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English and Japanese.

I would like to learn German as I think it would be useful for reading.

>>9285594
English and spanish.

I'm currently pursuing a degree in linguistics and planning on picking up portugese and if possible, swahili because if I can make education more accessible in south america and africa, the whole world wins.

>>9285594
English, Dutch and French.

I'd like to learn Finnish because it's metal as hell, and maybe Italian and German since they're my favourite languages for opera.
Anything else would be a bit excessive, since those would cover most of the interesting world, imo.

>>9285523
Use lots of anime tropes but subvert them in a clever way
easy

>CIS white heterosexual man ""romancing"" underpriviliged PoC-womyn on grounds of colonial-cultural asymmetry
>acclaimed novel
nope

>>9285529

Okay, thank you! I will try very hard to make this goal a reality.

did any of you read it

nonce

>Minority/Woman author
>Writing about minorities/women

Yeah no

>>9285491
let me guess, she's pissed because there isn't enough pandering towards her in Moby Dick?

>>9285493
or the cover was bad

>>9285491
who is that?

>>9285446
Harry Potter will be relevant for the rest of our lives. The only reason it's relevant now is because of the nostalgia power it has for people that are now in their twenties with lots of disposable income.

It's going to be one of those things like The Beatles or Ghostbusters that will never totally go away as long as the generation is constantly looking to their youth, and for the vast majority of people that will only end in death.

>>9285464
That's just sad. I wish the nostalgia trend would go away

>>9285464
I think it will remain in history but it will be considered mediocre. Not bad, just ok if you aren't over 13-15 years old.

Said - orientalism

>>9285415
Alain Grosrichard --- The Sultan's Court: European Fantasies of the East

Is a god-tier lacanian analysis.

You don't. It's all trash

>>9285432
As good as it gets. /r/askphilosophy has many academic professionals and grad students contributing there, so any guide or highly voted answer you see on there is almost certainly of high quality.

>>9285512
Thanks desu

>>9285512
*tips*

>>9285337
The poem itself or the book?

>>9285362
Are you fucking retarded?

>>9285337
As far as /lit/ goes, I know it's a pretty contentious topic around here. One side thinks it's (intentionally) trash/mediocre, satirizing sterile American poetry like Frost, and the other thinks it's either straightforwardly good (the part with the daughter isn't overdone or overly sentimental, so it seems silly Nabokov would tack that onto a 'bad' poem) or even of a patronizing, ironic nature---'lemme write a good poem using all of the cliches and stylistic touches I loathe.'

I like it, though some parts are obviously poking fun.

>>9285331
who the hell is he?

>>9285351
Ben Brooks

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Luisa Geisler, brazilian.

Is it Owl Bear Cam Moo?

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I've got you, friendo.

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>>9285177
Here's a Cam Moo flowchart too, bud.

>>9285291
Go to bed Virgil.

>>9285291
Go to bed Roman values.

Read Birth of Tragedy by Nietzsche and all will become clear as to why Achilles is great.

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>>9285291
>homer was so ahead of his time, that he deconstructed what it means to be a hero through Achilles' bitchin' and moanin'
>somehow this is a bad thing
>Instead focus on herp derp generic muh honour Hector

>>9285196
Okay, asking somebody how long they believed in Santa Claus is so stupid, you can't even consider the topic suitable for idle conversation. But if you still wanna know how long I believed in some old fat guy who wears a funky red suit, I can tell you this: I've never believed in him, ever. The Santa that showed up at my kindergarten Christmas festival, I knew he was fake. And I never saw mommy kissing Santa or anything. But I have to say, that even as a little kid, I knew better than to believe in some old man that only worked one day a year. Now, having said that, it wasn't until I got older that I realized that aliens, time travelers, ghosts, monsters, espers, the evil syndicates and the anime/manga/fantasy flick heroes that fight said evil syndicates, were also fake. Okay, I guess I always knew those things were bogus, I just didn't wanna admit it. All I ever wanted was for an alien, time traveler, ghost, monster, esper, evil syndicate, or the hero that fought them to just appear and say "Hey". Unfortunately, reality is a hard road indeed. Yep, you gotta admit, the laws of physics definitely puts a damper on things. I even stopped watching those TV shows about aliens and ghosts and stuff. Aliens, time travelers, espers; of course they don't exist, but a little part of me wishes that they did. I guess I've grown up and realized I can think about those things and still accept reality. But by the time I got out of junior high, I pretty much outgrew that kind of stuff and I guess I got used to the idea of living in an ordinary world. Just like that, I was in high school...that's when I met her.

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>>9285210

I am thinking. Thoughts are in my head. I should feed the cat. I wonder what the cat is doing. I have a black cat. His name is Jerome. I like my cat. I get up and feed him. He likes his food. It's nice food. My cat is nice.

~ In the style of Hemingway. Wow, such clear and concise prose. Wew, so good.

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This might be my next one

>>9285154
About half way through Blood Meridian, not quite as captivating as I expected.

Next up is Jude the Obscure or Moby Dick

Atlas Shrugged if you want complex but not deep

I disagree with 90% of the politics in it but it was somehow actually enthralling to read. A lot of foreshadowing & science fiction-esque inventions. It read like a cheesy shounen anime, once I got used to the prose style.

Looks like an exhaustive take on each of these topics. No other reading required

I've read the Heidegger and Foucault books.
I would't bother with any more, you could probably find summaries of similar worth on youtube.

Dunno about this, but the Very Short Introduction series tends to be good. Depends on the author, of course, but they do seem to have some level of quality control

>>9285052
bump

>>9285052
I bought the social contract a while ago, haven't read it yet though

>>9285229
nice blog does it have an rss feed