>bzz fzz toodlee doo swivvel manxurio b'gronko muhbubbawubba dingdong brakko brixo
What did he mean by this?
Ulysses is one of the most perfect books ever written, in terms of pure language, so it only makes sense that Joyce would follow that up with a relentless, ridiculous attack on/celebration of language
>>7698289
BZZZZZ FZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
>not understanding the reference to early sumerian clay tablets
Alright /lit/ I've been hanging around here for some time, and you shitheads have very extended knowledge of history of philosophy even though most of the philosophy you follow is for little whining girls.
Whatever, I don't have the time and energy to start with the Greeks and read many fucking books. I started reading from SEP (yeah stop bitching) and thinking of reading every motherfucking philosopher and then start over to read the books to comprehend and stop being a pleb.
Can you give write down a list of philosophers that I should read, starting from ugly bitch Socrates or whoever?
Sincerely yours.
>extended knowledge
u got that rihgt
>>7698225
There's a project for what you want. But you're being too much of a faggot for me to want to help you further.
>>7698225
Project aforementioned (I believe):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8_RRaZW5X3xwztjZ4p0XeRplqebYwpmuNNpaN_TkgM/pub
and stop the faggotry.
If you read 1984 and realise that IngSoc are the good guys then it means you've finally matured.
>>7698215
If you think the phrase "the good guys" means anything, you definitely haven't matured.
i realized that a long time ago bro, winston is basically like some middle class jackass who becomes an isis sympathizer after seeing videos of jihadi john or whatever on the news every night, but luckily the authorities pinch him before he can kill anyone
>evil dystopian conspiracy secretly running society
>protagonist confronts the leader of the conspiracy
>realises they're right
My favourite twist.
I'm looking for gritty, depressing poetry. Much in the style of the beats, mainly the raw aspect of it.
>>7698213
Facebook or Twitter because literally all contemporary "poetry" by retards who don't know anything about poetry is loosely modeled off things like that.
>>7698216
I was looking for actually recognized movements.
>>7698229
visceral realism sounds like what you're looking for
start with ceasara tinjero then move on to piel divina, angelica font, and ulises lima
Is Obama's memoir worth reading?
I've heard good things from those I respect. I read parts of it over shoulder. Give it a shot.
>>7698204
wait till His memoir drops
Obama is a gerrymandering figurehead. He was selected to MUH BLACK VOTE the Democrats into the White House because he's a relatively articulate black man. Otherwise there is literally nothing else about him that is remotely noteworthy on any level whatsoever. He might as well be a cardboard cut-out and that book might as well just be 500 pictures of black people giving thumbs up at the cardboard.
what does luzhin have to gain from marrying dunya?
dunya bizness
he wants to fuck her
dunya wanna check muh dubs?
What are some cliche writing tricks that never get old?
Using contrasting words. For example, Nietzsche:
>This little work is a great declaration of war
'little' and 'great'. Cliche, but still appreciated by the reader.
I mean tricks that never go out of fashion. You can't wear happy pants anymore, but tan chinos will be fine for all time.
well, if contrast does that much for you, you might want to sit down before you hit litotes.
>cliche
i'm not sure you know what it means, so maybe strap yourself in for that one.
A friend and I have been arguing about the best way to describe a character.
My friend says one should point out the major characteristics to provide a framework for the imagination to work within. Describing only bare details will simply leave a confused mental image.
I personally think, you guessed it, the opposite. I'd rather the character's context and environment helps me figure out their aesthetic. The details I'd want to be told, maybe one or two, would only be the ones that tell me something about their character or that are important to the narrative.
So, /lit/
What's your opinion on describing a character?
Pic unrelated, its hard to find /lit/ related imagery.
>>7698113
Depends on the effect you are trying to achieve
Brevity of description and intention of description elicit different responses in the reader
Fuck off, you genre fiction pleb, descriptions of a character should be used only so much as to establish, or consolidate, a thematic context.
>>7698141
So you agree with OP then. Okay.
Can't stop thinking about this book I read when I was probably like 9-12 years old in the school library. Driving me insane how I can't find anything about it on google
It was about a kid (really young, probably 8-12) living alone in the city because his mom walked out on him but told him he'd be back. He starts eating from the garbage of his neighbor because his neighbor's kid wouldn't eat anything but french fries. Then he goes on to live out in the city and meets homeless people or some shit.
My brain remembers the name as 'Concrete jungle' but no book bearing the description of what I typed earlier shows up.
Can someone help me?
BTW born in '92/elementary-middle schools generally only stocked children/young adult lit, so maybe that'll let you know the time frame and genre of the book
>>7698099
Stone Cold?
>>7698118
Nah, just read the synopsis for that book. Thanks though
Just wasn't meant to be
Are you German by any chance?
Never give all the heart, for love
Will hardly seem worth thinking of
To passionate women if it seem
Certain, and they never dream
That it fades out from kiss to kiss;
For everything that’s lovely is
But a brief, dreamy, kind delight.
O never give the heart outright,
For they, for all smooth lips can say,
Have given their hearts up to the play.
And who could play it well enough
If deaf and dumb and blind with love?
He that made this knows all the cost,
For he gave all his heart and lost.
>>7698080
is that some pruno you're knocking back from that ol stanky leg it was hidden in
Help me get this shit
I read the first two stories and thought: wow, he sure does know a lot of names.
Didn't want to bother with it afterward.
>>7698018
you're reading it in spanish ?
>>7698023
baka
Should I buy it hardcover for $30, or just paperback for $17.
If you're going to meme, you may as well go all the way
>>7697991
Save your money and read it online.
https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_Legacy_of_Totalitarianism_in_a_Tundra.pdf&page=0
The same goes for other memebooks.
>>7697991
Don't buy it at all because even if you're a shitty writer you can literally write something better yourself.
So a bunch of us are wannabe writers...what prompt books do you recommend for exercises?
My favorite is pic related.
What happened to prompt threads? I want more prompt threads.
Hi /lit/
Dealing the suicide of my best friend today. I have a hard time feeling emotion, and it is really weighing hard on me.
In some ways, I romanticize suicide and this isn't necessarily surpising. I don't want to be logical about it though. I'm a fan of Cioran and Pessoa, but I'd rather have a dreamier variety of poems and quotes to read.
I'd really like to read some short lines about closure and embracing longing. Just some emotional stuff. Post whatever your favorites are.
Thank you
life's a bitch and then you die
that why we get high
'cause you never know when you're gonna go
I go out to find
The one with whom I've seen all hours' moons
Once the curtains lifted
And he said, "I only swim to you"
Language is such a play -
He called his exit but his eyes irresolute
What pasts still sit today?
I feel I'm walking around in blue
He can hear me sing
He can hear me sing
Though he is far, I'll never lose sight of him.
- Julia Holter, Silhouette
>>7697892
The only two rap albums I have ever listened to are Illmatic and Low End Theory. On a scale from caviar to white bread, how white am I?
Not OP btw
I just finished Infinite Jest. I'm not really sure what I read or what I think of it yet. Do you guys have any outside sources that would enrich my understanding?
you have to read it again
actually 3 times
then it all falls into place
>>7697850
All you need is Harold Bloom's brief commentary on it. It will all make sense.
>>7697850
You don't have to reread the entire book unless you really liked it, but reread the Year of Glad segment. It'll make much more sense in the context of the rest of the book.