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Why the fuck is there even a debate between Dostoevsky and Tolstoy? 2017-05-13 12:48:35 Post No.9501183
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Why the fuck is there even a debate between Dostoevsky and Tolstoy?
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Tolstoy is so much better as a novelist than Dostoevsky its not even funny. Even his philosophising is far more patrician than Dostoevsky's.
In some of Dosto's novels his writing is atrocious, though it could be the translation (P&V). Demons is full of 3-4 page long monologues and descriptions from the narrator it becomes a chore to read through. He would have been a far better playwright than novelist.
That being said, I love both, but why exactly do people put Dosto ahead of Tolstoy? How can other novelists even compete when books like Anna Karenina and War and Peace exist?
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>stop having opinions that I don't agree with, my literary taste is the objective standard for every publication
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How murricans can know who is better novelist if they read translations? I lol'ed.
>Even his philosophising is far more patrician than Dostoevsky's.
Yo! War sucks LMAO! Peace bro!
Tolstoy's philosophy is simillar to Public Enemy.
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>>9501217
>muh translations
What in the name of Christ is this Tumblr-tier garbage and why would anyone like it?
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Pleb
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>>9501168
This is a meme you idiot
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This is the very pinnacle of the western canon
I bet you don't even know nothing about intersectional poetry on womynhood and POC culture in the Trump era you fucking retarded nigger
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Literature Depth
>0. Basic writing is basic. (Fifty Shades of Grey)
>1. If you go slightly deeper, you will have some references and a bit more complex content. (DaVinci Code)
>2. Educated references and abstract thoughts. (Lolita)
>...
How to go even deeper? Not sure if you know what I mean.
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>>9501098
3. Giving up all material existences and events to reference to in favor of complete transcendence.
Beautiful
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>>9501098
4: Realizing choosing what to ready based on someone else's "objective" scale rather than on your subjective interests is childish.
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5. Realising that life is short and reading books at random based on interest rather than on recommendations of others who have already checked for quality is foolish.
Booktube is ruining society
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/lit/ ruined booktube. Some asshole must've done a number on Serraphina for her to completely delete every trace of herself online.
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>>9501001
Is there a bigger red flag than a giant "JAMES PATTERSON" within a bookcase?
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>>9501022
Any YA
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Is it just me or is Neuromancer a REALLY tough read?
I'm about 1/4th into it and I feel like I can hardly tell what's even going on half the time. Something about the way he writes is... erratic.
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>>9500940
It was much easier the second time through. First time I read it, it really did feel like a dizzying mess of amphetamines and computer circuitry.
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It's no tougher than YA.
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>>9500940
Yeah I agree, it's a difficult book it takes some getting used to
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I re-read a young lady's illustrated primer recently and it made me in the mood to lear about confuscianism.
Where do I start.
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Start with the Greeks.
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>>9500718
Slingerland's translation of the Analects includes introductions and commentaries, you could do worse than that.
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Infinite Jest Without Footnotes? 2017-05-13 07:52:31 Post No.9500472
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Infinite Jest Without Footnotes?
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I've decided to read Infinite Jest, but quickly became frustrated by the footnotes, specifically the fact that they're in the back of the book. Early into the book the footnotes don't seem to add much to the story, so I decided fuck it, I'm going to skip them. Then I got a bit nervous about 150 pages in so I read through the footnotes I had skipped and caught up on them. But I'm at a point where I just want to read the book straight through without reading the footnotes and then after finishing the main text going through the footnotes and connecting together missed information. I don't know if this reading style will work, but I'm open to thoughts and suggestions.
I'm just about halfway through the book and while I'm not thrilled about all the different stories (Mario's video at the dinner, though very informative about the politics of the story, bored me to death) I'm really digging a lot of the scenes and characters. The book becomes more approachable as time goes on and pages go by. I want to hurry up and be done with it so I can move on to something else, but for some reason I'm reading it slower than I normally read.
