>you will never marry Gerty MacDowell
should be ashamed anon
>>7582157
>not lit
have you actually not read ulysses
>>7582009
too much of a limp to her
Why is character development so goddamn important for everyone?
I don't see anything wrong with characters having the same (however complex and/or faulty) characteristics and personality throughout a story with no change. A character can go through a journey without changing their personality or their opinions on stuff, and that would still be an interesting read.
Most people don't change, why must characters in literature do so?
>>7581988
people are idiots who can't decenter their own fabulated subjectivity, can't imagine a world where everyone isn't "growing" and "developing" like they think themselves to be, even more can't imagine that maybe they have been psychologically static since mid-high school, can't look past their own insipid delusions of selfhood for once in their god damn useless cattle-lives.
>>7582048
That's a great fresh perspective. I usually call people sheep, or sheeple for a cheeky slice of slang. But cattle - that works too. Brilliant! xD
>>7582048
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looking for dystopian literature about the internet or at least being a huge part of it.
Maybe not exactly what your looking for but snow crash by Stephenson is pretty good.
>>7581961
The Machine Stops. Bonus: written almost a century before the web became a thing.
For All Gods Gave Only Tears by Antoine Pédaleur
Can I have a /lit/ guide to this guy please? Also general /lit/ guides thread
>>7581949
I don't have a "guide" guide, but I can recommend an order.
If you're just wanting to check him out, read As I Lay Dying. It displays his modernist experimentation with narrative voice without being overwhelmingly complex/long.
If you liked it, you can proceed to The Sound and the Fury, but be warned that this is his most difficult book. It's rewarding and lends itself to many rereadings, and it shows the peak of his artistry.
After this, I recommend Absalom, Absalom! because it has some plot carryover from TSatF (however it can be read standalone). It still experiments with narrative, but not as extremely as TSatF.
Next, you can read Light in August, what some people consider to be his most boring work. However, it is definitely a literary masterpiece, and John Keats' poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" makes a good thematic companion piece.
Congratulations! You've now read Faulkner's major works. If you still want more, you can read more, such as his Pylon trilogy and Fable (which one him the Pulitzer prize and was considered by him to be his magnum opus). His short stories are also enjoyable.
Good luck reading!
Personally, I'd read Light in August first, follow it swiftly with as I Lay Dying, then when you are ready for some more challenging stuff read The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! If you want more, or a more "stand alone" place to start, go for The Reivers or Fable.
just downloaded and read a pdf of mein kampf. any more pdf reccomendations? pdf is the true format btw
PDF recommendations of what? Book recommendations?
There's millions of books. Be more specific.
You can try Hitler table talks from 1941-1944
>>7581953
i should have been, youre right. just maybe some quick reads that are free, and i can read on the train. doesnt have to be nazi related.
What is /lit/'s opinion of making a personal journal? What are some of the things you'd write in your journal, how often, and what would motivate you to keep writing in one?
>>7581918
I use a journal for many things. Mostly as a daily log to keep track of shit, and a place to keep notes I make on books, and notes I make to myself, whatever they may be.
I keep a journal of my thoughts about minorities I encounter during my commute.
I hope no one ever reads it.
Go back to Reddit you fucking plebeian. This board is for fucking literature and I'm tired of you fucking plebs thinking you're on the standards of oysters like me.
Nobody cares about your Reddity fucking journal you unintellectual fucking pleb.
Your favorite Buddenbrock character
Mine: Hanno
hitler
Who /Christian/ here?
>>7581908
Yeah hitler difinitely own this book for sure. I love the scene where he unpacks his christmas gift.
Okay so can Fucking Reddit GTFO of my board?! ALL I SEE IS FUCKING REDDIT IN MY FUCKING BOARD, I SAY ENOUGH IS A FUCKING 'NOUGH
LET'S MAKE A STAND - *chant this line*
(who's with me?) - *whisper this line*
LET'S START THE FIGHT! - *chant this line*
(Who's with me!) - *moderately chant this line*
FEEL THE FI-YAA - *shout it but with a bit of Jamaica*
Who's with meeya?! - *clap hands while saying this one*
What does everyone think of Burke's theory of Aesthetics? How do you think it links with his conservative philosophy?
*goes down the toilet*
>>7581841
I hate when people come here from Reddit and tell other redditors to leave. Ridiculous. Reported.
>>7581841
>redditor tries inverse psychology
Nice try reddit.
Delete your thread and GTFO.
Rules to save /lit/:
1) Read good books and have some great literary banter with some cheeky lads.
Fin.Mac Cumaill ;)
misogynistic
>>7581789
Haha such bait don't work no more :)
>>7581792
looks like your rules are already starting to save lit :)
how is this book so critically acclaimed?
>wooden dialoge
>dry writing
>mostly two dimensional characters with the exception of pablo
>circlejerking about being manly
>female love interest is made almost as boring as cosette in les mis
>glorification of bull fights
maybe i'm just not digging hemingway, although it's the only book of his i've read
>circle jerking about being manly
Back to tumblr friendo
>>7581737
>trying this hard
>>7581737
It seems you did not get what the book is about.
Recommend books about online communities, e.g. reddit
pls do something better with your time anon
>le patrician meme because you read some shitty philosophical book only PHD professors care about
>being so autistic you dismiss people because they don't care or are well read as yours
>not having basic social skills to have basic discussions about harry potter with some qt girl at the book store
>not being interested into studying human behaviour and seeing the plebs and average brainlets just as interesting as fiction characters
>assuming most people are uninteresting and dull even when you haven't speak with them about what their interest are
>tfw you will never enjoy to talk about random shit with the average person just to understand more about the human nature
>tfw random people that seemed dumb usually have some topic they're well read or know a lot about
>tfw learning about sports, politics, genre fiction like horror movies or simply listening to their life stories
>tfw talking and socializing with plebs is as interesting as discovering a new novel
>tfw mastering socializing
>tfw had long conversations with qt girls about random shit and drowning in pussy
>tfw I see the patrician faggots on this board who are desperate for human contact
>le supreme gentleman reddit fedora meme
>le notes from the underground intelectual
lmao kid
how are u gonna make a good novel with realistic characters if you can't stand talking with plebs?
lmao kid, enjoy writing about "deep philosophical shit" the plebs don't care, because your social life is empty as fuck.
I'm sure all that non existant conversations wiht girls would be useful as to make realistic female character, but I'm sure women are just men with vaginas and empty heads.
;)
>someone took the effort to write all this
>not being a patrician and a party animal
>not reading in the park by day and raving at night
>not having your reading enrich the world and the world enrich your reading
>not fucking a bitch and reading some Hegel after
Best of both worlds familia
>people will unironically respond to this
>I rank Pynchon
Much like shounen manga characters, I rank books by power level
>I rank Pericles
fedoras amirite
Is this just a retelling of Plato's Cave allegory?
Hey kiddo, how's grade 8 going?
you can draw parallels but retelling is stretching it a bit
>>7581614
top kek m8 maybe i'll just post another Nabokov thread since we don't have enough of those each day.
Two questions.
1. Do any of you use this?
lit.genius.com
2. Is it any good or does it suck?
>>7581529
no, i'm not a filthy reddit fag
Is this like cliffsnotes for hipsters?
>>7581554
It's rapgenius for booktubers.
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