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So there's this philology assignment about Gramsci and his contribution in 'hegemony'. But my lecturer is being a ultimate try hard and providing us no reading materials, and Wikipedia isn't exactly helping. Anyone has advices on book/websites to read to understand it Better?
Yeah there's a really good recent anthology on Gramsci edited by Marcus Green, _Rethinking Gramsci,_ with the article in there that you're looking for: Derek Boothman, "The Sources for Gramsci’s Concept of Hegemony." Nice and comprehensive, short too. He breaks it up into several categories, with I think primarily the Marxist-Leninist background of the term and then Gramsci's linguistics and philological training.
On the latter note, you're going to want to read his essay on The Southern Question, which is available online. He wrote it in 1926, just before his arrest, I believe. Any good Gramsci intro book will explain its relevance, but it demonstrates the debt he owes to linguistic analysis in formulating his idea of society as a milieu capable of containing various groups (whether hegemonic, subaltern, allied, subordinated, or merely inertially adrift).
Gramsci is also very difficult, for several reasons. First, he requires insane depths of interpretation because he wrote so inconsistently in his notebooks. Several ideas permit multiple interpretations, and several key concepts or phrases have mutually exclusive or even contrary meanings in various places. Second, neo-Gramscianism is very popular, and politically charged (obviously), so existing interpretations tend to be vociferously defensive and invested. For this reason, you will want an accessible but also relatively nonpartisan interpretative summary of Gramsci's main ideas, before delving into the notebooks themselves, and before diving into any random book written by someone who may be appropriating Gramsci in a more one-sided way. The best thing I've found is a very recent (2016) book: _An Introduction to Antonio Gramsci: His Life, Thought, and Legacy_. It's short and easy, but it can be a bit dense - even in interpretation, his ideas require some puzzling out.
On this note, you might also want to read Perry Anderson's famous (and long) article on the "Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci." It is mostly historically important, as recent Gramsci scholarship has moved beyond its relatively shallow reading of Gramsci. But it's still a landmark in Gramsci scholarship.
tldr: Combine the focused-in genealogy of Gramsci's use of the term from Boothman with a more general holistic approach to understanding its significance in Gramsci's overall theory. Either one will provide ample citations for you to follow up if you like.
>tfw my prof wrote neo-gramscian articles on obscure media instead of arming the working class
I remember loving this book as a teenager, having first read it during middle school. I just recently decided to reread it and The Hobbit and, while I found The Hobbit really enjoyable and whimsical, the actual LotR was extremely boring.
The characters and dialogue were great, but the incessant lore building and dry descriptions of everything got on my nerves about a third of the way through. What are your thoughts on this book?
>>8234012
it's gay
>>8234012
Lmao, this means you're an unintelligent person. You're a plebeian
>>8234012
Very homosexual.
When did was the moment you in love with infinite jest?
For me it was after reading the third citation
so fucking pretentious my gott
'Hey Hal?'
'Yes Mario?'
'Are you asleep?'
The first two pages. Then I hated it.
how can I become a monastic aescetic?
what religion?
What is the book equivalent of this?
>>8233839
fast times at Ridgemont high
Any books similar to this?
ITT Family/ Coming-of-age stories in general I suppose.
I'm mostly looking for themes like:
>the struggles of childhood/ adolescence
>everyday school/ family/ work life
>first experiences
Preferably American or English.
>>8233836
look up Bildungsroman.
>>8233836
Call it Sleep by Henry Roth
Paperback comes out in December, stoked as fuck!
Has anybody on here read this translation yet?
Thoughts? Comparisons?~
if you're are excited why don't you just buy the hardcover, it's basically the same price.
Wew lads I'm done,I'm fucking done.
I barely managed to read the first book out of five included in this volume.
I thought this was supposed to be funny?
What went wrong?
there's already a thread about it
fuck off senpai ther'es already a thread about this goy
>>8233763
>already a thread
So there is. I assumed it would be stickied
And then there's
>Elie Wiesel
>goy
Is there a more perfect example of new sincerity than picrelated?
is not even close to perfect
>>8233740
lmaoing at the manlet next to the chicken
Would be cool to have a thread were interesting lit related video stuff would be posted, so here it is, I guess.
- Parts of Finnegans Wake into a movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cibQA_LNe9s
- Swedish Karl Ove Knausgård documentary (no english subs, hope somebody would transcribe some)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTyBz_MwRJA
-Must see DeLillo's documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DTePKA1wgc
-Bolaño hanging around with someone who explains him the marketing drills in the literary industry, 4 years before the release of The Savage Detectives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_6SaswhLm4
-DFW related must see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXvAd7COpJY&feature=youtu.be
>>8233576
Finally, a great post on /lit/
- Conferencia pronunciada por J. L. Borges en 1960, en la ciudad de La Plata (Argentina).
La producción es obra de Radio Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
https://youtu.be/i_ZTt_JQXRU
For spanish fags:
-La otra aventura: pretty decent YT lit channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JvFFGURA7A
-Philosophy & Lit channel. Pic related, has videos in spanish, german and a few in english. Really interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP0Ciix3YrI
>>8233649
>>8233602
¡muy agradecido!
How did you like it /lit/
why would anyone look at the cover and title of that book and decide it's a good idea to read?
>historical fiction
>as if that's not bad enough it's about fucking king arthur
What writers or books do you wish were discussed more often on lit?
Ive seen Cesar Aura mentioned once or twice before, but I really enjoy his short, improvised works.
What about you?
I’m one of the Aira-mentioners, so I agree. (Whew, he’s gotten old.)
Other than him, unknown authors I like are mostly German and not a lot of translations are available, so it’s not surprising that they aren’t discussed very often.
(To name a few: Christian Kracht (Faserland and 1979, sadly, aren’t available in translation), Georg Klein, Dorothee Elmiger.)
That being sad, I like how Krasznahorkai has risen to some /lit/ prominence lately.
After Brexit, which literary figures have outed or further outed themselves?
IDk but you can generally guess that he left-leaning ones (IE most of them) supported remain
>>8233478
wow mccartney didnt age too well did he
so sad. what a fantastic author. may he rest in peace
