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diana (fëanor's version) :
Wdym you don't read novels in university? 😭 We read at least two novels a year in german highschool (and since im in german "LK", so just a little bit higher level, we read more than two. For example this year we read four.)
2026-06-23 14:16:00
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chronormu :
I was 11 or 12 years old when we started reading "serious" books at the school. Like the Hobbit or Anne of Green Gables (ironically, back then I liked Montgomery's book much more than Tolkien's!... but I wasn't a fan of reading to begin with). It was followed by more serious Three Musketeers and Don Quixote. By the end of high school we were expected to read Crime and Punishment, The Sorrows of Young Werther on top of all the "National Epics" that were all brick-sized behemoths from late XIX and early XX c. So how--? Why--? What are you supposed to do with Eng Lit classes if you aren't reading novels? Is it all short-form poetry or Shakespeare? Or watching YouTube videos about books?
2026-06-23 15:49:01
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Apple User67645339 :
Why must we privilege novels? It’s one of many types of litera
2026-06-26 11:39:35
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So Sk :
I remember back in high school in Croatia we had to read like 8 novels a year. One year before summer vacation our teacher just said "Look you're going to have to read Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment next year, I suggest you just do it over summer vacation when you have more time and keep notes." Now obviously we didn't just read doorstoppers, we had plenty of shorter novels and novellas alongside that, but having roughly a month to get through 250-300 pages is entirely reasonable? The idea that you wouldn't be capable of that in UNIVERSITY?! Baffling!
2026-06-23 15:55:32
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Bunnypuppet🇵🇸 :
What are they reading then? We had to do one from a list of classics per quarter in 9th grade in Texas.
2026-06-23 18:40:31
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IGNEUS :
glad to see you on my FYP again, but god I agree. I don't think I've ever been assigned a novel to read throughout all of my schooling, it's so weird
2026-06-23 14:35:45
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Spidermad :
When I went to Texas State for English literature classes we would often read 3-4 novels a semester depending on the class. I can’t imagine there’s a college English class that isn’t reading at least one novel a semester
2026-06-23 19:29:10
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emmett :
AGREED! The ability to read a novel requires a certain level of discipline that a university level student SHOULD have! It develops critical and applicable skills for all majors, trades and industries postgrad. I grew up outside the US and am grateful my HS curriculum made us read full novels+ texts in translation.
2026-06-24 01:39:42
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cass :
I'm a middle school ELA teacher it is SO hard to get novels approved by admin. we have to practically beg to get 2 a year
2026-06-25 20:58:07
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Jerb :
Even for my English minor and History Major, we easily read a book every week or two and each class would be discussing what we read up to that point. I know I'm not the fastest reader, but I still found it manageable and just figured out how to balance my time for each reading load
2026-06-23 16:06:35
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GJ🇨🇦 :
That is really a discussion? wow
2026-06-23 14:42:29
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TolkienEnjoyer :
We did full novels in grade 10 and 11 🤔 I don't understand this.
2026-06-23 14:32:43
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Bolteflausch13 :
I‘m doing my masters in Scandinavian Studies and it‘s also a trend my department is noticing, a lot of people stop studying literature because it‘s „too much to read“
2026-06-23 14:24:13
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maks.whell :
Read Crime and Punishment, Portrait of the Artist, and so many more challenging novels in high school. This is insane :(
2026-06-24 22:05:04
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Stevie Reads and Writes :
if i got the opportunity in the future i would want to be an English major. but i will drop out if there are no novels. thats the whole point of me majoring in it
2026-06-23 19:08:02
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hydrangea23 :
I'm a Malaysian, my lecturer assigned us Oryx and Crake during our first year degree in English Language and Literature 😂 I loved it.
2026-06-23 15:14:55
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I am currently reading portrait of a lady for my 19th century novel class as the last book. we read for this course Moby dick and great expectations in this semester as well. and I think that they spread it out because it's a second year course in a country where English is not the first language. we have two classes about portrait and we were three students in class because nobody read it?? insane
2026-06-25 22:02:04
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✧˖° ⦻ 🎪🍦˚｡ :
people are just saying ANYTHING on this app. and mind you i struggle academically a LOT but reading a novel isn't a big ask for a high schooler let alone a university student
2026-06-25 18:41:15
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Ineffable6950x :
I agree 💯
2026-06-25 10:03:45
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Jacob Martinez :
Oh that’s a novel idea 😏……I’ll see my self out
2026-06-23 19:27:26
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marika716 :
That's insane. When I was in college I had to read a novel a week per class.
2026-06-25 01:37:14
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rblxspw0 :
wdym you can't, that is what I look forward to, too 😭🥀
2026-06-23 18:03:39
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L. :
i had a twelve week class amongst seven other classes. and they were giving us a novel a week. what a first trimester
2026-06-23 14:49:46
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rbkah5202 :
Have to go back to high school where read in class and meet every day.
2026-06-23 17:38:10
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Lance R. Fletcher :
(Acutely aware it’s more complicated than this, but for catharsis’ sake): solution - if they won’t read, fail them. Other fields accept that, if you don’t do the coursework, you will fail. The humanities has a SERIOUS problem when it comes to coddling both the students and the department committees. Full-length works of any kind: plays, novels, whatever - are how we become literate at a higher level. You don’t see music departments saying “well we’re just not going to make students listen to symphonies anymore bc Theyre longer and more complex than a Taylor song.” But ELA and academic lit have been relatively willing to on a departmental decision making level.
2026-06-25 16:02:41
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