are Light novels the lowest form of Japanese literature? As what i've seen on numerous occasions, they treat LNs as inferior to "legit" novels. Am I even allowed to discuss LNs here?
>>9746416
Discussion of LN is more suited to /jp/ and possibly /a/
No, you're not.
As a Norwegian I've always felt like our literature stands out compared to the rest of it. Is it just me that is romanticizing my own culture or do you guys also agree?
To me, a lot of our literature can both be really dark (Tor Jonsson etc) and realistic (Amalie Skram, Bjornstjerne Bjornson), but also weird and quirky(Hamsun, Knausgård). Still there is this notable vibe when I am reading it. Anybody feel the same way?
also, north-european literature thread
>>9746413
your brown cheese is disgusting
don't know about your /lit/ tho but I imagine it's the same
I talked about 'Haugtussa' for the Norwegian exam, so maybe I'm exaggerating Arne Garborgs importance. But this guy was inspired quite a lot by Wagner and Nietzsche, and probably lots of other people. It has some social commentary, but to me the work is about overcoming (all kinds of) suffering.
'Bondestudentar' is a little similar to 'Sult' by Hamsun. Maybe start with it if you're interested. I will eventually read 'Sult' and 'Markens grode' again. Such cases.
>>9746459
I've bought Markens grode, but I am yet to read it, - going to read Mysterier before it, as I am trying to read his books chronologically
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGJrFeGTK5k
>>9746320
unconcealing Being
>>9746320
Deconstruction. Shit video by the way.
To deconstruct western white society enabling SJWism and degeneracy to destroy the white man's hold on the world. Thank fuck Peterson has BTFO'd him and his ilk.
Greeting /lit/izens
I come to you today with an urgent plea for advice.
I am setting forth in a couple of weeks towards India and would like to take with me Marcus Aurelius' Meditations as a companion book,
which of the many translations and publications is considered the best by you fine gents?
Definitely Gregory Hays
Most recent
why would you take that to india? are you going to an ashram to find yourself, but need someone else to tell you how to live?
>>9746276
shouldnt you take a copy of the dhammarammadingdong or siddhartha instead of ancient pizza philosophy?
for each, read the SEP article, their 1-2 major works if possible, a reference book and then their 1-2 major works if not, any podcasts, any videos, any referential audiobooks, etc. make sure you at least grasp what the thrust of their thought is that is understood by the thinkers who build on them—the gist is to start weaving the net; getting a loose grasp on all of philosophical thought before going thorough and re-reading, tightening where needed before casting it over eastern thought, then repeating again. this is except for plato, aristotle and the bible, which should be read in their entirety on the first run-through. after you're finished in a couple years, repeat the names in CAPS more thoroughly first. during your readings, make sure to follow along with literature from the time period surrounding the thinker's thought, particularly authors that are name dropped frequently (greeks, dante, shakespeare, etc.) history of science stuff should be looked at too, to the extent there are appropriate sources.
>pythagoras
>heraclitus
>parmenides
>protagoras
>PLATO
>ARISTOTLE
>epicurus
>cicero
>seneca
>JESUS
>epictetus
>PLOTINUS
>augustine
>boethius
>avicenna
>anselm
>averroes
>maimonides
>AQUINAS
>machiavelli
>bacon
>hobbes
>descartes
>SPINOZA
>locke
>leibniz
>berkeley
>voltaire
>HUME
>rousseau
>KANT
>HEGEL
>schopenhauer
>emerson
>stirner
>darwin
>kierkegaard
>marx
>spencer
>JAMES
>thoreau
>NIETZSCHE
>frege
>FREUD
>saussure
>dewey
>HUSSERL
>whitehead
>santayana
>russell
>jung
>buber
>einstein
>HEIDEGGER
>WITTGENSTEIN
>carnap
>evola
>hayek
>fromm
>gadamer
>LACAN
>heisenberg
>popper
>adorno
>sartre
>arendt
>goodman, godel, quine
>beauvoir
>merleau-ponty
>levi-strauss
>camus
>barthes
>danto
>DELEUZE
>foucault
>chomsky
>pirsig
>baudrillard
>derrida
>bourdieu
>rorty
>searle
>kripke
>dennett
>singer
>zizek on lacan
this will improve your reading comprehension dramatically, and make the enjoyment of canonical literature that much more enjoyable, i promise.
pseud
>>9746371
i dont mind being a pseud or anything, just trying to help people out there who might see it all as overwhelming—take it for what it's worth
Do I really need the damn Greeks just to look into a philosopher.
