Germanfags get in here. I'm interested in exploring German (language) modernism, and after some research have come up with this list (limiting myself mostly to pre WWII literature for now):
Leutnant Gustl – Schnitzler (1901)
Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge - Rilke(1910)
Der Zauberberg – Mann (1924)
Berlin Alexanderplatz – Döblin (1929)
Die Schlafwandler – Broch (1930-32)
Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften – Musil (1930-43)
Der Tod des Vergil – Broch (1945)
Doktor Faustus – Mann (1947)
Which of these works would you consider essential to modernism? Which are closest in style to the psychological realism of Joyce and Woolf? Did I miss anything (besides Kafka, I've read most of his works)?
Danke
Nothing is really similar to Joyce and Woolf because dude two world wars lmao. Definitely read Zauberberg and Rilke first, maybe some Paul Celan und Stefan George for fantastic modern poets. Read Musil later, he's probably one of the harder German authors. And, holy shit, don't go in with the Joyce-mentality expecting the same kind of obscurantism, his influence didn't reach Germany till the 70s, people had other shit to deal with.
>>8751528
Well, I'm not looking for Joyce's obscurantism. I'm wondering if any of these books delve into the minds of the characters like in Ulysses or Mrs. Dalloway. Thank you for your recommendations.
>>8751545
Thomas Mann is usually pretty ironic and detached, his characters are likable and well-defined but ultimately only serve as "puppets" for some kind of philosophical discourse about society. Especially in Der Zauberberg, expect him to just stop giving a shit about the characters after they have played their part. It's part of the appeal though.
Fantasy
>Beginner's Guide to Fantasy:
>https://i.imgur.com/fOGNfWK.jpg
>Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg
>General:
>https://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg
>Flowchart:
>https://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg
Science Fiction
>Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/IBs9KE8.jpg
>General:
>https://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg
>NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
>https://i.imgur.com/IJxTQBL.jpg
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I love Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy
Is Zelazny worth diving into?
>>8751125
good post
How did he get to be such an illustrious writer? Was it an innate ability that allowed him to write so well? I just can't comprehend how one man can be so-- brilliant?
You'll think I'm memeing but it's because of men like Dosto that I believe in the soul. Talent like that is God-given, bro.
>>8750798
>Talent like that is God-given, bro.
>>8750798
He didn't actually write any of his work. A former serf of his named Tyronius DeShaunalov Jamalovich wrote almost all of his work, but because he was black, he couldn't get published.
Literary confession thread
>>8750642
I shitpost on /lit/ every day and have never made a constructive post in my life because this board is just the best for shitposting
im sorry
>>8750642
I read the classics because I enjoy them (mostly).
>>8750652
Which ones didn't you enjoy?
Editions of books you want to buy but you already own a copy.
Dirty dumb pedo scum.
>>8749506
I agree, that cover is pretty hot.
As atheism becomes more common, what will fill the hole in the heart where religion used to be?
>>8748394
The truth.
And that's not atheism for sure
Atheists, at least on the Internet, love bringing up muh science whenever possible, despite being as incompetent at it as their opponents, so I guess that.
Nothing. We'll get more and more nihilism and apathy. We'll all be Nietzschean last men.
>read the Frankfurt School works
>read nothing that looks like a leftist art of war working through entryism, supporting mass immigration, identity politics and decadence to bring down western civilization
Where did this idea come from?
Why does /pol/ think that the Frankfurt School spawned "Cultural Marxism" despite being one of the most elitist leftist movements?
>>8748310
My guess is that they noticed it's mostly a bunch of Jews who analyzed (western) culture moreso than economics... And as such the conspiratorial wheel got turning.
Best books on Mao Zedong, as well as the Great Leap Forward?
Also history /lit/erature general, I suppose.
anything by William Hinton
>>8746369
First post, best post
>>8746343
Why did he kill himself?
>>8744073
The better question is why haven't you?
>>8744076
no u
>"Hmmm, how can I be remembered on /lit/?..."
What is your creative process?
What do you do when you feel less creative/how do you improve your creativity?
Where do you find inspiration?
