Archived threads in /lit/ - Literature - 3255. page

>>8322672
>not reading it off the tablets in akkadian

I prefer The Epic of Girugamesh haha

>>8322696
And Homer!

>belief in an objective world that really exists.
>belief in a mind-independent world

>traditional ontology
>correspondence theory of truth
>>>>>>>REALLISSSM?

>>8322670
i believe in solipsism.
I. AM. A. GOD.


said my ex-gf.
i broke up with her instantly.

Meditations

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>>8322656
>strong men
Start with the Greeks

>>8322661
That's more self-relating. I don't want that

>>8322650
>black guy
Dropped
>leftist theory

Fuck off back to tumblr

We're redpilled here

/thread

I think he's ok. He's good if you have no idea what you're supposed to be getting out of a book. If you're the sort of person who says things like "I didn't really relate to the characters and I thought the plot was a bit slow and boring," then you will get good insights out of him. He's a worthwhile listen to get started on analysing a book but he shouldn't be your only source.

>>8322662
(You)

>>8322642
What's the book of the 20s?

>The 00's have Mason & Dixon
>The 10's have Bleeding Edge

It seems that the best book of each decade of the 21st century so far was written by Pynchon. Are authors who write by other names even trying?

>>8322704
M&D was released in the 90s you stupid poser

>>8322636
I took a college class that studied the book in-depth.

There's an incredible amount of depth

>>8322685
This thread is about how dumb women and 'normies' are REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

They will never be as good as us hehe

>oh you read?
>You should talk to _____ he's a big reader!
> Go to party
> Meet _____
>Tell him what you read!
> I don't read that much
>Don't say that, tell him
> Uhh, I read Fahrenheit 451. I liked the ending. You read it?
> Yeah. I guess in highschool you're either a catcher or a Fahrenheit guy yaknow? I was always a catcher guy...
> Haha yeah . . .
>Gonna get another beer
> Cool
>* Hide copy of cantos I brought just in case*
>Make mental note to hate myself extra after I get drunk at this party

>>8322624
This is such an awful post, everything about is just awful. Please delete it

>>8322624
How old are you? Twenty what?

>>8322629
21

i thought it was supposed to be hilarious, and it was

>>8322613
Non slavs that claim to understand this books humor are probably lying, to be honest with you friend

>>8322618
It has plenty of jokes anyone can understand.
Anyways, no, mate, it's not a depressing book, not in the traditional sense. For some people, the insipidity of human society in the book can be upsetting.

>>8322536
>Getting into beat and hippie counterculture

Kill yourself, degenerate untermensch.

Electric Kool-aid is boring for what it is but for some reason the book stuck to me. Read some Hunter S. Thompson too.

>>8322549
W-what

Because you get a visual stimulation.

I think the idea that if you read proper literature all other forms of entertainment or artistic experience will seem futile to you is a stereotype people have and a few precocious young people try to live up to.

Most books /lit/ memes about arent actually good. Theyre just poor philosophical/wank essays disguised as fiction

Inb4 that retard who says plot dosent matter and all there is to fiction is wanking over how the prose sounds ( kys if you think this)

But what impulse are your distractions satisfying if, lonely as you are, you probably don't have anyone to talk to online? Like, what gratification are you getting from the internet that you wouldn't get from a book?

>>8322562
like i said, i don't know how to properly appreciate a book i guess.

a book, to me, requires more dedication. while i'm in interstitial spaces, it becomes very hard to continue, i guess, whereas you can essentially go on the internet or to television to get a much easier form of entertainment.

i guess i just need to work on it more.

What have you read prior to this? If it's nothing but fantasy and YA you might want to start low.

I'd suggest reading something like Moby Dick if you want a moderate challenge.

Money - Martin Amis

My diary desu senpai

Human ennui and alienation haven't really fundamentally changed in nature since ancient times.

What has changed is the maladaptive coping mechanisms people tend to adopt; but even then the differences are only superficial.

Don Quixote is essentially his time's equivalent to a Neet with a WOW addiction.

>>8322437
go post this shit in /his/

Pls respond

>>8322428
Duolingo
Other than that keep shitposting here and everywhere you can. Inmerssion is the best way to learn any language. Start watching and listening to stuff in english. Is ez.

>>8323301
Stop pushing the immersion meme. It helps, yes, but it should be a learning aide, not what one entirely relies on. If you don't know the way sentences should be constructed then you're going to have a bad time.

>>8322420
It goes without saying that Oxford is always preferable to penguin, but I can't speak for this specific translation.

>>8322429
the oxford edition doesn't include elegies is that important?

pls