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What books will have this effect on me?
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The mummy novelizations.
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To the Lighthouse for sure.
Lost Illusions by Balzac.
David Copperfield.
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The Diary of Michael Arnold
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Why is the English curriculum so awful in American public schools?
>half the books assigned are pleb Y/A novels
>even when something good is assigned, it's taught like shit
>most of the projects are "Draw a scene from a book" or some muh feels bullshit about your favorite memories
>all the teachers are obnoxious, overly-emotional women
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stealing this pepe
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It turns out the educational process is almost an impossible science and anything but perfect. The only solution I can think of would be to allocate more class time for English.
Our homework/busywork system is also pretty wretched, and eats up SO much time.
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>senior year
>English teacher tells us we have a big end of the year project and it's worth a lot of points
>assignment: make a fucking scrapbook
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How does one go about reading this book?
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Look at the words. Turn the page when they run out.
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>>8101789
start with the greeks my diary desu meme meme meme MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
>>>/reddit/
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You don't.
See: your filename
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what are some good /lit/ tier websites? as much as we all love this place and 4chan in general, there's a big internet out there. seems like a waste to limit all the time we spend on it to a single web community.
so where else to you go for a /lit/ related web experience? preferably sites explicitly focused on literature or philosophy, but anything you find intellectually or aesthetically stimulating will do.
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Reddit.
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>>8101726
what are the best subreddits?
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>>8102081
r/philosophy and r/books
It's like /lit/ but shitposts and memes are filtered to the bottom.
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Tips on conquering this behemoth, lit?
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>>8101654
Yes, don't read trash.
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>>8101654
maybe
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>>8101670
Kys
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>Genre fiction, also known as popular fiction, is plot-driven fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre, in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre
>plot-driven
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What are character driven stories called?
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>>8101561
Go back to /r9k/, dumb frogposter
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Literature
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>>8101585
Only if you answer my question.
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ITT: books that made you autistic
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all of them, all books are for and by autistic people
literature is essentially a bunch of nerds rambling to each across the centuries while normal people actually lead productive lives and have sex
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>>8101559
You've never met an adult.
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>>8101559
>normal people actually lead productive lives and have sex
no they don't
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Where to start with Alexandre Dumas? Count of Monte Cristo?
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>>8101531
It's not mentioned in Bloom's Western Canon for a reason.
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>>8101544
Bloom's myopic white-privilege lens has no bearing on the quality, reception and appreciation of Dumas' works.
Bloom is not the final authority on literature. Freud is out-dated and wrong.
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Why do so many books seem self indulgent, even ones I like? I think the fortress of solitude was a vehicle for the author to peddle his childhood memoirs rather than an attempt to write a novel. It's a particularly annoying book due to this reason.
Are there any novels that combine fiction with either non fictional discussions, almost easy style? It seems like any straight up novel has to either be an enjoyable page turner with literally zero patrician cred or philosophical ruminations about the unknowable nothingness of blabla.
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you're going to have to get over the fact that artists are a lil narcissistic
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Why do so many books seem anthro-centric, even ones I like? I think the fortress of solitude was a vehicle for the author to peddle his experience of being human rather than an attempt to write a novel. It's a particularly annoying book due to this reason.
I am French Canadian and I resent the way DFW has depicted us in his novel <<Infinite Jest>>. Do not read this bouquin.
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>>8101391
>reading meme books
white upper-middle class college undergrad cuck detected
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can someone explain the whole french people America thing from this book. I didn't get it
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youre not a frog-canadian if you use the word bouquin
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>when he says he's a Marxist and he hasn't read Hegel
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>>8101367
Go back to /r9k/, frog shit
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>>8101375
/r9k/ is welcome here. They have improved the board.
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>>8101378
>Elliot Rodger threads
>'Why can't women understand literature?' and 'has a woman ever written a masterpiece'? threads
Yeah, it's been great
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What's some good pro-capitalist literature?
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>>8101284
I think you misunderstood the work and have not read about the author anon.
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you will love this one.
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>>8101288
100% its a shitpost
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Whaddya nerds think of pic related? I quite enjoyed it.
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>>8101280
That blurb on the front isn't doing it any favors.
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That mask has them sweet Elliot Rodger lips, mm mm mmmmm, better get this one.
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>>8101317
The other cover art isn't nearly as good
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Hey /lit/, I'm a high school teacher who has assigned my kids (advanced, talented and gifted) Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. I have to give a final on it, and am at a loss for thought provoking essay topic. Any ideas for a question that would be difficult, yet rewarding?
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Do any of your hot female students ever wear really revealing clothes in hot weather?
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>>8101223
what a stupid lie
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>>8101230
It's the truth unfortunately. I teach in New York state near the finger lakes. It's a pretty horrible job, but once in a while there are students who make it worthwhile.
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What is the correct way of reading Ovid's Metamorphoses? Should I consult secondary sources whilst reading?
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>>8101155
Well, in Latin, for one.
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I mean, are you analyzing them or reading them?
Read Homer and The Aeneid and you're good to go senpai
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Just read it. It's just a compilation of stories and myths, not Ulysses.