Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Organization of Contents by Themes

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Organization of Contents by Themes
This seems like a list of random book contents. A useless list that violates naming conventions. DDerby 08:45, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I think this was a good idea in principle, but it may have been abandoned. Literary criticism identifies various common themes, and it would be a good idea to list these themes, explain them briefly and give examples. Also it might be worth trying to categorize as many works of fiction as possible by theme, and a page like this would be a useful resource on the way to doing that. Kappa 09:46, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * That's a promising idea; what I saw there didn't come anywhere near usefulness, and we need to avoid mere useless lists - your suggestion avoids that well. Perhaps move to Literary themes. DDerby 09:59, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree and would be more than happy to help with the project. Robinoke 10:15, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Maybe make each theme a category?  RickK 18:42, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I do not believe a thematic index of world literature could be maintained in that form. Phils 19:56, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Different University professors (usually from different countries) will always have different names for themes that they'll catagorize books in. Also if you were to include every theme, the division between a major and a minor theme is a gray area, and pretty much every book would have to be repeated under the Shakespearian themes of Romance, Comedy, Tragedy, and History, as well as all the other themes that would be listed here. RickGriffin 22:53, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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