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>>7999999
>read war and peace and love it
>hear tolstoy went nutso in his late years and disavowed his old work
>figure that late tolstoy is probably not worth reading
>on a whim read Confession
>mfw it's perfectly reasonable
>mfw it expresses things i've felt myself
>mfw it's perfectly congruous with Tolstoy's earlier works
>mfw...
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>>7999600
Did you read "What is Art?" I think that's where he begins to let theory and ideology take a too prominent position, using it in order to slander virtually everyone. As an artist, you can impose whatever limitations you like on yourself; and if you're a great artist, as Tolstoy was, you can create great works in spite of (because of?) the framework you've decided to work in. But applying this standard to others is more questionable. There is an undeniable oppressiveness about basing judgement...
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Tolstoy did nothig wrong
I went into nietzsche, camus, dostoevsky and proust expecting them to be good.
Got that badly wrong
DAVID
nice thread keep it up :)
>>7999408
Link video please?
i started so many /lit/ memes they might as well just rename the board /jacob/
The concepts portrayed in the communist Manifesto seem be good but sadly not practical. The change we would have to under go as a whole inside this corrupt organism might be too much to happened quickly and the concept is unable to undergone too quickly either.
Is it possible? Why hasn't it be done recently?
>>7996731
To you think the transition from current capitalism to socialism would be more dramatic than the change from turn-of-the-century Russian monarchy to socialsm? If so, why?
>>7996731
Socialism is used as a transition phase.
>communism sounds nice but doesn't work !
Why do people parrot this shit endlessly ? It doesn't even sound good. I believe people who spout this garbage have never read anything about communism.
>look at name
Oh. Sage.
What's the word for the group of people who start cultural movement?
Not founders, since they aren't exactly doing anything
Not predecessors, since those are the people that come before.
Goes in this sentence:
>Modernism is described pretty nebulously normally, but it is most simply understood by looking at it’s [first generation of people that did it].
>>7999765
architects
originators
>>7999795
>originators
that's it, thanks
Poomen
How come you're all such unaware, insufferable cunts?
Sorry, I forgot the thread title. It's /selfhategeneral/.
>>7999687
For you to feel superior.
You're welcome.
>>7999712
Ty loser
Any good gambling fiction? I just read a section of Bridge on the Drina where a man gambles his soul with the Devil on a misty night and was inspired.
Dostoevsky's The Gambler?
>>7999472
>clap-trap journalist
>good
>>7999448
Most folk tales?
Post obscure literary terms/concepts/phrases:
>Narratology:
>An offshoot of structuralism which seeks to apply the linguistic model to the analysis of narrative. Its enabling distinction is between story (the "actual" chronological sequence of events) and discourse (the order in which those events are presented to the reader). Narratology attempts to construct a poetics of fiction or grammar of storytelling, analyzing the codes, conventions, and systems that structure all narration.
>>7999444
Authorial interference: when the writer of a text attempts to correct interpretations of its meaning.
Remember Naramemes? People were so excited about it here but now everyone forgot about it, probably because it didn't make much sense desu.
>new book in series comes out, didn't now until today
>work at library, hyped that I can just put a hold on it and not pay money for it
>not in the system
>since it came out just into the month, probably won't get it until June
Fug. What upcoming releases are you all excited for?Oh also fuck international publishers, britbongs got this and the first 2 6 months before us.
Probably only Zero K, and I'm only marginally exited for it.
>>7998567
Is that another fucking hunger games clone?
>>7999095
No. It's about a future where people had to use radical generic engineering to stop a 'plague' that would end humanity, then, when the corporations realized the possible uses of the technology and knowledge they had, created various new 'sub-humans' made for various, specific tasks. (Think 14+ fingers and long arms, ridiculously tall people, or on the extereme end, a child who's brain mimics a computer and can work with them faster than even the brightest CS PH.Ds, but had little to no...
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Is William Trevor best living short stories writer, or it's Alice Munro?
>>7997878
bump
Who is william trevor and is he better than gass?
What are their best novels for you?
When Holden's prostitute arrives she says he looks like the boy from captains courageous. Holden has no idea what she's talking about and the readers most likely don't either. I got curious so I looked up the actor and found out I somewhat resemble him. Does this mean I'm gonna harass strangers about ducks? I think that's only logical.
It means you'll rape your sister, Phoebe.
Has anyone dropped out of college to teach themselves? Would you recommend? Is the professor and austerity of the schedule necessary?
>>7999553
It's not for everybody senpai.
It's okay.
>>7999553
Teach yourself what? What career are you hoping to have? Some things can be self-taught. But some careers require a degree, no matter if you know your stuff otherwise.
Recommend books about suicide.
>Suicide - Édouard Levé
>Darkness Visible - William Styron
>>7999445
Patriotism and Runaway Horses by Mishima
>>7999445
Infinite Jest
>>7999445
Romeo & Juliet
Antony & Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
Othello
Hey /lit/
What are some novels that deal with moving on from the death of a friend, or someone with rapidly declining health
>>7999112
Bridge to Terebithia.
Not even trolling
Not even dead yet and already moving on, eh? With friends like these...
>>7999123
...who needs memes?
What book will make my life good?
how the dickens would reading a book make your life better?
go do something about it you ass
>>7998324
In your heart you know the answer.the bible
Kafka and Kleist's short stories will make you feel while also amusing you
Moby Dick is like a Bible; there's something for everyone to enjoy and ruminate on
WEB DuBois' Souls of Black Folk traces how and why black people got boned the fuck over in the US and helps with empathy for their position
