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What's your novel about, anon? I promise I won't steal your idea.
>>7582777
it's about a lonely guy who can't get a gf.
it's based on my diary
any good books on hermeneutics?
>any good books on hermeneutics?
what did he mean by this?
>>7582772
kek
S/Z
Care to recommend some homocore, /lit/? Already read confessions of a mask and ride the tiger.
The Great Gatsby.
zweig - confusion
a picture of dorian gray
>"Who recommends you all these books, anon?"
>fellow posters on 4ch- uh uh i mean a few friends of mine
>"Well they must be really smart"
thanks /lit/
'smart' is backhanded normie for 'pretentious'
>>7582654
maybe, i posted this thread because i wanted to thank you fellow anons on /lit,
not discuss what normies think
I can't be the only one here that has this constant worry when reading, that I don't understand either the book, or the meaning of the book.
For example, recently I finished two books. For whom the bells toll, and the catcher in the rye. Hemingways book was alright, when I finished it I felt kinda confused. Was the moral of the book self-sacrifice, duty over love, or doing evil for the greater good? All of them, none of them? As for the Catcher in the Rye, I found it to be a quite cozy commentary on teenager angst.
Anyways, I guess I'm asking is...
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>>7582645
>Anyways, I guess I'm asking is if I'm just retarded or I'm missing something.
Neither, you're just scared that you missed something. Hint: you didn't, they are fairly straightforward books with pretty obvious themes, and I bet that with further elaboration you'd prove to us that you understand them.
Reading should be a pleasure first and foremost, don't forget that.
>>7582658
Thanks mate, I guess I was just trying to hard to look into the books.
Its all the /lit/ memes
>>7582645
>I'm just retarded
well you did post anime
What does it mean to use description to evoke a quality in a literary work?
>>7582616
i would rub her feets
>reading
>maybe a third of the way through
Why is everyone in this book either impetuous, a dick, stupid, or a combination thereof?
>>7582486
That's actually a good point and I never thought about it that way. I guess the backdrop of mid 19th century England makes everyone too entrenched in fulfilling social roles to be introspective. Maybe also there is a cynicism which flows from Heathcliff's presence which by extension means a cynicism of any kind of intellectual escapism? Anyway I'm not sure the author intended the characters to be read as stupid, Cathy is well read, I think Lockwood is meant to be, as the narrator, quite bright and Heathcliff...
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it's a break from all the victorian romanticism back then
of course by itself compared to all the stuff now it's nothing special but that does not take away from its place in history
the book is a rebellion in the form of heathcliff the wrecker, against british sensibility
To be fair a lot of people in real life are either impetuous, a dick, stupid, or a combination thereof.
I remember Nelly being relatively kind and reasonable, though.
Anyone have any thoughts on Polonius from Hamlet? I'm playing him in a production in April and am trying to take in as many perspectives and insights on him as possible
That is the shittest, fakest looking skull i EVER saw
>>7582365
they didn't want to scare people
Just act you phagget
Starving artist here. What do I do with my short stories and poetry to ensure the best potential profits in a short period of time?
Join the Navy as an engineer technician. Get experience for your art, and earn money and a trade to support it.
Read them on the street. Recite them with proper intonation. Make a show. And after you finish ask people for money.
I'm looking for stylistically particular book recommendations.
I want something in the same vein as Faulkner or Scott McClanahan or Camus' "The Renegade, or a Confused Mind."
-I want something written in the first person with tangible fervor. Something where the speaker feels hell-bent on talking to you.
-I want jarring, disjointed, and/or cyclical prose. Prose that reads somewhere between conversational and schizophrenic rambling. Long sentences, short sentences, incomplete sentences, doesn't matter provided it isn't Ulysses-level...
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Harry Crews is your guy.
Hypersphere
Bernhard maybe? Doesn't get more rambling than him. Woodcutters is a good starting point.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lu-xun/1918/04/x01.htm
>>7582169
Finally, some love for Lu Xun. The Misanthrope is his best story hands down
>>7582217
Village Opera is hella comfy though, gotta be up there.
>mfw genre fiction isn't literature
>>7582163
0/10
>>7582163
gas the plebs
dumb frogposter
/lit/, I want to read a book by Foucault. Where do I start?
Nietzsche, Hegel, Heidegger
>>7582092
Okay, which books of theirs should I read then?
>>7582081
History of Sexuality Vol 1's pretty easy going.
Is this as good as it gets, /lit/?
No.
How should I go about describing a characters appearance? I remember hearing someone tell me about how in Ulysses, Poldy's appearance is intentionally left vague so the reader can project themselves onto him easier. So my question is what is/isn't important to tell your reader about a character's looks.
Also writting advice general I guess
IMO describe only the most distinctive features and use general terms like 'attractive' or 'unattractive' or 'unconventionally attractive' or 'plain' or whatever, building a frame of sorts for peoples imaginations to fill in
If their appearance is somehow important and relevant to the story, then describe it. If it's not really, best to leave it fairly vague.
>>7582025
Don't use general terms, it comes off boorish and lame.
