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What are some good books on etymology? Not like an etymological dictionary, but more something along the lines of an extended discursive essay
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Anyone?
Is this the most lucid example of the neo-Brechtian subversion of the diegesis?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BAnHEUCaQg
definitely not. anyway brecht without artaud is banal
>>7423719
Just out of curiosity and not mocking you:
"Bleeding Edge" [written by Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr.]. Have you rehearsed its contents?
I think it would help you to keep track of the neo-Brechtian undertones in aforementioned J-Pop track and also in the following.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyLGwWTVlcc
>>7423737
having read brecht and a near endless amount of film theory, reading second-tier pynchon is not at all necessary to give you a confident no. feel free to explain yourself
>Trying to buy this collection
>Amazon
>$121.14
Fuck. I can't justify spending this much on these books.
What is /lit/'s opinion on used books? That or begging for gift cards may be my own choice.
>>7423666
/lit/ loves used books. The more worn and dog-eared the better. We don't really read and used books make it look like we do for the bookshelf threads.
I love used books because it allows me to more freely purchase books than I would have before. For example in op shops I just buy every single penguin/vintage/oxford paperback they have and is usually an interesting experience. Used books are usually 60-90% off so I can't really justify buying new books any more. If you live in the US it becomes even better due to abebooks.
I buy exclusively used books.
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Hyperbolic Parody is the successor to Postmodernism.
Stop shilling this crap.
>>>/v/
Things that make you say hmmm
>>7423616
Bullshit. Cornball Reconstruction is the true successor.
How come Dickens rarely gets praised in /lit/?
Is it because he's not edgy and underground enough for the cool kids?
he's not american enough
>>7423608
I think he's a pretty overated writer. Talented, but one with shitty padded plots, dated social commentary and that kind of overly long Victorian style that just goes on, and on, and on.
He's by no means a bad writer, I just think his style has aged badly.
>>7423610
Well I on the otherhand think that he is great. When it comes to other great realist writers he can stand up to any, even Tolstoy.
His writing is so lively and I feel like I could not be bored if I tried when reading any of his stuff. His ideas too are moral, and I always end up agreeing with what he has to say.
Hey /lit/ where and how do I start with Lovecraft's work? Help please.
>>7423537
start with the greeks
>>7423537
Start with the Greeks.
>>7423537
Dagon is a pretty good place to start. If you want to go right to the meat, no veggies, no fruit, read either Herbert West--Reanimator, The Colour out of Space (my favorite), or At the Mountains of Madness.
Kant's moral and ethical theories make absolutely no sense.
The categorical imperative and deontology in general is stupid as fuck and has basically no real world value. The face that it was used in some court cases is pathetic too.
Anyone else hate Kantian ethics and all the morons that tout it as perfect?
>>7423526
I mean I don't like most of it but I don't sperg out like you. Some of it isn't bad but quite honestly he didn't even understand his theory enough to properly express it.
can you explain the categorical imperative?
>>7423552
Basically, (as far as I understand anyway), you take your principal of will, universalize it, and its immoral if there are contradictions.
So if you want to steal then it becomes >Everyone should steal if they want to
Naturally if everyone steals then there would be nothing left to steal, therefore its not logically sound and is immoral.
Team Peeta or Team Gale?
>>7423455
gun to head id say team gale since he can protech katniss better through sttrength and fighting skill but then again peeta has the smarts and good heart so maybe a tie
>>7423455
Team Shuya Nanahara
No idea who these faggots are.
Alright /lit/ I'm gonna dump all of my notes on Old English. Lemme know what you think.
g = y
c = ch
-cg, gg = -dge
-sc = -sh
-h (middle or end) = guttural -ch
-e + vowel = -e + uh
Đ, ð = -th as in thick or thin
ā, a = fAther
ǣ, æ = mAn
ē = thEy
e, ę = lEt
ī = wIsdom
i = hIt
ō = nOte
o, ǫ = nOt
ū = rUle
u = pUt
y, ȳ = ü
First declension: (order of singular - plural)
Nominative: Mūð - Mūðas
Genitive: Mūðes - Mūða
Dative: Mūðe - Mūðum
Accusative: Mūð - Mūðas
Instrumental:...
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Articles: (these are "the"; the article "a" is nonexistent in OE)
Masc.
Nominative: Sē
Genitive: Đæs
Dative: Đǣm
Accusative: Đone
Instrumental: Đȳ,ðon
Fem.
Nominative: Sēo
Genitive: Đǣre
Dative: Đǣre
Accusative: Đā
Neut.
Nominative: Đæt
Genitive: Đǣs
Dative: Đǣm
Accusative: Đǣt
Instrumental: Đȳ,ðon
Plur.
Nominative: Đā
Genitive: Đāra
Dative: Đām
Accusative: Đā
Vocabulary:
Sē bōcere - scribe
Sē cyning - king
Sē dæg -...
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>>7423419
Personal pronouns:
First person singular (I)
Nominative: ic
Accusative: mec/mē
Genitive: mīn
Dative: mē
First person plural: (we)
Nominative: wē
Accusative: ūisc/ūs
Genitive: ūre
Dative: ūs
Second person singular: (you)
Nominative: ðū/þū
Accusative: ðēc, ðē/þēc, þē
Genitive: ðīn/þīn
Dative: ðē/þē
Second person plural: (you)
Nominative: gē
Accusative: eowic, ēow
Genitive: ēower
Dative: ēow
Second person...
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>>7423416
old english is gay as fuck thats why we got a new one
Who's hyped?
http://www.newsweek.com/cormac-mccarthy-new-book-363027
me
By the same person who's last work was the screenplay for the counselor?
Sign me the fuck up!
Hopefully I can finish all of his novels before then.
>>7423403
>he didn't like The Counselor
Nabokov and Wittgenstein are the two most intelligent writers. No one else in /lit/core can surpass them in this domain.
>who is joyce
>>7423358
Shakespeare
>>7423362
actually joyce is a good point, he's probably up there too
/lit/, this "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff" book sold 25 Million copies. I decided to throw a copy in my book basket during my daily trip to Barnes and Noble. I agree with the title. People are always afraid of the wrong things.
Only fear wasting a decade of your life.
That's a healthy fear.
Do NOT fear social rejection, investing and losing, business failure, public speaking, having zero money, or trying new things.
You can recover from all those. But you can't recover from wasted years.
What does /lit/ think about this book?
It's some of the best toilet paper I've ever dragged across my asshole.
Great for fueling my comfy fireplace during the holidays.
What's with the flood of /r9k/ and /adv/ threads?
Get the fuck off this board.
What are some good PC programs to write books properly, /lit/?
>>7423264
Notepad.exe
Notepad
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hieroglyphic-typewriter/id544678357?mt=8
What happens when you finally finish that novel? When you're exhausted and used up and whatever hole it was supposed to fill didn't get filled? What then?
kys mm
Read the next in the series or move on to something else. Same with movies/shows, for me.
>>7423187
play vidiya.
I'm bored. Recommend a short story that is easily found online. Bonus for non-typical /lit/ authors
Hunger Knut Hamsen
>>7423157
>I'm bored
>spoonfeed me
>entertain me
Why no try drinking bleach?
>>7423168
Thread doesn't have to be about him, just suggest stories we think the other posters and lurkers of the thread
