Archived threads in /lit/ - Literature - 1206. page

>>9444699
Dostoevsky would have been better suited as a playwright

Long dialogues, barely any description of external environments

>>9444699
my diary desu

>>9444751
Would have been better if his books weren't serialized

What makes you say that?

>>9444680
>heidegger smokes
>everything immediately derealizes and he spends the rest of his life in an existential shock

>>9444690
heritage

>>9444617
No, he's not taoist. That would imply he adheres to some kind of taoist principles of doctrines. Tolle's biggest principle is that of no-thought. At that, he is a master, though.

>>9444623
No-thought is a very integral concept of taoism though. A lot of what Tolle wrote resonates strongly with taoism, which is why I'm asking.

>>9444636
Yes, a lot of what he says strongly resonates with bits and pieces of nearly every spiritual tradition, since he is basically communicating a sort of perennial panacea based on the central idea of no-thought. He is more ecclectic than being a master of one school, though.

>>9444603
the insight the papers give you would be specific whereas the texts would be fundamental?

>>9444603
Depth vs breadth

don't read them, then

you should read them because that way you may be able to form a better interpretation and application for the stuff
reading other's interpretations and anals if a great tool, of course, but isn't it kinda harder to develop your own ideas then, no?

and I dunno about you or the philosophy you read, but to "get" the continental stuff I deal with, one really needs to read the primary text, read some interpretations/anals, re-read the primary text or at least parts of it, read some more secondary sources, re-visit some of the stuff the particular work builds on... and so on

>>9444588
Think about why you're writing notes. You're not writing them to show them off or improving the book or some bullshit.
You are aiming to get more out of the book by writing notes, think then what it is you're looking to get out
Are they to understand the psychology of characters more?
Are they to note interesting uses of language?
Are they to determine more succinctly the message or emotion the writer is trying to send?

If its all of the above and/or any more reasons keep them in mind and be production orientated. You're not aiming to be the most profound thinker on Earth you're getting work done.

Be liberal but efficient about how you annotate. You're not writing an essay or substancial notes, that can come later, you're simply pin pointing interesting moments that you may not ever even have to look back over for that act to be helpful.

Keep them short as possible to get the point across, you'll generally remember why you marked moments by a star alone. Single words come after and then only if it seems very strange use a short description.
You don't even need to explain why a moment in the text is interesting to you.
Annotating is just as much if not more for raising questions to yourself than it is for actively interpreting.

>>9444624
Thanks. What if you just don't think of intelligent questions when you're reading?

>>9444772
Start with basic things, is my suggestion, and your comprehension will improve. Follow themes, motifs, repetitions that seem significant. Look up words and allusions you don't understand

>>9444574
What future?
Oh.

File: fn.jpg (37KB, 362x369px) Image search: [Google]

37KB, 362x369px

stop using and abusing history.

File: 1492413675764.gif (2MB, 440x440px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 440x440px

*accelerates behind you and hyper-accumulates your capital*
Don't be ashamed, it's only the intrinsic nature of capitalism running its course.

That is one spoopy cover

>>9444541
Star Maker

>>9444541
i especially like how he skipped over the second world war.

because none of that shit really happened.

> human race reduced to three people
> repopulates the planet anyway

>>9444496
A symptom of the cancerous "red pill" ideology.

Objectifying women and denying their humanity is the most base of human desire.

>>9444496
fodder for inept losers who need to read a whole book about self worth so they can be mean to girls

I thought those were Clarie's udders for a second. But a pleasant surprise I found. Much better. Would wife.

>>9444468
I'm a Dubliner. This city is an illiterate shithole full of illiterate caricatures or insufferable nu-age hipsters. Nothing /lit/ about it and you'll do well to count how many great Irish writers made sure to get the fuck abroad as soon as they could.

>>9444480
Insufferable nu-age hipster detected

>>9444480
>tfw Joyce and Beckett both fled Ireland and didn't look back

>>9444443
Minima Moralia

>>9444443
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

>>9444443
marxxx

>>9444371
>Professors giving insufficient detail
Nothing infuriates me more

6-8, if those two are INCLUDED in the length of the paper.

>>9444371
> This page length includes the title page and references

Why is confusing for you?

>>9444192
Depends do you want to seriously engage with philosophy or do you just want to feign association with it for social status purposes by parroting out some platitudes occasionally before your mundane existence ends?

>>9444198
I just dont want to spend time reading 600+ of incredibly dense philosophy when I can read a very good summary of their ideas.

File: 18_rango-plays-guitar-aditya-permana.jpg (706KB, 1024x1191px) Image search: [Google]

706KB, 1024x1191px

>>9444192
Go with a summery or secondary.
If you want more it wont hurt to go over the same thing a second time from the source.

>>9444126
start a blog and spare us your self pity

i felt like this at one point but then realized all the reading did absolutely nothing for me. how much you read, what you know makes absolutely no difference in your life -- literally no one cares.

so, i stopped worrying and just read what/when i want. i still have a compulsion to read and learn a lot, but i don't feel anxiety over it.

>>9444126
The first step is to admit you're stupid then just do the best with the little brain you have

Reading greek mythology before reading the Iliad is like watching Bible Stories for Children before reading the Bible, don't actually fucking do it and stop telling others to do it.
Also we barely have history from pre-homeric times so tough fucking luck with that.

File: Persephone and Demeter (Greece, ~450 BC).jpg (209KB, 600x522px) Image search: [Google]

209KB, 600x522px

>>9444108
Whatever interests you the most.

>>9444122
Right. You're a fucking moron.

The average person knows almost nothing about Greek mythology. They do not know who Hephaestus is, they do not know the stories behind him. The ancient Greeks would have been very familiar with their mythology in a way that we are not today. For the modern man a certain amount of background reading is required before they can jump into Homer. Otherwise they will not understand what they read.

You NEED to know who the Greek Gods are. You NEED to know the stories behind them. The Iliad is a very complex work and should be treated as such. It is NOT something you can pick up and understand without having done the background reading.

OP I suggest picking up a university textbook on mythology and skimming through that.

yer fucked

T. Joyce in Finnegans Wake

>>9444051
Use a Scrabble word generator