What are some examples of Dadaist literature?
http://markdery.com/?p=51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw2ssNnA_Es
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Dadaist+literature
Hey /lit/, do you value or appreciate screenplays the same as you do literature? If you think Shakespeare (and other playwrights) are /lit/ level, why or why not do you think the same of screenplays?
>>7447333
Name a screenplay that reaches up to the same /lit/erary level as Shakespeare.
>>7448556
Well I guess that's part of my question. Do you think a screenplay could ever reach that status? Not all plays are on the level of Shakespeare, but they're often cited on /lit/ level.
>>7448556
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Synecdoche,-New-York.html
What are the best self-improvement books, /lit/?
Which ones have really changed your worldview?
Books that aren't called self-help books. You can turn anything into a self-help book so don't waste your money on books that are nothing else.
>>7447133
By self-Improvement I don't mean self-help, I just mean books that have helped people change or transform.
Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure
I am considering self publishing (on Amazon) a book about my travels. In 2014 ,in summer, aged 21, I hitch-hiked mostly alone in the Balkans for one month, without paying for accomodation, not knowing any of the local languages and with no hitch-hiking and camping experience. Before that trip, I (I'm Italian) never went outside Western Europe.
The only issue I have is the book is my actual travel diary. Apart from all the personal issues, I am worried about telling everyone I know (and don't know) about me smoking pot. Changing names and places wouldn't be an issue. I'm not a gonzo fan, although another traveller suggested I do this, so that's not an option.
So, should I publish the diary? Would you be interested in reading?
(Pic from my hometown)
>>7446941
Publish it without putting your real name in it
>>7446953
As I normally post updates for everyone on Facebook, many people know that it would be me anyway. Also I was interviewed for my solo travels so it would make sense for me to publish with my real name as I apparently have some "fame".
Honestly the entire premise sounds boring as fuck.
If you don't want people to know you're a drug addict then change the names. If you realize most people expect authors to be degenerates and don't care you should use your real name for your boring book.
>/lit/ being down shows the true meaninglessness of your life
I want off this wild ride
Study harder.
No 1 cares.
this reminds me I have done literally nothing today besides browsing 4chan
How to properly start a novel?
>>7446740
try writing
>>7446740
wipe ass with its foreword and then burn the resulting poop laden page in fire.
>>7446740
With words.
Just finished pic related.
Why isn't Edith considered one of the greatest literary villains of all time?
because shes pretty sympathetic
Because you're one of the great misinterpreters of the time.
>>7446603
how so?
I am not creative and I suck at poetry. Can someone help me wrote a slam poem.
>>7446541
no :(
>>7446541
Craning necks,
searching for specks,
in the Crystal Meth O.C.D. Home.
We count our sheep,
every other week,
in order from 3 through 8.
Prime numbers we seek,
when cleaning our sheets,
is it wool or fleece?
I can't count on you,
you can't count on me,
Who's Counting?
>>7446541
>I am not creative and I suck at poetry.
you're already there son.
Anyone here enjoy the poem Paradise Lost?
>>7446481
>falling
>has wings
>>7446511
>falling
>has wings
>>7446559
broken wings*
What are some must-read History books?
Herodotus
>>7446390
Ibn Khaldun's al-Muqaddimah
>>7446398
if this is a joke its pretty funny, lol
Lets discuss the greatest book ever.
So, why was Dante exiled in 1301? Did he speak out against corruption in Florence?
>>7446335
Wasn't it because he was a white guelph but the black guelphs took power and accused him of being politically corrupt? :s
>After the Guelphs finally defeated the Ghibellines in 1289 at Campaldino and Caprona, Guelphs began to fight among themselves. By 1300 the Florentine Guelphs had divided into the Black Guelphs and the White Guelphs. The Blacks continued to support the Papacy, while the Whites were opposed to Papal influence, specifically the influence of Pope Boniface VIII. Dante was among the supporters of the White Guelphs, and in 1302 was exiled when the Black Guelphs took control of Florence
>>7446348
Dante got the last laugh when he canonically put them all in hell
You guys seem to think Russell is horrifically biased. What is a better alternative?
>>7446280
lit philosophy guide
Copleston
>>7446280
Start with the Greeks. They didn't have an overview of Western philosophy book when they were teaching one another.
Is Niezstche good?
>>7446242
He is beyond good.
>>7446253
/Thread
Elisabeth Niezstche is brilliant. Haven't read anything by Freddie though.
ITT: We post the most insincere writers. Pic related.
what's the name of that really horrible girl who advertises herself as the "worlds youngest author" or whatever.
she has like this horrible fantasy series thats funded by her rich father. they were making a movie i remember and i wanted to check in to see what was up with that.
pic unrelated, just what im reading.
>>7445937
Christopher Paolini?
>>7445951
>Christopher Paolini
no it's a girl. the title has some weird generic fantasy world name that ends in "ia" i remember.
she is like this blonde rich girl who thinks she a model too.
>>7445937
Gloria Tesch
