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Why is this trash considered mandatory reading?
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Why is this trash considered mandatory reading?
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>>7632672
Because of our Judaic-feminist overlords
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Beowulf is dope???
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I don't want to call it trash, but, after reading it I was very confused by the praise and it's supposed influence.
No wonder why the author didn't want his name on it.
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Dude wat Beowulf is fuckin tite.
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>>7632677
You've just revealed your pleb level
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>>7632672
>I wanna learn philosophy
>but I don't want to learn about Socrates

>I wanna learn history
>but I don't want to learn about anything earlier than the 1800's

>I wanna learn about English literature
>but I don't want to read its foundational text

You seriously have no idea what you're talking about
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>>7632940
No u.
And so on.
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>I disregard a classic book because it got inexplicably memed up for some stupid as shit modern audience in some dumb as fuck 'adaptation' that misses the tone, structure, sensibility, etc. that made the original amazing
top pleb
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>>7633026
I thought this thread was about writing. The movie was fucking horrible.
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>>7633036
I figured he was judging it off that.
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>>7632970
I wouldn't call Beowulf a foundational text, tho. It's importance was only apraised last century thanks to Tolkien's essays. Chaucer's is muchos more foundational for English literature.
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>>7632672
Because it's brilliant you fucking pleb.
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