Ill just leave this here
Heh. Nice meme kiddo. But realz beat feelz every time.
>>9085134
Are you "red pilled" my man?
>>9085134
>atomic facts are 'really how it is'
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THIS SITE JUST GOT A LOT MORE HARDCORE
>Hey everyone look at what I am reading. See how cultured and intelligent I am. This is totally not self-aggrandizing in any way.
>>9096313
Yes, Robinson Crusoe, truly the grail of the cultured and intelligent.
>>9096319
Yes.
I read Bolano's savage detectives and it sparked my interest for infrarealism movement (a small part of mexican avantgarda) and I can't stop reading about it. Savage detectives is about infrarealism after all.
However, I don't speak spanish and english resources on the web are very limited (Papasquiaro's Advice from 1 Marx disciple to 1 Heidegger fanatic and Papasquiaro and Bolano manifestos). Anybody knows any articles, poems, whatever about infrarealismo or from it in english? For example Anaya's infrarealist manifesto?
I already read all Bolano's published novels and some short stories, but that was neither poetry nor infrarealism.
Bolano's infrarealist manifesto:
http://altarpiece.blogspot.si/2009/06/first-infrarealist-manifesto-english.html
Papasquiaro's manifesto: http://altarpiece.blogspot.si/2013/04/infrarealist-manifesto-mario-santiago.html
Some Bolano's poems:
http://bombmagazine.org/article/4864/16-poems
Also Infrarealism discussion thread.
>>9095948
Reading about it in the spanish wikipedia, and yeah, looks like The Savage Detectives is detailing this shit:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrarrealismo
Bunch of pretentious, retarded, marxist faggots with fuck all talent for anything but self-fellating alright. Though then again, that applies to pretty much all postmodernism.
Anyway, try to see if you can understand the spanish wikipedia version. If you are having issues with any section, paste a paragraph and I'll translate it for you.
>>9096019
I am google translating through it right now. I would kill for translation of Anaya manifesto though, I can't even find the original.
Well yeah, but they aren't as self-fellating as joyce. I guess infrarealism is like a stoned shizophreniac dream, yet not without symbolism and substance.
>>9096055
Here's Anaya's manifesto in spanish.
http://circulodepoesia.com/2013/08/jose-vicente-anaya-manifiesto-infrarrealista-de-1975/
... I guess, sure. I can translate it. Give me half an hour or so. Though just by glancing over it, man, am I cringing. But yeah, translating. Be back soon.
Where to start with Vladimir Nabokov, /lit/?
(Bonus points if you don't include Lolita.)
Nabokov isn't hard, why would you want a guide you idiot?
Why do you not want Lolita included? Are you too cool for books that are well-known?
I'm not giving you a recommendation because you seem like a faggot
Pnin
starting with OC
template
So basically this is Canadian / Quebec Pynchon. No one has ever seen him, there are no photos of him etc. He writes more lyric/profound/melancholic stuff about childhood, innocence etc. No irony.
Thought he would be an interesting choice for you.
Cheers mates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9jean_Ducharme
>>9094242
are there english translations of his work?
>>9094256
L'Avalée des avalés - 1966 (translated into English by Barbara Bray as The Swallower Swallowed)
>>9094242
That's a stupid name.
We need a comfy Moomin thread. Who's your favorite character, /lit/?
From what I understand Moomins are some kind of Finnish "meme." I'd like to know more but you're going to have to explain it to me. Is it related to "Return the slab"?
Snufkin's got it all figured out
>>9093879
Hmm, Moomins are characters created by Tove Jansson, Finnish author. She wrote short stories, comics and there is an animated series (also some movies). Although Moomin stories are for kids, many adults like them because they are very deep and comfy. I used to watch the anime when I was a kid and found the stories and comics just some years ago, since then I've tried to find all Tove Jansson books (not only the moomin series, she wrote novels for adults that are pretty good). Give them a try, anon. I suggest starting with Tales from Moominvalley.
Will anyone be able to replace Chomsky?
Who give a shit?
>wanting to be the next whatever
Be the first instead, faggot.
>>9093630
>implying we can replace God
top kek
Who wants to replace Normie Chumpsky?
I am very interested in rules for writing. I am seeking materials in which the author shares his perspective on what constitutes good writing, material that could be categorized into the same genre as Nietzsche's advice to Salome, George Orwell's 'Politics and the English Language, and Ezra Pound's 'A Few Don'ts by an Imagiste'.
Any recommendations? Preferably essays and lists.
(I'm tackling Strunk and White next, but I already know they will disappoint).
Referenced above:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/08/08/nietzsches-10-rules-for-writers/
http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/detail/58900
>>9093427
Matters of grammar and syntax also fall into this request. Things of such a nature as 'never end on a preposition', or that 'however' ought to be postpositive.
https://curiosityquills.com/limyaael/
Ive always been told to keep my imagination "short" and have always found that to improve my writing for what its worth.
What does /lit/ think?
https://medium.com/@valkyrie8411/harvard-top-100-b5229780af40
>>9093344
>In early 2010 Harvard Book Store employees
Why should I care about what their favorite books are? Because they like female authors?
omg im so triggered. Pepe does not approve!!!
>>9093344
>NO EUGENE ONEGIN
>DROPPED
>>9093344
It's 50% basic bitch NPRcore suburban literature, 20% neckebeard redditor nerdslop but there are a few good books in there
>indogermanic languages are the foundation of western civilization
>indogermanic
>germanic
Why are you not starting to learn german RIGHT NOW, /lit/?
>>9093273
I've been studying German for 5 years now.
Can someone recommend me good novels written in German?
>>9093273
im a fucking fan of hitler. he was based and redpilled as fuck
Ich spreche auch ein bisschen Deutsch
Germanys contributions to the western civilization:
>communism
>fascism
>millions upon millions of the dead, industries destroyed, progress halted
>philosophers that teenagers like
Thank you Germany!
>When you find out a philosopher already formulated and wrote down all of your ideas 375 years ago
>>9092918
meditations on first philosophy?
>>9092918
FeelsBadMan
>>9092980
No. That's shit.
i bought a copy of this fr less than a dollar today but now seeing it's written in 1954 i'm worried it's outdated. does anyone know if this is useful information or will it just cloud my thoughts with out dated ideas?
>>9092707
Read the Routledge one
>>9092707
read the primary source, draw your own consequences. secondary will go down as some fuck misinterpreting the primal text anyways.
>>9092707
Developmental psychology is basically philosophy
It's hard to outdated or disprove anything
Freud is still taught in psych classes
Who is he taking about?
Pinching
Joyce.
>>9091847
This. Finnegans Wake was the original shitpost.
Just admit that you love me, /lit/
>>9091714
I'm sure most people here went through a sci-fi phase, and this is likely a lot of people's favorites. It's definitely mine. There's a general thread for this, though.
'Love' is a strong phrase. We're definitely friends though!
>>9091714
i've tried twice to finish this book and it's ok but i just have no desire to see it through to the end plus a sequel