I am trying to improve my creativity so I want to hear the perspectives of as many people as possible. You don't have to answer the specific questions above. I just want to coax a discussion about this general topic.
>>8741371
>What is your creative process?
Too vague. I have no routine; literally everything I do is my creative process. To be more helpful, though, I talk to strangers online and gain their trust over time before I pull apart their psyche and see what makes them tick. I re-frame the interesting traits and some flavor, and I build a character from them.
>What do you do when you feel less creative/how do you improve your creativity?
Fish oil. 5 grams a day of the shit. I find creativity is tethered to memory. It makes sense, in that creativity is just your ability to recall and synthesize ideas.
>Where do you find inspiration?
literally my diary desu.
I'll start.
Things that noticeably improve my creativity:
>Reading poetry
>Exercising
>Doing math problems
>Listening to different types of music and giving it a lot of focus.. doesn't work if I passively do it.
As for inspiration, lately I've been finding it everywhere. It's never really been like that for me. I graduated recently and started working a 9-5 white collar job. Working to make someone else rich is shitty and every time I think about it I get seriously inspired to get something going for myself like a business or whatever. I'm also much more interested in making music now than I ever was. I was in a band in college and we relied a lot on improv/jamming over a loose structure so songwriting was never a huge focus for us.Honestly as I'm typing this out I'm starting to realize school was always the thing putting out my spark. Now that I graduated, I really seem to be going through a personal renaissance.
I'm taking measures to capitalize more on my increased motivation/inspiration lately. I've started carrying a small notebook with me to jot down ideas when I get them. I also try to act as quickly as possible whenever I feel inspired.
Curious to hear what /lit/ has to say. I never browse this board.
>>8741371
It's a walk across a field. Landmarks that bring ideas are all around. Sadly, most of the time I have to stop to do things as I go and have ended up missing most of the sights that would have inspired. I want to kill capitalism. It robs us of some much of our precious time.
>>8739712
How much?
For $12 at a local library book sale at I picked up:
The Dharma Bums
The Hawkline Monster
The Dream of the Celt
The Executioner's Song
The Last of the Wine
and Middle C
I also manage to grab Mason and Dixon for $4 and Against the Day for $5 earlier in the year.
I don't understand why anyone would pay more in chain stores or online for the luxury of not having to scrub off sticker glue with nail polish remover.
>>8739721
Read Middle C it's really good and then I read every fiction book that Gass published. Before hearing about Middle C I tried reading The Tunnel once or twice and wasn't ready for it. When you're done with Middle C read The Tunnel and get comfy as fuck.
>>8739712
>Calvino
>Borges
>Edda
>Saga
I like your taste fella.
Why do people accept that genre writers like Lovecraft, Tolkien, and Hammett have literary value but not Jorge?
>>8757386
Because they have a different conception of literary value than you, presumably
>>8757389
No.
Lovecraft wasn't thought of highly in his time. Not sure but possibly the same with Tolkien - can't remember. Only when they died literary value was seen.
But since Jorge is actually already popular, maybe he will never be considered as high literature.
Because Lovecraft and Tolkien do write with skill whereas GRRM writes slushy prose on par with Stephen King?
Just a guess.
>tfw
>Black 15 year old Aki
dropped. Why would you even read the whole thing, rage about it, and post it on /lit/?
>>8756378
I can find things to trigger myself as well. Pic related, its a friend's book lost of goodreads.
My question is, why do you seek out thinks that outrage you? Clickbait makes me ill, why are some people drawn to it.
Clearly some confused dykey girl exists and would want to read this, and honestly you have a good chance of getting this published over other genre-crap about a hero NEET you might write, so why get mad about it.
>>8756442
nah I just find dumb shit roving the internet sometimes and post it here for laughs.
I just finished the complete works of Plato and Aristotle. Is there a point in reading more philosophy if my goal is to be a better, more happy person?
>>8756348
if you can't answer that yourself, might aswell stop there
>>8756348
>more happy person
go stem then
Are you happy?
el aleph by borges
62 Modelo para armar by cortazar
Baudrillard Simulation and Simulcra
>>8756300
Murakami is the japanese borges. check him out