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Just finished The Waves, what a fucking masterpiece. The lyricism, the psychological insight, the structure...incredible.
Anyway, what's the deal with "The door opens; the tiger leaps." that was repeated all over the place? The door bit is obvious, but what about the tiger? How are they connected?
There's a bit that I think is related:
>'They are immune,' said Rhoda, 'from picking fingers and searching eyes. How easily they turn and glance; what poses they take of energy and pride! What life shines in Jinny's eyes; how fell, how entire Susan's glance is, searching for insects at the roots! Their hair shines lustrous. Their eyes burn like the eyes of animals brushing through leaves on the scent of the prey. The circle is destroyed. We are thrown asunder.'
The third sentence from the end in particular reminded me of Blake and his tiger...so the tiger perhaps signifies the predators of social life?
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Ya man, women authors are simply the best.
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>>7574016
Women do wonder on par with men. And suicide and fear they are arguably better at.
>a readiness to contribute to the future establishing of a "commune" somewhere in Meshchankskaya street, or not to hinder Dunechka, for example, if in the very first month of marriage she should decide to take a lover, or not to have his future children baptized, and so on and so forth--all in the same vein.[...."]woman is the equal of man in everything, even in strength (as has already been affirmed), then there ought to be equality here as well."
-Crime and Punishment
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>woman is the equal of man, even in strength
How the fuck do people actually believe this?
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>>7573960
isnt that the atheist character
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>>7573981
There are several atheist characters, but if you're talking about the rich goy, no, it's his friend. They guy was going on about how women should have equal rights, and the rich capitalist goy (they guy who shits on Raskolnikov's family and has fantasies about marrying a poor girl so he can control her) remarked that the guy beat up a woman, and the guy said, "Well, I had to defend myself, and women are our equals in strength"
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>tfw reading narrative history
>can't read for a few days
>forget what has happened
>mfw
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Go back to reddit
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I recommend jotting down short details in a notebook. They'll help you recall specific details which are linked to and will help you remember other details.
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>>7573968
Fuck off brah xD
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What does /lit/ think of this masterpiece?
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Go back to reddit.
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>>7573911
If this illiterate Swedish cuck can write a book, why can't I?
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>>7574828
oh but you can!
getting published is another matter of course, you see when the swedish cuck is a solid inversion because he has a legion of idiots buying anything that he tells them, and you an anonymous poster in a singapore transvestite forum try it they are gonna reject it.
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I was thinking about liberal education and wondering how on earth to hook kids on classics. Obviously, we want all kids to eventually work their way up to A Treatise of Human Nature or the Critique of Pure Reason, but there ARE a lot of very short, tight classics in the cannon, aren't there?
Why can't I find any literary critics that specialize in the thin canon? Searches show up uninspired lists like:
>http://www.aclibrary.org/teens/default.asp?topic=Teens&cat=50ThinClassics
Which have some good stuff (Notes from the Underground) but also genuine stinkers (Achebe? please).
What's the thin canon, /lit/? Pic related, the beginning of modernity right here.
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>>7573896
Never heard of this, though there's a bunch of classical writings that could fit in this. The most obvious contenders would be plays, whether by the Greek playwrights, or Shakespeare, but you could also fit most of Plato's dialogues, Xenophon's dialogues, several works by Aristotle, the treatises of Descartes, Locke, and Rousseau, Leibniz's essays, etc. etc.
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>Obviously, we want all kids to eventually work their way up to A Treatise of Human Nature or the Critique of Pure Reason
>or
Why not "and," sir?
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>>7573896
To get kids into poetry, have them read Yeats, and some lightweight poets like Heaney and Larkin. If this doesn't work, feed them some Eliot and Pound poems. This will work.
For novels I'm not sure.
For philosophy, I think most people want to take part in it, but simply find it intimidating to start, and many people start acting like they're Plato reincarnated. So it's difficult.
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Hey, Anons.
Do you think there is any truth to the alcoholic, tweed wearing, literary genius stereotype?
I'm thinking of using this to my advantage after graduation, just to bluff my way into a good job.
Should I sew patches onto my sleeves, or will people see right through that shit.
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Use every advantage you can think of. It's pretty unlikely you'll get a job, anyway.
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>>7573892
>you will never read the thriller or childrens book penned by Bernard Black
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>>7573907
:( True that.
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What's the best translation for The Divine Comedy? Is there anything I should know before getting into it?
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Read the Aeneid.
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you should know its better to learn italian and read it as intended
no translator is as skilled as dante
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>>7573878
Thanks
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What should I read if I'm trying to become competent with my money?
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A textbook. Seriously.
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Should ask /biz/ really, we over here are not very reliable when it comes to money.
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>>7573779
/biz/ is atrocious with investing.
t. Hedge fund analyst
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Posts in reaction to the reddit faggots are still our posts, and therefore still us, and that makes those posts important, even if one day they're all we have.
Don't let the turkeys get you down /lit/ we'll always fly with the eagles.
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general /lit/ support group thread
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mods delet this pls
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A lot of redditors are pretending to be long time members and defending John Green and saying it's always been like this. Kek. It's been pretentious and plebish but 4channers know the truth
So /lit/, I've been told to look for a book, which has to be "something dark and interesting" and rather short. I got nothin like that, so throw something at me please
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Heart of Darkness.
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I just finished this. What do you guys think of the characters? Can we all agree brett is a piece of shit? Is jake's devotion to her his biggest (non-physical) flaw?
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Why? Even assholes and cunts have people love them more often than not, at least at one point in their life. I'm not sure why that'd be a flaw.
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>>7573611
But he was happiest in the book trout fishing with Bill and then being alone in San Sebastian at the end. Brett just used him as a security blanket. He had a much deeper connection with Bill or even the englishman they met fishing than her, but he's just drawn back over and over even knowing they'll never actually get married.
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>>7573666
That's what love does to you though doesn't it? It isn't always a deep attraction that lies in kindness and the ability to enjoy eachothers company as he did with those you mentioned.
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How is the work of Jose Saramago? I know he won the Nobel and his novels seem pretty interesting, and apparently Bloom holds him in high esteem. Is he someone I should keep in my radar?
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>>7573421
I just read blindness last week and it was really good, really intense sometimes. The prose is not hard to get into unless you only read YA shit.
Quick /lit/ I'm heading to the book store to pick up a bible I need for bible course I'm taking
Id like a Catholic version and the best one
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KJV
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Kjv for literary value
Oxford study Bible for learning
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>>7573349
For a class get the Oxford annotated RSV / NRSV
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Is this worth reading/is it good?
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Read it and find out.
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>>7573301
it's a quick read. i liked it.
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It's good
>inb4 pol neckbeards calling it fantasy
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Are there any modern philosophers that will be immortalized in the annals of history?
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>>7573260
Jaden Smith
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>>7573260
>anal