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The footnotes are part of the narrative. I'm sorry, but you're going to have to read them to get the full picture. If you skip, certain plot elements will not make sense.
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>>9500490
This last part isn't really true.
You should read the endnotes though. Some of the best parts are there.
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just read something else if you're gonna halfass it you faggot
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/sffg/ - Science Fiction and Fantasy General: 2017-05-13 05:31:23 Post No.9500197
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/sffg/ - Science Fiction and Fantasy General:
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Cyberpunk Edition
Fantasy
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg
Flowchart:
>https://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg
Science Fiction
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/IBs9KE8.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg
NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
>https://i.imgur.com/IJxTQBL.jpg
Previous thread
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>series full of non-human girls, varied as the colors of the rainbow
>MC hooks up with a third-string human girl with zero personality
when will this shit stop?
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What is the absolute most comfy book/series you can recommend to just wrap yourself in a blanket while reading and forget the world exists?
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>>9500250
Borges + DXM
The world you enter will be so comfy, you'll never escape, try though you might.
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On average, how many pages do you read a day?
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>>9500187
When I read, I actually enjoy the book and let the ideas and assertions sink in while reflecting on them (sometimes even commenting / writing about it in a book). I don't understand this fetish with reading as many pages as humanly possible. This only results in artificial reading and misinterpretations.
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>>9500201
>artificial
meant superficial
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Weird kid in my college class last semester presented a project in my english class. He went overboard and wrote an entire book. He told us the book is about things we are certain off. I buy the book on my amazon only to find that it is completely empty. What did he mean by this. Thought I might ask /lit/ cause you all are well read in philosophy.
I'm a bit dense.
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>>9500175
Fake and gay.
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>>9500181
The book is real. I won't deny that I left my own thoughts on the book out of the post on purpose. To rectify that mistake i'll give you my own opinion on the book.
I believe he thinks that nothing is certain. Thats what I got out of the book but maybe /lit/ would have a deeper analysis on this.
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>>9500196
That's literally the point. Good job, smart guy.
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Should I learn Italian or Arabic?
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>>9499798
the fact that shes probably some rich guys cum dumpster butt slave makes me sad
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urdu
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>>9499806
Why? What else does she have to offer?
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ENOUGH DEAD WHITE GUYSSSSSSS
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>>9499687
How bout living white men like joseph mcelroy
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>>9499687
It's perfectly valid to diversify the scope of literature studied in courses. It's amazing how the literature board, of all places, is so often opposed to the study of. You know. More literature.
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>>9499693
what is this fucking meme
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ITT: Books that had a major influence on you 2017-05-13 01:21:30 Post No.9499580
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ITT: Books that had a major influence on you
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>>9499586
Just add My Twisted World and you'll be perfect.
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>>9499580
Why is
>Law, Legislation and Liberty
not
>Law, Legislation, and Liberty
?????
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Discourse on the Method
Spinoza's Ethics
The Communist Manifesto
Heidegger's What is Metaphysics?
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
To The Lighthouse
The Sound and the Fury
Hamlet
Ficciones and El Aleph
V.
Mi Mamá me Ama
Felices Días Tío Sergio
And a book of all of Cesar Vallejo's poetry
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since nobody uses the wiki, i made the poetry wiki page into a chart for easier availability.
no sense in having a thread just for one chart, so post all your charts. chart thread
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>>9499566
Thanks for making this chart, but you should put the names of everyone in the bottom left corner. Personally, I recognize only Pound and Shakespeare.
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>>9499615
theyre not there as suggestions amigo, they're there just to fill space. the idea of that section is "find poets you like reading", not "read these poets in particular"
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>>9499566
Thanks for the chart OP.
I'll post the few I have.
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postmodernism ruined evrything
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i think irish people are just confused most of the time.
Its the lack of identity thing.
Post-modernism fucks with those types
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>>9499424
Is this the life invader office?
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>>9499426
I'm always confused and I blame Bret Easton Ellis.