Archived threads in /lit/ - Literature - 4924. page

>>7315880
I dunno but you should probably check this thread >>7315051 if you are really curious

>>7315880
bloom is a historical artifact

go2/his/

>>7315899

A literary critic is not the same as a philosopher, and would never not be /lit/ material.

>>7315797
Actually he fucks some hot beatnik chick and gets a job

honestly if you didn't laugh when he jacked off thinking about his dead dog there's no hope for you

>>7315812
That was Chris Chan, not Ignatius

>>7315759
muh dick is so big
your mum cannot take it all
so she pukes a bit

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>>7315774
damn this is off to a good start

>>7315759
This goes back to >>/his/
It is for humanities
Not for your own crap

godot

>>7315737
yes

God

Why are you such a shit posting fag?

Some things are just mysteries.

>>7315709
why is this literature?

go to /his/ or back 2 reddit, your choice.

>>7315713
>>7315715
back to reddit kiddos, r/books is that way

>>7315645
/HIS/ /HIS/ /HIS/

My suggestion is to focus on the Knight of Faith, because I think that's the easiest thing that understand that also gives a good window into the book as a whole. What's your take on the Knight of Faith? We can go from there.

Also you're about to get >>>/his/ed so brace yourself.

>>7315647
It's literature, is it not?

>>7315636
he's just human

>>7315636

If you read Blood Meridian without any trouble then don't read Outer Dark, go right now and read Suttree. It is without a doubt his masterpiece - even better than Blood Meridian.

Outer Dark is a fine book but in the grand scheme of things its unremarkable. I really enjoy McCarthy's style and if you do too then I definitely suggest reading Outer Dark, but for now read Suttree.

>>7315636

I've read it all other than the border trilogy, and whilst it isn't as ambitious as blood meridian or as outright good a novel as suttree, its still great. I am also European. With McCarthy it may not be the most insanely complex or even most well written book, but you know you'll be getting a decent read at least. Outer dark definitely gives you that. Its got a horrible vibe to it, and as usual the people in it are fucked up.

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How do I escape the endless maze that is irony?

>>7315529

>I'm a teenager who just discovered DFW

wow cool

>>7315536
Do you disregard anything written more than a day ago?

That's a shame

>>7315468
I don't know if you're joking but a book with this name already exists

>>7315468
>copying Moby Dick directly and moving it down one dimension
Why would u do this

>>7315488
I don't think that Moby Dick is a 4dimensional entity

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>>7315459
And my backlog these are adding to:

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Slaughterhouse Five is better than I expected it to be
I think I might read Lot 49 before I read GR, I've only read Inherent Vice before.

>>7315649
Vonnegut's always been a favorite of mine, he's like a cozier version of Orwell. After Slaughterhouse, I'd suggest Mother Night next, Which I think is his second-best work.
Lot 49 is my preferred Pynchon book, but only because I enjoy him in small doses. If you liked Vice and you end up loving Lot 49, go ahead and dive into GR and good luck.

He's dead

>>>/his/

>>7315405
Epic meme me

Too scientific for us >>>/sci/

>>7315279
Pardon me if I sound needy, but what translation would you recommend?

I know English and Spanish if that counts.

>>7315279
nigga, no one is going to go to /his/, because that board is complete shit
just tell the guy to read the presocratics, then go to Plato, then Aristotle, then the Stoics, then Epicurus and finally get into romans if you like them

read the wiki page for presocratics and read the article of each one of them, then read the apology of socrates before anything about plato, afterwards its your choice basically.

>>7315299
Check out Enheduanna then, she was the first known poet: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6266881-princess-priestess-poet
Also if you have enough motivation I recommend taking a look at another translation because Stephen Mitchell, although talented, takes a lot of liberties. It would be good to have another reference. Well, you can just go on to the greeks if you feel like it but perhaps reading some texts on the possible influence of the epic of Gilgamesh on the greeks would be interesting too.

>>7315198
This doesn't prove anything about your kek board

>>7315185
back2/his/m8

>>7315185
What a foolish deity to assign me to the job.

Music: an Appreciation, by Roger Kamien
What to Listen For In Music, by Aaron Copland
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by Luo Guanzhong

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>just spent two weeks crafting a poem
>it's still shit

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>wanted to be the greatest writer when I was 16
>I'm 30 and still accomplished nothing

>he writes because he wants to preserve a legacy, not because he has anything interesting or worthwhile to say

Well there's your problem.

>>7315051
none

cya nerd
>>>/his/

>>7315051
Personally I'd consider all philosophers with written work acceptable to discuss on /lit/.
The 2 guys spamming the threads with
>muh /his/
are a bunch of faggots ruining the board.
/lit/ has been my home for a long time and restricting the conversation on things which are clearly related to literature is purely retarded.
Thats why boards die.
I don't want /lit/ to be another board in the ashes.

>>7315051
Wittgenstein