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Did Lolita want it?
I'm writer
>what is rape
>>8037445
She didn't not want it.
Lmao
BANANA!!!! AHAHAHAHA!1!
World War II Like You've Never Seen It Before
Enter the Mind of Thomas Pynchon
xD so RANDUMB!!!!111222
Books that depicts boredom, doxa and the mundane?
Also, is it possible to deliberately evoke boredom instantly with an image? (watching something 10 times or for a day doesn't count)
>>8035328
The pale king
>>8035328
Whatever your favourite book is to be quite honest.
>>8035328
Well for one, I find that picture to be incredible interesting.
In every photo that I find on 4chan it's someone trying to relay a message.
b...but this is just well.
It just is.
Thanks op, anon
POST LIT GET HIT
There is only 1 rule in /CRIT/ club: you can only post if you give feedback to another Anon's work or post a link/article related to writing.
I will go first
Here is a simple style guide on writing more concisely.
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/style-and-editing/wordiness
and something you guys can crit
http://pastebin.com/cy1xYDqu
>>8034758
>There is only 1 rule in /CRIT/ club: you can only post if you give feedback to another Anon's work or post a link/article related to writing.
Or what, are you going to call the cops?
>>8034771
kinda awkward
Post dem stacks
Paid 28 burgerbucks for these.
16 burger bucks
>>8034300
Nice. I definitely got jewed in comparison.
What's the best translation for Ovid's Metamorphoses?
Sticking to English, French, and German, which language has the best poetry, the best philosophy, and the best novels?
>>8033327
English by a wide margin.
English
t. Frenchman
German for all three
I'm too cynical.
Which books will make me hate people less?
commence with the hellenes
>>8033011
Plutarch's Lives
The Gospel of Matthew
Novels by Graham Greene and Willa Cather
>>8033011
Life an User's Manual- Georges Perec
Languagelearner here,
What are the major western/European languages to learn to get access to the best/most great lit?
So far my list is
>Latin
>Italian
>Greek
>French
>German
>Old Norse
What I missing?
English (though you already know it I guess), Spanish and Portuguese (seriously) and Russian. That'll pretty much give you the whole canon, though there's plenty of great literature in various other European languages.
>Greek
And that should be Ancient Greek specifically.
>>8032527
How did you learn those OP?
>>8032568
o I'm still doing it, but I'm committed.
![a0MN7vs[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/e5nQnmP.png "a0MN7vs[1].png")
what made you turn to books?
Most of the book readers ive met fall into these categories:
>ugly book readers
>gay book readers
>no degree compensating readers
>think that they going to get laid because they read readers
>indian self help book readers
no degree compensating reader
I have a business but I am dumb
I'm decent looking, 20 y/o, and majoring in Materials Engineering. I like to read because I enjoy expanding my knowledge and because I have a disposition toward reading/writing for enjoyment.
That being said, I do wish I was slightly better looking.
>>8030240
>That being said, I do wish I was slightly better looking
lol everyone does
What moral system do you follow, /lit/?
confusion and misery
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".
Been a good life so far.
My own. I mostly just avoid making an ass of myself unless it furthers some greater end.
Books that changed your life thread
>>8019724
This is the first book that really got me into history. I've learned so much about the world and our past since then. I owe a lot to this book.
>>8019744
goat
Daily reminder if you haven't teleologically suspended the ethical at least twice by the time you're 25 you literally haven't a chance
Literally what?
I thin k I know what you mean. I've done this. Feels good man. Thanks.
>tfw
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/09/05/how-to-be-good
Read this the other day, /lit/. Seems pretty relevant.
Has anyone else noticed metaphysics coming back in a big way over recent years? It's pretty funny (in a smug/spiteful way) to see just how many scientific roads are leading back to the metaphysics from which that field has long tried to divorce itself in the pursuit of empiricism.
Dust off your Kant, dig out your Schopenhauer and reread your Nietzsche.
>>8041798
This is sad, buts its the kind of drivel you'd expect to be shovelled into the trough of whoever the fuck still reads the New Yorker
>>8041798
Whenever I see the phrase "X person is considered to be Y by academics/many people" and there isn't a citation, I get upset.
>>8041821
Hey, it's hardly new; we've had meme scientists like Sam Harris (Ben Stiller) playing around with the same kind of question for ages now.
I'm just happy to see names like Kant even mentioned again, after years of everyone throwing themselves at the feet of 20th century meme philosophers; like 99% of all post-modernists, for a start.
Hey, /lit/ how should I begin to get into literature. I'm not entirely sure how I should start.
step 1. pick up book
step 2. read book
>>8041833
dubs confirm this method
so /lit/ i'm taking a seminar on marxist theory in the fall, what are the essentials of marxist criticism/theory? essentials meaning works, points, ideas, etc.
>>8041579
read marx
>>8041583
prof said we'll also be reading post-structuralist stuff and new historicism so what are some essentials of those?
>>8041579
don't bother, it is total failure and should be disregarded like all idealist philosophies for anything other that historical interest
