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I read "Animal Farm", hence I am more politically literate than 99.9% of the world's population.
>>8103085
Animal farm is literally required reading for many secondary schools. Get over yourself
Animal farm has nothing to do with political literacy, go back to your shithole, dumb /pol/ poster
>>8103124
y-yes, it h-has
Hello pals. I come from a country in central Africa. One of our local publishing houses have given me their word to publish a novella-length genre fiction story of my choosing. This seems like a golden opportunity to introduce my fellow countrymen to some great works of imaginative literature. So my question is this: what is the single best novella length fantasy/sci-fi/horror story that English language has to offer? I want something that is guaranteed to win over people who have never been exposed to modern fantastic literature. There must at least be one work that is guaranteed to do this.
>>8102687
my diary
you aren't fooling anyone with your rec thread by the way
>>8102687
Even though it's not the genre you are looking for, you should choose heart of darkness.
finnegan's wake
>mfw africans read it
>becomes their new bible
>savages treat Joyce's dick puns as gospel and kill each other over different interpretations
a man can dream
What's his best and why?
I've read The Crying of Lot 49 and Inherent Vice, not sure where to go next
Gravity's Rainbow because he wrote before he zapped his mind to mush with twenty years of nothing but weed and Bugs Bunny cartoons.
>>8102599
You clearly haven't read any of Pynchon's later works
>>8102507
Against the Day
Because it's so much Pynchon that you're actually on the verge of asking the question if he is writing a parody on himself.
Apart from that the period in which the novel takes place is great for a mixture of science fiction and adventure with a good dash of the literary.
http://www.foliosociety.com/book/SAE/sound-fury-william-faulkner
Who's gonna splash the cash then?
I wouldn't pay $2.99 for a second hand Vintage edition of this dense and cold turd of a novel, let alone 140 fucking dollars.
It doesn't even look nice.
>>8102596about $90
Is that really how he wanted it published? If so, it is pretty cool and I might go for it.
Is this quality YA?
what an oxymoron
Maybe if your Michael Arnold
>>8102435
No. Read back in high school for some AR points and it was just pure dog shit. I was quite lenient of YA back then too.
What books will have this effect on me?
The mummy novelizations.
To the Lighthouse for sure.
Lost Illusions by Balzac.
David Copperfield.
The Diary of Michael Arnold
Why is the English curriculum so awful in American public schools?
>half the books assigned are pleb Y/A novels
>even when something good is assigned, it's taught like shit
>most of the projects are "Draw a scene from a book" or some muh feels bullshit about your favorite memories
>all the teachers are obnoxious, overly-emotional women
stealing this pepe
It turns out the educational process is almost an impossible science and anything but perfect. The only solution I can think of would be to allocate more class time for English.
Our homework/busywork system is also pretty wretched, and eats up SO much time.
>senior year
>English teacher tells us we have a big end of the year project and it's worth a lot of points
>assignment: make a fucking scrapbook
How does one go about reading this book?
Look at the words. Turn the page when they run out.
>>8101789
start with the greeks my diary desu meme meme meme MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
>>>/reddit/
You don't.
See: your filename
what are some good /lit/ tier websites? as much as we all love this place and 4chan in general, there's a big internet out there. seems like a waste to limit all the time we spend on it to a single web community.
so where else to you go for a /lit/ related web experience? preferably sites explicitly focused on literature or philosophy, but anything you find intellectually or aesthetically stimulating will do.
Reddit.
>>8101726
what are the best subreddits?
>>8102081
r/philosophy and r/books
It's like /lit/ but shitposts and memes are filtered to the bottom.
Tips on conquering this behemoth, lit?
>>8101654
Yes, don't read trash.
>>8101654
maybe
>>8101670
Kys
>Genre fiction, also known as popular fiction, is plot-driven fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre, in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre
>plot-driven
>
What are character driven stories called?
>>8101561
Go back to /r9k/, dumb frogposter
Literature
>>8101585
Only if you answer my question.
ITT: books that made you autistic
all of them, all books are for and by autistic people
literature is essentially a bunch of nerds rambling to each across the centuries while normal people actually lead productive lives and have sex
>>8101559
You've never met an adult.
>>8101559
>normal people actually lead productive lives and have sex
no they don't
Where to start with Alexandre Dumas? Count of Monte Cristo?
>>8101531
It's not mentioned in Bloom's Western Canon for a reason.
>>8101544
Bloom's myopic white-privilege lens has no bearing on the quality, reception and appreciation of Dumas' works.
Bloom is not the final authority on literature. Freud is out-dated and wrong.
Why do so many books seem self indulgent, even ones I like? I think the fortress of solitude was a vehicle for the author to peddle his childhood memoirs rather than an attempt to write a novel. It's a particularly annoying book due to this reason.
Are there any novels that combine fiction with either non fictional discussions, almost easy style? It seems like any straight up novel has to either be an enjoyable page turner with literally zero patrician cred or philosophical ruminations about the unknowable nothingness of blabla.
you're going to have to get over the fact that artists are a lil narcissistic
Why do so many books seem anthro-centric, even ones I like? I think the fortress of solitude was a vehicle for the author to peddle his experience of being human rather than an attempt to write a novel. It's a particularly annoying book due to this reason.
I am French Canadian and I resent the way DFW has depicted us in his novel <<Infinite Jest>>. Do not read this bouquin.
>>8101391
>reading meme books
white upper-middle class college undergrad cuck detected
can someone explain the whole french people America thing from this book. I didn't get it
youre not a frog-canadian if you use the word bouquin
