And what would happen to those that fail to comply. Either way, I don't see it as being any more effective than a recommendation. The people that are interested in reading will look at it with interest and read what they want from there, and the people not into reading will go on ignoring literature. Not to mention that I'd be worried about a list of books being given by the government anyway. Not the sort of people I would trust to choose the best quality books.
Putin plans to add reading a canon of a hundred books by Russian authors to the school program for all Russian students, with an essay about one of these books to become part of their final exams.
He got his inspiration from a similar canon established in some American universities in the 20s...
Some have already called it "social engineering through mandated literature", but several nations have a list of required readings for all students (We have one such though ours is much shorter than 100 books. But a lot of people complain it should be much longer, and include French classics, not only littérature québécoise. I actually had to read about 20 incl. French literature, but in the public system it was 6 québécois novels)
This message last edited by DomA on 27/01/2012 at 04:15:38 AM
So Vladimir Putin wants a canon of 100 Russian books for all Russians to be required to read
- 26/01/2012 01:21:44 PM
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I can come up with 75 without any problem
- 26/01/2012 05:10:47 PM
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I was wondering if you'd have to include Sholokhov there 
- 26/01/2012 05:15:48 PM
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- 26/01/2012 05:15:48 PM
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I think it's probably safe to conclude from that list...
- 26/01/2012 08:15:35 PM
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Considering his first 20...
- 26/01/2012 09:30:10 PM
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Oh, nevermind, I'd overlooked his plays there on the 16th position. Ignore what I said.
- 26/01/2012 09:42:03 PM
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It was more in chronological order, rather than in terms of quality
- 26/01/2012 11:35:10 PM
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It was that obvious? *NM*
- 26/01/2012 11:29:06 PM
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Apparently not for me
- 26/01/2012 11:34:29 PM
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- 26/01/2012 11:34:29 PM
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The only Sorokin I care to read is Pitirim Sorokin.
- 26/01/2012 11:39:39 PM
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Pelevin being the exception?
- 26/01/2012 11:49:18 PM
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"SNUFF" is coming out in English in February already?
- 27/01/2012 12:04:16 AM
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Zamyatin? *NM*
- 30/01/2012 10:17:29 AM
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What did you want to ask about Zamyatin? *NM*
- 31/01/2012 08:38:31 PM
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I suspect she, like me, read a little too fast and wrongly thought she'd found an omission. *NM*
- 02/02/2012 06:42:22 PM
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I'm more interested in how this would be enforced
- 27/01/2012 02:39:15 AM
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The same way everybody else does it...
- 27/01/2012 04:14:41 AM
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The same way everybody else does it...
- 27/01/2012 04:14:41 AM
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