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It's a literary device used with the intention to trigger my autism
Sounds like it could be used in stream of consciousness stuff

What the hell kind of stuff are you reading where you see this so often?

>>7677979
I see it in a lot of literary journals, works of philosophy, etc. Not really so much in fiction.

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"Music, I regret to say, affects me merely as an arbitrary succession of more or less irritating sounds."

Did he really not like music? Is there any record of him praising a musician?

>>7677870
He said he liked his son's singing voice as well as a few violin pieces, but that's it

>>7677809
Probably Phillip K. Dick wrote about something like that.

>>7677809
The Double by Dostoyevsky is the first thing I can think of.

>>7677809
There is some YA novels that deal with mental illness. I can't think of any specific ones off the top of my head.

False dichotomy, also do your own goddamn homework.

Why don't you contribute something to start off your own thread instead of posing prompts without putting in any fucking effort?

>>7677818
Am I not allowed to be curious of other's views?

Because debating is fun.

>>7677803
What was the argument about?

People still want to be right because that makes them feel important.

On the flipside there are guys who like to "argue" because under the right mentality it can be a good way of learning and expanding your conception of things.

I watched a shitty documentary about the now defunct Barnes museum. Someone said that Cezanne was worth like half a billion dollars.

>>7677796
I don't understand what you're saying. If it's a reference to the book I haven't read it yet.

>>7677801
>>7677796
He posted in the wrong thread or something. You don't have to read the novel in Russian unless you really want to study their styles/try and translate some parts yourself. The translation makes a difference though, which one do you have?

Meme shit

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>>7677777
Catcher in the Meme confirmed as shit

>>7677754
Broom has its moments, but it isn't nearly as good or mature as IJ and most of his shorter work.

I think people tend to want to talk about books that impress them. Broom was a fantastic piece of work for an undergrad, and it's cool that it counted as a philosophy thesis, but it's just not impressive compared to the master works of more mature authors.

It's a lot more fun than his more mature/well-thought-out work though. It's definitely not as impressive as many of the other books I've read but it's a lot more entertaining even if he was noticeably trying to ape authors like Pinecone, McCarthy, and Kafka in it. Maybe even because of that, actually.

It's just so drastically different from his ultra-depressive later work that the contrast is refreshing, somehow.

Strange words from a suicide, I guess that was an early work.

>>7677694
You can also just talk adaptations of Shakespeare
>in b4 "Branagh is the best!"

We know.

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He looks like one of those chicks at a new age bookstore... What kind of fabric is that? Saffron silk?

>>7677697

Branagh. Is. Fucking. Terrible.

>WoooOOOooOOOooOoOOoOooiirrrrdssssss.

Disgusting.

>>7677626
>expecting a meme book to be good
>expecting anything with zombies to make sense

Any zombie apocalypse is inherently illogical. A disease that's not airborne, not spread through bodily fluids in the traditional way, but spread through biting has no chance of spreading. When was the last time you heard about a rabies epidemic? How do you get from patient zero to most of the human population?

Zombies are people without the ability to think strategically or defend themselves. Even if they're the new running zombies how can they defeat even a small military squad? You just need some riot shields and one guy with a gun and the zombie menace is over.

>>7677626
Pretty sure Brooks set out to sell a lot of copies. He appears to have done exactly that, so critiquing his work this way is like making a thread about how you don't think Big Bang Theory is as good as Synecdoche, New York.

>>7677644
This. The whole "super serious grounded in reality" zombie apocalypse thing is a terrible meme genre that makes no sense when you actually think about it for five seconds.

It's as retarded as "hard" scifi in that autistic nerds want to read something "serious" even though their genre is a little more than a vehicle for shitty pulp authors to write space fantasies.

>>7677622
it's not about the plot
It's a book of secondwave feminism and was part of the realist movement. It was meant to be a controversial, gender-role breaking book.
if you're reading for plot you're reading it wrong.

>>7677622
>reading for plot

>>7677649
Unfortunately I'm not reading it of my own accord.

>>7677506
Literature is faggot shit, don't waste your time. Your English writing skills already surpass 96% of natives'.

Including mine because I don't know how to write that last word

Three years is nothing. Keep reading, reread, read easy books, read complicated books.
Keep reading him, I was reading ToTC and his writing style didn't click until the 200th page, but then it was fluid af.
Mark the sentences you don't understand and read them later or read a translation.
Practice is key.
t. as you can see, someone with shit english

Keep trying.

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Joyce ain't so hot.

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>>7677570
take that back

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the whale parts are necessary and brilliant

the judge is the best character in literature

white teeth was pretty good

dostoevsky doesn't stand up to re-reads (heartbreakingly)

billy budd >>>>>>> bartleby

pic related is my favorite yeats

>Plato
Talk about lowbrow

What makes it so significant?

>>7677436
Who hasn't read the complete works of Plato?

It will be good to some extent as long as they are motivated enough to care.
Some authors can probably do better outside their natural environments; for example, dialogue writes will be fine as long as they are allowed to write dialogue.

For the most part though I think a good part of being a writer is quality control. So it might not be great,, but it would be at least readable.

>>7677394
Depends on how much of a headcase they are really. Like some great writer doped up enough to imagine a sentient plug socket would likely do pretty well.

On the other hand someone who specializes in like westerns and the likes will likely have some issues if it's not something they're mind is really built for.

Writing is just the pretentious way to put whatever bullshit you have in your head on paper. So there is no real reason it's impossible but I'd say it's pretty unlikely to get it done well without getting a writer that clicks with the story line.

The face value events in any books are all pretty much symbols. A good writer is someone who chooses the right symbols for the vision he imparts.

So technically 'yes'.