>In the literary machine that Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time” constitutes, we are struck by the fact that all the parts are produced as asymmetrical sections, paths that suddenly come to an end, hermetically sealed boxes, noncommunicating vessels, watertight compartments, in which there are gaps even between things that are contiguous, gaps that are affirmations, pieces of a puzzle belonging not to any one puzzle but to many, pieces assembled by forcing them into a certain place where they may or may not belong, their unmatched edges violently forced out of shape, forcibly made to fit together, to interlock, with a number of pieces always left over.
Well /lit/?
>>8144602
so, short stories?
>>8144602
Deleuze is pretty great, but if you aren't familiar with his work he always sounds like a rambling hobo. I suppose that stands for most philosophers though.
>>8144667
He's definitely for people already deep within it.
>>8144602
He's so handsome.
>In the literary machine that Proust's "In Search of Lost Time constitutes
you mean uh
>In Proust's novel,
?
What are you working on there? A novel?
No, haha, no. Good one. A literary machine, my friend. A linguistic apparatus aimed at providing the human organism an aesthetic experience through narrative.
Oh... is this the first draft?
The first model, actually. Later models will see adjustments to the components. I'll tinker here, tinker there, and the machine will be complete.
I didn't know you were a writer.
I'm not. I'm a poetical engineer.
>>8144709
Literary machine is a Deleuzian concept. It refers to production of sense, how a work of literature changes the reader not just with its content, but with its style as well. Production is to be taken quite literally: the reader is given raw material to digest in order to produce sense for himself.
>>8144738
So a 'literary machine' is a book that can be interpreted.
>>8144752
Somewhat. But its more what those interpretations necessarily are or restricted to be.
>>8144667
>Deleuze
>Philosopher
Oh, /lit/, never change.
>>8144774
What else was he? You can disagree with philosophy, but I fail to see Giles was not a philosopher.
>>8144779
Sure, fine, he is a philosopher. The quote I was responding to was rather silly though--Deleuze is not representative at all of the western philosophical tradition, nor is the rest of the obscurantism produced in France from the 60's to the 80's. But have fun obsessing over the ins and outs of Deleuze, Lacan, Derrida, Badiou all you want.
>>8144793
Thanks.
>>8144799
No problem, enjoy wasting your time with your pseudo-intellectual mental masturbation!
>>8144812
How can you call someone within the niche of Deluze psued? There are plenty of others you can pull from.
>>8144816
Don't bother, people already produce their enjoyment/knowledge/power and reinforce it with every thought, you won't change his opinion on the matter since the discussion was not about debates, explanations and learning in the first place.
>>8144816
what? Deleuze has been the trendiest thing in 'theory' circles since Derrida became a dead dog 15 years ago.
>>8144822
You sound more psued than anything.
>>8144847
was this directed at me?
>>8144835
true, but it's just false that most philosophers sound like rambling hobo's if you aren't familiar with their work. That's pretty much just true of a handful of mostly french philosophers in the second half of the 20th century whose work is of dubious philosophical interest.
>>8144858
Yeah, mistake. I was calling you a psued for designating all philosophy you seem to be disagreeing with as, psued.
>>8144865
no there is lots and lots of work i disagree with that i think is of tremendous value. i just find a lot of the philosophy that is trendy in certain parts of the humanities--with its deliberate obscurantism etc to be pseud.
i mean ever wonder why it isn't read in philosophy departments (inbd they are all evil analytic positivist logic choppers)
>>8144874
>with its deliberate obscurantism etc to be pseud.
We can go on and on about what is psued, but I think it would be stupid to do so.
>>8144883
okay m8
