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To those who have studied or are studying literature at degree level, what school of criticism does you and your school favour?
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"I like it"
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bardolatry
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>>8951877
I see, how does that affect their treatment of texts that aren't Shakespeare's?
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recommend some russian literature
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>>8951626
Doestoyevsky, Gogol, Pushkin, Tolstoy...
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>Trump and Putin tweet out Pepes
>these are the two most powerful military forces in the world by a long shot
We are doomed senpai
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>>8951642
mr. petersen discusses pepe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixc9i1G7eew
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/ssrg/ Short Story Reading Group: The Man Who Would Be King 2017-01-09 05:20:25 Post No.8951620
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/ssrg/ Short Story Reading Group: The Man Who Would Be King
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Welcome to the fourth story! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.
>The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
>14,298 words
>Reading time: 1 hour 12 minutes
>About the Author
http://docdro.id/b0gjdVT
>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12066544
Discussions start in this thread and will finish on Thursday. The next reading is The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (6,153 words). Discussion for it will run Friday through Sunday.
>ebook
https://mega.nz/#F!tVUyAAya!MhE3co1AQ3tXjLS-iX4CTw
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Would_Be_King
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8147
Pro tip: On the left side of Wikisource you can click "Download as EPUB" to download a well formatted epub.
>audiobook
https://archive.org/details/man_wwb_king_0810_librivox
>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Wall_Paper
>Many stories will be pulled from The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) which is $5 on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486447162/
Old threads:
>>8919723 The Death of Ivan Ilyich
>>8898002 Bartleby, the Scrivener - Melville
>>8889062 The Necklace - Maupassant
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>>8951620
Filtered, take this shit to reddit
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Let it die. The last thread was embarrassing and you have an ulterior motive with all the woman authors.
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>>8952193
We are following the book in OP's post. 3 out of the 20 stories in it are by female authors. As you are not actually participating, and seem to have no plans to participate, I'm afraid I must discount your opinion on the matter.
Is black literature good? What should I start with?
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>>8951581
The Invisible Man and the play "Fences."
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>>8951589
I read invisible man, it was ok. Is Song of Solomon better? I don't want to waste my time you know.
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>>8951590
I liked Fences a lot. Seeing it with James Earl Jones would be cool as fuck
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What does /lit/ think of audiobooks
Can they add to the reading experience or are they just for fags too lazy to even read?
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It's for the car
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for fags who read trash genre fiction, it's absolutely useless for any serious reading
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I think it's fine for most things. I wouldn't try to listen to war and peace or anything.
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English literature degrees 2017-01-09 04:19:01 Post No.8951382
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English literature degrees
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Why are Americans so shit at literature studies?
>Read up university syllabus of English literature degrees
>Postmodernism, postmodernism, and postmodernism
>Feminist theory
>Queer theory
>Asiatic and African comparative literature
>Postcolonialism
>One singular paper on just Shakespeare's tragedies
>Maybe one course on The Canterbury Tales (translated text)
>No mention at all of the metaphysical poets
>Nothing about the other medieval works
>Nothing substantial about Renaissance
>Doesn't even touch upon the Gothic novels
>No mention of the Mystery Plays
>Not even a hint of poesy as a conduit of truth
>Everything is at least modernist or later
>A fucking course on slam poetry and spoken word rubbish
Honestly do you guys even do proper literature?
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>studying English literature
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>>8951382
Oh shit, this is a GOOD thread.
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>>8951382
>Getting a degree in your antiquated hobby
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>punch book
>it turns into two smaller books
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>eat book
>now am book
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>read book
>book writes dissertation on me
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>>8951282
She's cute! What anime is she from?
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Simple shit, you gotta read to this before you can be considered a man
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>>8951280
>you gotta read 200 pages of awful prose to be a man
No
If topical relevance is all it takes to be considered a masterpiece, all those countless god awful politically charged drama shows on Shotime and NBC should be considered masterpieces as well.
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It's good. Try out 2084 too, they're kind of related.
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>>8951280
what should i read to it?
