A number of Latin translations of modern literature have been made to bolster interest in the language. The perceived dryness of classical literature is sometimes a major obstacle for achieving fluency in reading
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
, as it discourages students from reading large quantities of text (
extensive reading). In his preface to his translation of
Robinson Crusoe
''Robinson Crusoe'' ( ) is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. Written with a combination of Epistolary novel, epistolary, Confessional writing, confessional, and Didacticism, didactic forms, the ...
,
F. W. Newman writes:
Modern literature
Comics
See also
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Libri Latine redditi in Vicipaedia Latina (Wikipedia in Latin)
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List of modern literature translated into dead languages
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List of recent original books in Latin
Authors are still producing original books in Latin today. This page lists Contemporary Latin, contemporary or recent books (from the 21st, 20th and 19th centuries) originally written in Latin. These books are not called "new" because the term Neo- ...
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Translations into Latin
Latin translations of modern literature