Which Literary Work Should I Give My Presentation On?

[DoodleJump!]

We students have the choice of what to present on, the possibilities are listed by the professor, of course. I narrowed the list down. I have to decide unofficially by tomorrow afternoon, but I am allowed to change my mind. I can't decide, and since you guys are, on the whole, literate-minded and well-read, I would appreciate what you think!
thanks thanks thanks!

[nec13]

Notes from the Underground. It's been called the world's first existentialist novel. Although, it's pretty bleak.

[orator]

Dostoevsky

[Pastor Josh]

Faust.  No one else will want to present on it, and it's amazing.

[courtney]

For the first time since I was 14 years old, I agree with a Pastor.

Faust is awesome and no one will touch it. A great story and well-told.

Play Charles Gounod's amazing opera of Faust in the background while you're presenting. It's so beautiful. It will add that extra "moxie" needed in any "presentation" of anything.

[Chris L]

Emily Dickinson.  At least one of the ladies in your class might be impressed (Maybe.  I don't know). 

[Sarah]

If you chose Dickinson, you could explain to those not already in the know how they can sing her poetry to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas."

[thom]

everyone is going to pick notes from underground because it's the shortest. faust is easily the most important in that list. DO IT.

[masterofsparks]

I pick the Tangerine Dream LP.

[yesno]

Faust, you get to reference Christopher Marlowe and Krautrock.  In fact, the band Faust would make awesome bed music for a talk. Grote used some Faust music on his radio show as his theme song, so it ties back to WFMU and the message board, too.



ps: In college you learn to say, more or less, "ger-ta," and then you meet a German and they make fun of you for it.  Stick with it anyway unless you want to accidentally swallow your tongue. 

[buffcoat]

Donald Barthelme's "Conversations with Goethe."  You can get through it in five minutes, and it tells you all you need to know.

[Keith Whitener]

Faust is incredible, especially considering that the translator had to make it rhyme too!

[DoodleJump!]

Thanks for the advice...so far so great!
I still haven't entirely made up my mind. Everyone's opinion is very helpful, but at the same time makes it harder to choose.
So far, the poll says Notes from the Underground, but it seems that the prevalent choice on the board (by a narrow margin) is Faust.

[buffcoat]

Emily Dickinson would be the easiest I bet.  Her poetry is great, and there's a tremendous amount of criticism to draw from.

[Pastor Josh]

Notes is brilliant, but because of its cultural significance, a lot of people will want to do it.  I'm just thinking back on my time as an English major, dere.  But you know your class better than we do.  Will you share your presentation here?