What does /lit/ think of the classics book tag?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRduTY5EWkk
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>>7800752
...what?
>>7800752
I like qt booktubers. But they're mostly ignorant plebs who read books because "Uh, I am so nerdy XD".
>>7800752
99% of booktubes ape shity plebs and shills
I reckon you guys are here, to a part at least, not completely American. So what do you hold of this here map of world's best books with one for each and every country in the world? Has yours been represented well?
ideas.ted.com/your-guide-to-reading-the-world/
>>7800596
not france
The map doesn't seem to understand that England, Scotland and Wales are separate countries or that it's inappropriate to use a book set in Wales, by a Welsh person, to represent England. I've also never heard of the book or author.
The whole idea is absurd, nobody has time to read enough books written in all 196 countries to have any grounding to say which best represents that country, or the best of its literature.
>Ireland
>Ulysses
bet she listens to U2 as well. awful
Who else prefers Levin's story to Anna's?
Also what do you think of the casting for him?
>>7800595
that is the way tolstoy irl has asked his wife's hand
>>7800595
the casting was bad: Levin is described as robust and strong, and the actor, altough he is tall, is quite thin and has a face that expresses something of a fragile levity.
Check out "War and Peace" adaptation by the BBC. Great casting. Sticks to the book nicely. It rushes through the book a bit I must admit.
How much research do you guys do for your own writing? The writer of the Justice League movie said that he might not write part 2 because the amount of research he had to do for each character was exhausting.
I kind of feel like a lazy writer for not doing research. All that I write has always come from the gut. Do you think research makes you a better writer?
>>7800311
some research is needed to reassure the reader you know what you're talking about. research can be helpful to a writer to discover details he/she may be unfamiliar with, but it really depends on how the research is applied in the narrative.
to be frank, i distrust any writer who blatantly says he/she does not do any research when writing fiction. it tells me he/she is lazy and does not take the craft seriously. if he/she does not, then why should i pay any attention to his/her writing?
mind you, writing from the gut, as you say, is not a negative quality, per se. however, i'd say do so for the first draft. for the second, research the topic/subject you wrote about and edit accordingly. trust me, research never hurts.
>>7800311
Absolutely tons. And it is fucking exhausting. If you do any research, you quickly find even minute topics have whole fields dedicated to them, with intricate details.
>>7800311
All he would have to to is read shitloads of comic books and a few Wikipedia articles. If he finds the idea of that "exhausting" and not entertaining, then he probably shouldn't be directing a superhero movie.
should i read or watch Waiting For Godot? Is this a good version?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wifcyo64n-w
Do you guys think Godot is... God?!
>>7800284
when you read a book, you construct the characters and setting with a mental image in your mind due to your imagination.
when you watch a movie, it's all done for you beforehand. as such, you are getting someone else's interpretation.
as such, i would read it first, then watch the film.
>>7800310
yes.
Reading group for pic?
I've just started and would really like a cohort to bounce ideas / questions off; I don't want to have that nagging sense that I'm missing things. It shall be fun.
> we read 30 pages a day
> post thoughts and questions on here
? yeah ?
>30 pages a day of ulysses
>on /lit/
son i appreciate your enthusiasm but i don't think you quite understand just how little this board actually reads
how about Harry Potter?
So, he basically just uses Derrida's idea of ambivalanece to deconstruct the politics of identity, right, applying it to the framework of postcolonial studies?
Article from Location of Culture: http://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/Bhabha-LocationofCulture-chaps.pdf
why the fuck would u assume we know who this faggot is?
explain a little dumbass
Looks interesting enough. Would prefer him more as a political theorist to be honest.
>>7800149
This is why engineers make more money.
I'm just curious what /lit/s opinion of tolkien is
are you mega hipsters like /mu/?
thoughts on life of pi by dostoevsky?
>>7800083
My favorite in the Harry potter series
>>7800072
tolkien wrote good children's books, that's all there is to it desu senpai
So... I implore you to bear with me here /lit/. Of the books on my reading list I thought I'd give Lolita a go, however I was very tired, and thought I'd watch the 1887 movie first, having been directed by Kubrik and being a fan of Mr. Irons. I've just finished watching the movie and I am left... Bewildered and bereft. What concerns me is that I don't exactly know why. The ending was bizzare to say the least but it wasn't the most shocking film I'd ever seen by any means. Why am I left hurt? I don't understand. What I mean is why this movie, of any to do this to me?
I am interested in the portrayal of these characters, is the book any different from the story presented to us in the movie?
Also Humbert repeatedly tells us how much he loved the girl, but did he really? Or was he in love (obsessed) with the idea of her? Not the she was a child obviously, though I understand that is a major theme but what she ultimately represented?
Why was he so obsessed with her?
Hold me, /lit/,
Read the book or go fuck yourself, asshole.
>>7799418
>Why was he so obsessed with her?
the younger they are, the better the pussy is
let me tell you how this is gonna work from here on out kid:
either say something intellignt or shut the fuck up
Hey, /lit/ let's talk languages. What languages do you know? How do you know them? Then post the shit out of any and all online resources you have
>Languages I know:
English, German, half way fluent in reading french
>How?
German from moving to the country (study abroad)
English cus born here
>Resources
Duolingo, dict.cc for dictionary in german and leo.de for pronunciation in German when it gets doubtful. Honestly, I also absolutely love the Der Spiegel for keeping my German sharp.
>>7799005
I know of most languages.
I only speak Danish, German, English, and a bit of Swedish and Norwegian, though.
>how
Scandinavian faggot. Was taught German and English in school
>>7799014
I agree with the redirect but you need to remember that learning languages to read literature is a different process from learning them holistically. That's why I'm posting on here.
What are some books similar to pic related?
pic related
>>7798917
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me
>>7799530
This is a much better book. Highly recommended.
Not really similar beyond the counterculture thing, but go for it anyhow.
We have a chatspot where we can talk about books and writing and stuff. Listen to bartok and cetera
at tinychat / 4chanlit
>>7797929
we have some good convos going
I'd go in, but I really can't participate. It induces an accelerated feeling of this place, usually, where if I don't pay full attention, I might miss some profound beautiful moment, and I really can't have that kinda anxiety in my life, so I disregard the whole thing.
The chat has an amazing legacy. Its like a train that keeps moving on through anything
What are some big controversies in literature?
Shakespeare in general has divided many people on many topics. Whether he was a catholic, whether he was gay, etc.
these issues have mostly dissolved into the SJW generation insisting no/yes and the scholars saying yes/no, though. spoiler: the older interpretations have much better grounding
Entertainment v. Aesthetics
Politics v. Aesthetics
>>7797908
I'm looking for some a little more obscure ones than Shakespeare! Any ideas?
This man doesn't want you to enjoy things and in only words you're fucking stupid.
>>7797477
*in other words
Fucking phone
I already can't enjoy anything.
>>7797477
Jazz fan detected
>Joyce said that the ideal reader of the Wake would suffer from "ideal insomnia" and, on completing the book, would turn to page one and start again, and so on in an endless cycle of reading.
Has anyone ever attempted multiple readings of Finnegans Wake in one sitting?
What would you do to survive this 100 hour+ endeavour?
>>7797257
>Has anyone ever attempted multiple readings of Finnegans Wake in one sitting?
Jesus Christ
Is The Entertainment just Finnegans Wake: The Movie?
>>7797257
in that pic you can see the fart spectrum all around his head