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Are writers the least appreciated of artists?
I feel like the visual arts get much more attention and appreciation because plebs and the pleb state of mind can't be bothered to be too invested in a piece for too long.
How many people will even congratulate you when you've written a piece? A handful at best. Make a painting or a music piece and loads will have noticed it and applauded your talent.
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>>8951181
the publishing industry exacerbates this. typically, your run of the mill reader is not trying to learn about or explore themselves but are instead looking for the same kind of entertainment that theyre used to but only through a different medium.
"literary fiction" authors typically have to work day-jobs, with obvious exceptions, while people like e.l. james are obvious hacks but live lives of luxury.
http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/authors/e-l-james-net-worth/
this shouldnt be surprising. the commodification of culture made this inevitable.
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>>8951167
A pretty painting can hang on your wall and give generations joy and pleasure timelessly.
There isnt the same immediacy of beauty with words, I cant hang a description of a landscape on my wall.
Also, language is most accessible, everyone operates and has a grasp of language, and thinks in words, etc, so there is a low entry barrier, where as visual arts requires physically displaying a skillful spiritual movement of heaven and earth
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>>8953141
>language is more accessible than the visual
not even close
plenty of people can barely read
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When exactly did French Philosophy go to shit?
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>>8951123
>When exactly did French Philosophy go to shit?
Descartes
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>>8951123
irigaray is pretty based and has triggered many feminists and queer theorists, she said that the heterosexual couple is the most creative couple and it really pissed off all of academia. she says shit like "women will never be taken seriously because they think of everything and nothing at the same time"
and she's rightly calling out sperg stemlords right there
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>>8951123
> calling out autistic bomb makers as virgin nerds
> A BLOO BLOO BLOO THE FRENCH ARE EVERYTHING THATS WRON-
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70 pages in. pretty lost. am i a pleb if i use moore's outline/character cast this soon? i mean im getting it in broad strokes - should i just hold off and ill get it as i go further on? i used his notes for recognitions, but was more for specific references - not because i was having trouble following.
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Reread
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>>8951112
yeah i figured this would be the answer. just not a short book.
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>>8951052
its overrated
look who paid for it
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Hi , /lit/! Future psychiatrist here , I just wanted to ask if there are any good books you've read about psychiatry , non-academic or academic , psychological books to ensure a better understanding of thoughts , etc.
I know this might belong to /wsr/ but I know you guys read a shitload and maybe you can give me some recommendations.
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My diary desu
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Anyone else , maybe more serious this time with an actual title of an actual good book written by an actual author ?
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>>8951019
The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra
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/comc/ Day 18 The Count of Monte Cristo Read-through 2017-01-09 01:22:19 Post No.8950981
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/comc/ Day 18 The Count of Monte Cristo Read-through
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Chapters 66 through 70
Welcome back. How did the catch up go?
This slow tormenting of Villefort and Danglars is very satisfying. I am especially enjoying Danglars being drained of his wealth. I want to know what will happen to Fernand!
>previous thread
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chart
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>>8950981
can you guys please use spoiler font in the OP so you dont rek the book for people who havent read it yet?
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>>8950997
Ah yeah sure. Will remember for next time.
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10 little niggers
>Oh no that's offensive
10 little Indians
>Oh fuck, we did it again
And then there were none
Does /lit/ support the idea that literature should fall under automatic artistic protection and that renaming shouldn't take place unless there is a significant content change?
Fun fact: TF1 in France just realised a three part series on the book called "10 little niggers" (Dix Petits Nè€gres) however none of the characters ever said the word "nigger".
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>>8950916
I don't really care in this case because it's pretty irrelevant to the plot.
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>>8951368
>implying a book whose plot focuses on ten little niggers could be bad in any way, shape, or form and that it should be renamed because the title is relevant to the story
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What did you fellas catch by the toe when you were eeny meeny miny moing in the playground?
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Where can I find reading clubs like the ones on /lit/?
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>>8950850
meetup
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>>8950938
I don't really want to interact with people in real life
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Writing clubs > reading clubs