registered for this class, I didn’t think I would like the reading material and the process of reading these gigantic plays or stories but after 4th […]