> read aloud in class
> the next line has a swear in it
> reading poetry in english class
> i get told to read the next few lines
> the word "shit" comes up
> read it aloud
> whole class is laughing
> teacher is annoyed saying that they should stop being so immature but the class can't help it
> the word shit is the epitome of comedy to a class of 13 year olds
> one kid keeps repeating the word like some sperglord
> two kids in the back of the room start to pull their pants down and spank their backsides
> one kid fingers his asshole
> stray dog shits in the corner of the class, kids are kicking their legs high into the air rolling on the floor because it's so hilarious
> start getting infected by other people's infectious laughter
> teacher gets another teacher in from the classroom next door to help calm the situation
> two students fucking under the table
> people are passing cups of piss around and everyone is taking a swig
> pornography is now on all the walls when the teachers return
> black kid screams "NIGGERS" while doing hitler salutes
> someone stuffs spaghetti and meatballs into their anus and farts it back out onto a plate
> each kid reads a paragraph
> kid who reads with the efficiency of a retard, constantly stammering, mispronouncing and asking what each word says gets the longest paragraph
> read of mice and men in class aloud
> reach a line where "nigger" is said
> Tyrone, De'Andre, Miles, Jamal, Deshandra and Latisha all stare at me, Tyrone is cracking his knuckles, smiling and nodding
Is there a word for arousal that isn't sexual?
>>9746165
Stimulated
>>9746165
what?
you mean excitement?
https://www.bookdepository.com/fiction-prizes
Did they suddenly become that much better at writing than men?
>>9746047
Because quantity over quality, amiright? Who cares if women write more. Men are still the dominant force when it comes to authors people actually care about
>>9746060
this
Nothing to see here. There is clearly no agenda, goy.
hi /lit/ some anon mentioned some strinking similarities of gourdieff and some other author. it was thread a month ago or something. does anyone remember the other guy?
thanks
>>9746000
anyone?
guys i got trips. are you fucking kidding me?
why not use the archive to search for previous mentions of gourdieff
>>9746081
but how?
Would you live in Bag End, /lit/? Even if it meant you constantly had to put up with Lobelia and the rest of the Sackville-Bagginses, constantly trying to cheat you out of your home?
>>9745982
No. The Bagginses are hobbit bourgeoisie and Sam should've led the rest of the working class hobbits to take them down.
>>9745982
Of course I would, The Shire is one of the comfiest settings ever created.
>>9746007
After following Frodo, Sam becomes mayor seven times in a row and essentially becomes Duke of a new territory because he's mates with the king.
Do your duty, be rewarded.
>Rhodri Colwyn Philipps, 50 - the 4th Viscount St Davids - wrote the message four days after Ms Miller won a Brexit legal challenge against the government.
>Philipps, of Knightsbridge, London, described her as a "boat jumper" and added: "If this is what we should expect from immigrants, send them back to their stinking jungles."
>He said his comments were "meant to be a form of satire, a literary technique, iterated in my personal style, which may not be to everyone's taste, but is understood and accepted by everyone who knows me".
So, this is what peak-patricians are like! Holy... I want more!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40574754
This really has nothing to do with literature. Please kill yourself. Quickly, but also painfully.
>>9745915
>Quickly, but also painfully.
Not possible.
>>9745936
>lacks imagination
The drink is red
Vino
The hot
But God Almighty
Does it remind me of her
Walk on the obsidian
Stomp
Sudden crimson
Sweet kiss of summer
Is that who I love?
Feel the pale
Freckle
Speckled
Warm touch
My mind
I deserve naught
But I have plenty
God gave me
More than I earned
But who am I to say?
Crimson goddess
Keep my heart
It is iron
It is strong
But it is wiley
Dearest love
A riverbed
Sad to think it's dead
But the spring is coming
What great prospect
Crimson angel
Thank you
For my soul
And the soul
Is now yours
A clay
Maliable
Shape it
Shape me
Love me
Love you too
You know how
I hope to learn
About your heart
The heat will never be too much
1) Malleable*
2) This failed to a) teach me anything or b) make me feel anything, but then again I'm not fucking you.
this is so cringy...
i laughed myself to an aneurism
>Vino
>one kiss makes you think you love her
>self-loathing before she came to your life
>Submission towards the end
Keep this up, and you'll fall into the nice guy syndrome.
>>9745905
>/lit/
>having gfs
RRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE NORMIES
What is a good /lit/ degree that won't have you starving to death? Sorry English and philosophy majors
One that includes other languages such as French or German literature if you're Anglo. You should already be familiar with your native classics by the time you go to university anyway.
>>9745856
Programming might be good. It's not very /lit/ but it's like learning an intensely logical language that might help you get another perspective in the conciseness you address things to other people.
Any degree is fine jobwise as long as it's from a good university and/or you acquire skills and experience that employers want alongside it. Unemployable degrees are a meme.
Why don't brainlets like fiction?
They try to hard to look smart and intellectual to compensate for their low IQ.
>>9745765
Fixed.
Why do brainlets like fiction? What good is reading Moby Dick, Les Miserables, Ana Karenina going to do for you? Nothing, it doesn't work your brain, it doesn't allow you to understand different points of views or learn new things like nonfiction does.
Hello /lit/. The more I read this fucker, the more of a jerk I am. Is there any quality critique of his ideas?
Also, can you think of any Nietzschean literary fiction? The more modern the better.
his arguments against the stoic is weak
>>9745757
>Also, can you think of any Nietzschean literary fiction?
Death in Venice
Doctor Faustus
The Immoralist
Tarr
Eumeswil