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I want to buy my friend a birthday gift. He's very interested in highly psychological subject matter, as well as "intimate" personal stories. The last book he loved was "The Book of Disquiet." Would you guys have any recommendations for what I should get him?
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
>>7574235
>Hunger by Knut Hamsun
I like that one! Thanks!
Anyone else have any other suggestions?
Anyone else?
Can someone explain me the true meaning of The Stranger?
I only read short stories and magic realism, so i don't know anything about philosophy and stuff. I bought The Stranger because someone told me that Borges was a huge influence on Camus, but when I readed the book, it was just an edgy dude doing whatever he wants. I know that Camus wrote the book as a critique of nihilism, but when i read it i can't find anything about that.
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It's a thought experiment about how a nihilist or someone who had lapsed into nihilism would actually fit into the world
Camus is an absurdist and champions caring for its own sake
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"It was true. Summer was over and autumn had not yet begun. Swifts were still calling in the gentle sky. "Will you come back soon?"
"But I haven't left yet. Why do you mention that?"
"Oh, it was just to say something." A trolley goes by. A car.
"Is it true I look like my...
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Is writing about sadness or the loss of a loved one tacky or insincere if you haven't experienced the exact circumstances you're writing about?
la mort de l'auteur
There are ways of understanding such experiences without experiencing them yourself
Not necessarily, but probably.
Write about what you know.
>In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
What did Nietzsche mean by this?
he meant that you're a faggot
to neetchee god is not "phony"
that quote he said it not
quote from in the at nietsache was how? not any I read
Its my first time on /lit/ and I'm really only here because I'm failing my English class, but there's hope.
And that hope is an anthology of poems,the topic of the anthology is "Cringe Worthy Poems"
So of course I was wondering if /lit/ could help me out, I just need 5 poems written by someone else, sauceable is definitely better, as i will have to write a short autobiography of the author.
Thanks for any help you guys give me.
>>7574033
I think I am gay
Because I take the cocks in
My ass, T B H.
-you
Just finished The Waves, what a fucking masterpiece. The lyricism, the psychological insight, the structure...incredible.
Anyway, what's the deal with "The door opens; the tiger leaps." that was repeated all over the place? The door bit is obvious, but what about the tiger? How are they connected?
There's a bit that I think is related:
>'They are immune,' said Rhoda, 'from picking fingers and searching eyes. How easily they turn and glance; what poses they take of energy and pride! What life shines...
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Ya man, women authors are simply the best.
>>7574016
Women do wonder on par with men. And suicide and fear they are arguably better at.
>a readiness to contribute to the future establishing of a "commune" somewhere in Meshchankskaya street, or not to hinder Dunechka, for example, if in the very first month of marriage she should decide to take a lover, or not to have his future children baptized, and so on and so forth--all in the same vein.[...."]woman is the equal of man in everything, even in strength (as has already been affirmed), then there ought to be equality here as well."
-Crime and Punishment
>woman is the equal of man, even in strength
How the fuck do people actually believe this?
>>7573960
isnt that the atheist character
>>7573981
There are several atheist characters, but if you're talking about the rich goy, no, it's his friend. They guy was going on about how women should have equal rights, and the rich capitalist goy (they guy who shits on Raskolnikov's family and has fantasies about marrying a poor girl so he can control her) remarked that the guy beat up a woman, and the guy said, "Well, I had to defend myself, and women are our equals in strength"
>tfw reading narrative history
>can't read for a few days
>forget what has happened
>mfw
Go back to reddit
I recommend jotting down short details in a notebook. They'll help you recall specific details which are linked to and will help you remember other details.
>>7573968
Fuck off brah xD
What does /lit/ think of this masterpiece?
Go back to reddit.
>>7573911
If this illiterate Swedish cuck can write a book, why can't I?
>>7574828
oh but you can!
getting published is another matter of course, you see when the swedish cuck is a solid inversion because he has a legion of idiots buying anything that he tells them, and you an anonymous poster in a singapore transvestite forum try it they are gonna reject it.
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I was thinking about liberal education and wondering how on earth to hook kids on classics. Obviously, we want all kids to eventually work their way up to A Treatise of Human Nature or the Critique of Pure Reason, but there ARE a lot of very short, tight classics in the cannon, aren't there?
Why can't I find any literary critics that specialize in the thin canon? Searches show up uninspired lists like:
>http://www.aclibrary.org/teens/default.asp?topic=Teens&cat=50ThinClassics
Which have some good stuff (Notes from the...
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>>7573896
Never heard of this, though there's a bunch of classical writings that could fit in this. The most obvious contenders would be plays, whether by the Greek playwrights, or Shakespeare, but you could also fit most of Plato's dialogues, Xenophon's dialogues, several works by Aristotle, the treatises of Descartes, Locke, and Rousseau, Leibniz's essays, etc. etc.
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>Obviously, we want all kids to eventually work their way up to A Treatise of Human Nature or the Critique of Pure Reason
>or
Why not "and," sir?
>>7573896
To get kids into poetry, have them read Yeats, and some lightweight poets like Heaney and Larkin. If this doesn't work, feed them some Eliot and Pound poems. This will work.
For novels I'm not sure.
For philosophy, I think most people want to take part in it, but simply find it intimidating to start, and many people start acting like they're Plato reincarnated. So it's difficult.
Hey, Anons.
Do you think there is any truth to the alcoholic, tweed wearing, literary genius stereotype?
I'm thinking of using this to my advantage after graduation, just to bluff my way into a good job.
Should I sew patches onto my sleeves, or will people see right through that shit.
Use every advantage you can think of. It's pretty unlikely you'll get a job, anyway.
>>7573892
>you will never read the thriller or childrens book penned by Bernard Black
>>7573907
:( True that.
What's the best translation for The Divine Comedy? Is there anything I should know before getting into it?
Read the Aeneid.
you should know its better to learn italian and read it as intended
no translator is as skilled as dante
>>7573878
Thanks
What should I read if I'm trying to become competent with my money?
A textbook. Seriously.
Should ask /biz/ really, we over here are not very reliable when it comes to money.
>>7573779
/biz/ is atrocious with investing.
t. Hedge fund analyst
Posts in reaction to the reddit faggots are still our posts, and therefore still us, and that makes those posts important, even if one day they're all we have.
Don't let the turkeys get you down /lit/ we'll always fly with the eagles.
general /lit/ support group thread
>>7573717
mods delet this pls
A lot of redditors are pretending to be long time members and defending John Green and saying it's always been like this. Kek. It's been pretentious and plebish but 4channers know the truth
So /lit/, I've been told to look for a book, which has to be "something dark and interesting" and rather short. I got nothin like that, so throw something at me please
Heart of Darkness.
