Freule
Simon

Kerstans Kanon - Sprache & Kommunikation

Kerstans Kanon is an attempt to create a common collection of knowledge that may be considered "cultural canon". This collection is limited by a very germano-centric perspective, however, others may find this collection interesting nonetheless or specifically therefore.

Kerstan divides his canon into three literary categories:
- History and Philosophy (https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-philosophie-geschichte)
- Language and Communication (https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-sprache-kommunikation)
- History and Philosophy (https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-mathematik-naturwissenschaft)

Beneath the article where this canon was published, a lively discussion developed, where many more works were suggested to be added. I have collected many here: https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-leserempfehlungen

The original article (in german) can be found here:
https://fd.phwa.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kerstan-Kanon.pdf

As published in Zeit:
https://www.zeit.de/2018/34/allgemeinwissen-kanon-globalisierung-digitalisierung-jugend-bildung

1984

1984
ByGeorge Orwell

1949 • 4,819 Readers • 352 pages 4.2

Buddenbrooks

Buddenbrooks
ByThomas Mann

1901 • 78 Readers • 768 pages 4.4

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Das Lied von der Glocke
ByFriedrich Schiller,Charles Bilton

1799 • 1 Reader • 96 pages

Der zerbrochne Krug

Der zerbrochne Krug
ByHeinrich von Kleist

1808 • 7 Readers • 75 pages 3

Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.

1972 • 8 Readers • 148 pages 3.8

Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß

1906 • 2 Readers • 140 pages

Emil und die Detektive

Emil und die Detektive
ByErich Kästner

1929 • 2 Readers • 175 pages 4

Faust. Der Tragödie Erster Teil

Faust. Der Tragödie Erster Teil
ByJohann Wolfgang von Goethe

1808 • 305 Readers • 354 pages 3.9

Hamlet

Hamlet
ByWilliam Shakespeare,Millôr Fernandes(Translator)

1600 • 1,053 Readers • 508 pages 4

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel
ByJacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm

1812 • 9 Readers • 32 pages 3.3

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

1997 • 4,555 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

Ilias und Odyssee

Ilias und Odyssee
ByWalter Jens

1956 • 1 Reader • 96 pages

Leben des Galilei

Leben des Galilei
ByBertolt Brecht

2013 • 10 Readers • 106 pages 3.4

Mutterzunge

Mutterzunge
ByEmine Sevgi Özdamar

1990 • 1 Reader • 140 pages

Nathan the Wise

Nathan the Wise
ByGotthold Ephraim Lessing,Ronald Schechter

1779 • 24 Readers • 171 pages 2.4

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude
ByGabriel García Márquez,Gregory Rabassa(Translator)

1967 • 1,496 Readers • 422 pages 4.1

The Complete Maus

The Complete Maus
ByArt Spiegelman

1994 • 570 Readers • 295 pages 4.7

The Iliad

The Iliad
ByHomer,Alexander Pope(Translator)

-800 • 109 Readers • 596 pages 4

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose
ByUmberto Eco,William Weaver(Translator)

1980 • 734 Readers • 556 pages 4

The Odyssey

The Odyssey
ByHomer,Robert Fagles(Translator)

-800 • 1,305 Readers • 541 pages 3.8

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea
ByErnest Hemingway

1952 • 1,285 Readers • 96 pages 3.7

The Plague

The Plague
ByAlbert Camus,Robin Buss(Translator)

1942 • 591 Readers • 304 pages 4

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum
ByGünter Grass,Breon Mitchell(Translator)

1959 • 113 Readers • 592 pages 4.3

The Trial

The Trial
ByFranz Kafka

1925 • 733 Readers 4

Ulysses : a critical and synoptic edition

1920 • 597 Readers • 656 pages 3.9

Wer ist wir?

Wer ist wir?
ByNavid Kermani

2010 • 1 Reader • 170 pages

Winnie The Pooh

Winnie The Pooh
ByA.A. Milne

34 Readers 4.4