>muh Dostoevsky is too boring
>muh Tolstoy is too long
>muh Joyce doesn't make sense
>lol Orwell was a genius
>"You only read those snobbish old-people books so that you could pretend to look smart and mature. Well news flash! You don't! If you were mature then you would read what you truly liked and wouldn't care what people think"
>*goes back to reading YA fiction*
What do /lit/?
Tell her that Ulysses transcends the dichotomy of good and bad literature.
>>9111785
Russian authors are shit, but the plot any one of Joyce's short stories is just as engaging to a young adult as they are to Herodotus Bloom.
Nothing
Why would I give a shit what some dumbass thinks
>>9111785
come on now, dont be so cavalier. There are lots of things to learn from the greats without having to be bored of them. Here, come to the (insert obscure coffee shop name) and I'll explain.
Did I do it right guys? I dont speak to women
>>9111785
Everybody despreciates Orwell here.
>>9111785
Try to fuck her. Thats a woman op, not a person
>>9111801
>despreciates
Who the fuck has opinions like that? Not even highschoolers in my country are so lack of lit awareness to criticize the canon.
Still, I'd just tell her she's a fascist for hating Orwell thus making her wrong in any discussion. And I'd talk about YA fiction being just scapism.
>>9111785
Stop making up female strawmen because you were alone on valentine's day.
>>9111785
>muh Joyce doesn't make sense
Did she not read Dubliners? The story about the Bazaar and the two kids skipping class were amazing.
>>9111791
Ulysses is the grimes of /lit/
meh
at least she read them and formed an opinion
>>9111818
Not surprised someone who thinks it's ignorant to criticize the canon also didn't comprehend the post.
Tell her to take a shit in the toilet, but to not flush, so that I can come in and take a shit on it