how the FUCK do I write good lit essays?
Just read more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgMOrdfDUYU
do a lit degree?
>tfw no idea how to live day to day and moment to moment or in the longer term
>tfw completely adrift in a sea of heuristics, self-help, wisdom, psychology, pop-psychology, evolutionary biology, conventional wisdom, folk wisdom, historical examples, philosophies, religions, canons, schools of thought, anecdotes, and ideologies
>tfw if I simply follow my own way then people will abuse me ("Read that book / learn that subject or you're dumb!") and maybe I'll be cucked by advertising
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>>9169512
What do you love to do, anon? Is it something that is good or helpful for other people in a deep way, that makes you feel more like yourself, like your life has a positive trajectory or horizon?
Is something preventing you from doing it?
What?
What could you do that would move you closer to that thing that you love to do?
>>9169512
>if I follow my own way then people will abuse me
If you believe, as you have said, that "your own way" consists in being abused, then that is exactly what will happen.
Your own way is only your own. If you fall into the trap of allowing yourself (YOU must ALLOW it to happen!) to be ordered, or advertised, or taught, you are still on your own way, you've just put a sleeping mask over your eyes as you walk down the street.
You're afraid of your weakness. This is your weakness! Once you own it, and realize it, it ceases to be a weakness and becomes a mere quality.
What are the essential books about modernism and postmodernism?
>>9169480
Jameson's work "Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism," is really a foundational text, even if you don't buy his marxist bs.
It's also probably the most annoying work I've ever had to read, the guy really knows how to dance around his points.
But yeah pretty much sums up Postmodernism bretty gud
>>9169488
reported
There is no denying Mcelroy is a genious. I just finished this and it was one of the most FUN books I have ever read. It was intensely personal and nail bittingly intense. besides the story of Cy in doms apartment and his memories, there are other factors at work, scientific and mathematical factors. these can be totally overlooked but if you pay attention they reveal a mastery of writing that I haven't seen in many authors. he breaks down 30 seconds of time into a 30 word paragraph. things like that could be totally missed without effecting the story. but for those willing to look it's incredibly rewarding. I couldn't put this book down because I wanted to know if Cy would get caught. that hooks you from the beginning and never let's up and you actually get a satisfying conclusion (unlike bullshit like infinite jest). this was my first Mcelroy because I see someone meme about him a lot these days. and the fucking guy is right. McElroy is good. pick up one of his books. anyone who says he's a hack can suck a dick and fight with me here.
>>9169475
So it's a good start, is what you're saying. People here have been recommending I start with his short stories but I kinda want to start with a novel, albeit a shorter one.
>>9169475
i'd like to read his smuggler's bible, but i'm broke atm
>>9169838
I'm not sure because it's the first one I've read. but anyone saying he isn't worth reading is wrong. that I can say for sure. I felt the same way I felt after reading the recognitions, "damn this guy is really good at writing and is very smart".
So /lit/, I have to read a psychology book for my class, are there any books on this subject that aren't pleb tier(non-fiction only)?
I know a few. Tell me what you would want to read about.
I would recommend Scott Barry Kaufman, Steven Pinker and Daniel Kahneman.
>not reading Maps of Meaning
>>9168938
>and Freudian and Jungian approaches to mythology and narrative, Maps of Meaning presents a rich theory that makes the wisdom and meaning of myth accessible to the critical modern mind.
How embarrassing
Stories that made you say "Nope. Not tonight. Maybe in the daytime."
I don't remember when I was seven years old, sorry
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What do you think of this?
>>9168855
I don't
Looking more for non fiction
>>9168838
ready player one
Sure, there's an entire branch of media studies devoted to video game scholarship
If you can stand being laughed at in private, ask your librarian about it
>>9168838
The Art of Game Design by Jesse Shell
Imagine knowing B2 of english, french and german. You can read a lot of books in different languages. Do you think this is pointless since it can be translated by some one else? Anyone here achieved this?
you learn languages at a university, you dumkopf
>>9168831
Anyone here achieved what?
Being trilingual? That's high school shit m8
>>9168831
Well the main trouble with translations is encountered when you read something translated from a rare language. I wonder if the explanation is as following : there's less translators, so there's less *good* translators. Could it be as simple ?
I mean if you read english translations from french or german or spanish, quite often you'll find very good ones. If you're looking for a good translation from finnish or something, it may be harder.
Conclusion - sadly enough I'm not too sure if it's so useful to know the most widely used languages.
Anybody know where I can buy an English copy of the novel "Suicide" by Edouard Leve?
Anyone have a PDF?
I have the PDF.
>>9168649
this post made me laugh
What makes a funny novel funny? What are your do's and dont's of comedy writing, /lit/?
>>9168570
I like infinite meme because of the way it presents itself as if it is not a comedy, but it is. I also only have an iq of 83 and my doctors give me medicine for my seizures and autism.
>>9168570
The harder it tries to funny, the less it funnies. That's why Infinite Jest tops keks.
>>9168570
Tragedies that fail to be tragic tend to be really funny desu
>married a Jew
>dies of stomach cancer
I'm assuming it's just pure coincidence.
>>9168379
> stomach cancer
> implying the unfathomable chaos abomination within Lovecraft's bowels can be reduced to a scientific label
>>9168423
>The groaning sounds my stomach made were like an unspeakable daemon chant
Can we talk about this masterpiece? I consider it an ideology shifting book. I also feel that the epilogue is completley misread as a come to Jesus moment rather than what it is, Raskolnokav finally putting his theory to bed and putting his faith in something outside himself. Not necessarily God but faith that Sonia does love him and will be waiting for him after seven years. Important to note that while he does keep the Gospel under his pillow, he doesn't read them. He does it in hope that her faith or some part of her striving will carry over to him
i would argue that raskolnikov fails to place his faith outside himself and that him not reading the bible is evidence of that. raskolinokov is not redeemed even if it's made to look that way
i would argue that but i don't really care enough to argue about dostoevsky and i haven't read crime and punishment in like 6 years
The great change happened when Raskolnikov admitted his sin.
As Dostoevsky himself writes, coming to terms with other people and finding faith afterwards is another story.
The book has an assumption of inherent Christian morality and that's why I couldn't agree with its message
Has anyone read this one?
It looks enchanting!
>>9167875
>snow queen
please don't tell me this is another frozen/narnia ripoff. Hans Christian Anderson was a mistake
>>9167875
YEAH ITS GREAT!!!
Better than any of this 'Joyce' and 'Cervantes' bullshit!!
>>9167875
No, but it puts me in mind of Mark Helprin-- any similarity?
Why are Generation X authors so terrible? It's like everything is filtered through the lens of sentimentalized nostalgia that always worms back into some self-congratulatory epiphany.
>>9167752
don't worry
I'll fix everything with my work
>>9167752
Gen X created Millennials.
That's enough reason to throw them all in gas chambers.