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Quick Greek question;
If I say
Έk πτωχος γίγνεται χρηστον.
My chrèston should be accusative, right?
>>7679876
Sorry about the lack of accents, I had to write that using the Google Translation pen, and it was too much of a hassle to take the time and add them.
>>7679883
You can install the Greek language pack on Windows and use the virtual keyboard senpai.
>>7679888
thanks family
What does /lit/ think of this book? Is it actually anti-racist?
>written by a straight cis white male
>anti racist
Surely you infinite jest :{D
Extraordinarily pro-human.
Don't know much of what to say about racism.
>>7679859
it's as anti racist as a book in the 1800's could have been
I like it a lot. Some of the advice given is still very useful, especially the passages pertaining to seizing the day, living life to the fullest, and being a man. I sometimes read some verses before doing something I am trepidatious about.
>>7679833
I got more out of the Tao te ching desu, but it was useful for those of us with generalized anxiety.
>>7679833
I read it, I honestly don't think there's anything to gain from it that you can't just wikiquote. The only stuff you miss is in no way applicable to you. I'd go as far to say that it's only around because it makes neat quotes for Reddit.
Well I bought it in February of 2015 after seeing it mentioned in the School of Life video on Stoicsim.
It got ruined by the rain in May of 2015, after I'd finished it. (I carried it around in my backpack to make myself feel better whenever).
After putting it off, I decided to order a new copy in August. I get the book, but don't read it.
I end up giving it to my aunt's close friend, as I saw she needed it more than I did.
She posts quotes from it on Facebook, and messages me with mentions of the book. I guess it's a really...
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Did you read this lit? I'm new to lit criticism and this seemed like a logical place to start.
>come to lit
>post actual lit criticism
>no one replies
>>7680201
>BEE
>actual lit criticism
>>7679812
After this are you going to be moving on to Chuck Palahniuk critical compendiums?
Decided to write some poetry and didn't really know what to do with it. Feel free to critique or contribute your own work
>Today I stared down the blade
>however I stood fierce, it's intent would not fade
>I sat attempting to battle the dark
>but unwary, my life did embark
>the light is gone, my body is weak
>death to end this sorrow, I seek
>I...
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this has to be bait, right?
>Greentext is the new poetry.
>>7679786
I am bleeding sunshine.
I am emptying my veines.
And when I'm done bleeding sunshine
this song will break my chains.
Your gaze completes my being.
But I'll make you gaze in vain.
I illuminate with fiction
the truth darkness cannot explain.
America is flowing,
slowly exiting my veins
I am giddy, cold, and glowing
And this song will break my chains.
The chains of I-I-I-I-I-IDENTITY!
The chains of I-I-I-I-I-IDENTITY!
The chains of I-I-I-I-I-IDENTITY!
(Why...
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> David Foster Wallace
> Herman Melville
> Philip Roth
> Richard Yates
> Jonathan Franzen
> Mark Twain
I dunno. Those are basically just suggestions. Some really big names, though, even if some are...faded people. What do you think about the names I've mentioned? Who do you think should be considered the "great" American writers?
>>7679512
>No skirt
5/10 only looked once
Me
>>7679512
Faulkner
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Anybody here who work/have worked as literary translators? Could you describe your experience? I'm just generally interested because I'd like to try it myself.
>>7679401
You need great daily discipline required, sometimes you get to work with the original author and if not with their agents, you're required to send frequent advances to work in tandem with an editor, and the pay is often shitty given the amount of work you need to do, but it's still worth it because it's cool.
>finish book
>feel incredibly depressed
Is there a word for this?inb4 autism
>>7679269
loneliness
or discombobulatugorianism
it happens when i finish a long book because i lived with it for so long.
Yep, I hate having to say goodbye to characters I love
ITT: Books you just couldn't finish reading because they were so shit.
>100 years of Kek
i don't remember dropping a book.
you can get a lot from a shitty book.
American Gods
Actually bought a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey off a homeless person in the street for a fiver, mostly to stop him from reading it.
Read a couple of pages. Awful beyond belief. Even the harshest of reviews simply do not do justice to the level of retardation required to pull off that prose. Difficult to believe that there is such a large subset of masochists out there who literally get off on writing that is that painfully awful.
Are there any good erotic fiction sites with a focus on realistic stories? Or at least a good search/filter function. I hate how shitty most free erotica I've found is.
Also interested in real people's sex stories.
>>7679074
wish I could learn instrumental and quant without a highly paid lecturer
>>7679074
>real people's
because most porn/erotica/fanfic is written by robots?
>>7680242
I meant like actual nonfiction autobiographical stuff.
Probably should have written "people's real sex stories", sorry.
What do you guys think of McLuhan's phrase "the Medium is the Message"? He believes that a form of media as a whole is more important than anything that is communicated through it.
so he denies discourse? that's bullshit.
>>7679047
An example that he gives is that telephones as a whole affect the way the world functions very much, but what you in particular say on the phone affects very little.
>>7679051
Wouldn't the telephone as a medium only consist of the sum of all things said over the telephone, like the messages that are conveyed through the media are what give those media their importance?
So long story short guys, I'm a stemfag and need to write an essay on "Man is condemned to be free" by tomorrow. Can you guys help? Please?
That quote is attributable to JP Sartre. But honestly could you not argue over determinism without literature? Doesn't STEM cover this?
>helping my enemy
''no''
>>7678992
Unfortunately no
ITT: Books that changed your life.
Pic related
>>7678948
Anyone have no idea what Whitman's supposed to be about? It's all like, "I jizz over all the trees, the mountains, and glorious rivers, and over my soul, which is not myself, but in all your hearts," and I have no idea what it's supposed to me about.
>>7678953
>not sure if serious
Well if you're not kidding:
You should start from the very beginning and do your best to understand the message behind each poem. It's more about life being too precious to be concerned with anything else but love and nature. When Walt refers to himself its usually not about him physically. It's about the thing inside all of us that keeps all of us connected: Consciousness.
Siddhartha tbqhwufam
What are some good books on poetry?
Currently reading Ron Pretty's 'Creating Poetry' and Rilke's 'Letters to a Young Poet'. I'm not so much interested in writing poetry as understanding and appreciating/critiquing it better.
>>7678939
>pic very related
enjoy senpai
>>7678952
But that's just a book of poetry, not on poetry, isn't it? Or is it really meta or some shit?
Aristotle's poetics is probably a good place as any to start.
Okay guys post comments on what you think of the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
I am about to go watch it.
It is a good film, but an awkward adaptation. If you want to see a Shakespeare play, go and watch a play. There are plenty online btw.
Watched it earlier today, Fassbender's good but when its not done by Shakespearean actors, they tend to deliver the lines awkwardly as if they're speaking a different language they don't understand.
Anyway see what you think, the cinematography is amazing.
>>7678862
Please link to some. I couldn't find any on YouTube.
