What are his best books?
I have yet to read Hegel (only on Aristotle on my journey so far), so I would like both his funny meme books and ones that are more related to the discussion of modern events.
Stick to Hegel.
>>7389737
b-but funny meme books :(
>>7389741
Look, no one is going to stop you from reading them, but if what you're looking for is knowledge, or at least a better comprehension of Zizek's and Hegelian philosophy you have to start from the bottom.
Aristotle is good too.
Who is the most pessemisitic or depressing philosopher/poet/novelist you can think of?
>>7389668
Schopenhauer
>>7389668
T.S. Eliot, Lovecraft.
>“They didn’t have to do that”
Is there anything in a creative work that “has” to be done? The favorite thing that analysts love to point out is that “Oh, the blue curtains have to mean something, the author didn’t have to make them blue, but they choose to. They choose to make the curtains blue over something else”
Is it not possible that the artist wrote "He stood upon the stepladder" not because it represented the character rising in moral standing but simply because the character needed to reach something on the top shelf?
>>7389632
I always thought the curtains being blue was a garbage example to be used for this whole thing. The author could have made the curtains blue to set a mood, and I never see this brought up by either authorfags or deaththereoffags.
>>7389643
It's the only example /lit/ has, so they continually rehash it.
You think us capable of creating new arguments?
>>7389839
learn a real rigorous discipline, faggot
So /lit/, do you have the feel that some books you just can't read in public? I've always felt that way with few books, for example the bible or the divine comedy, and was wondering if it was only me.
>just bought pic related, it is in brazil-portuguese.
I read the God Delusion at my Christian grandfather's funeral. Keks were had.
>>7389611
your edges shine through horizont
A guy in one of my graduate literature classes started the semester carrying around Ulysses, and ended up carrying in Infinite Jest on one of the last days.
As long as you aren't that guy you can read most things in public.
Is it better to persevere with writing something you have begun writing but lost interest in
or
begin something new that you are interested in?
Always finish what you start.
>>7390495
no -- sometimes what i started was absolute trash
You probably lost interest in it because it sucked. I don't see much point in finishing a piece of shit, but do whatever you want, homo.
How do you guys keep your political views out of your writing?
Been working on some genre fiction because it's my jam and It keeps turning into a battle against socialism.
>>7389531
Americans really like shit
Just have interesting political views and don't strawman, don't appear overly bias or at least do it well.
>>7389531
>and It keeps turning into a battle against socialism.
I would advise reading books about Socialism so you realise it isn't a childish battle between good and evil.
So I might be getting a tattoo for Christmas, and I was thinking of getting a literature-related tattoo. I already have pic related, so I thought it would match well. Does anybody have any ideas on what to get? Some of my favourite books are:
>On the Road
>The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings
>Watchmen
>The Painted Bird
>Fahrenheit 451
>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
>UBIK
>Silverwing
>Watership Down
>Life of Pi
>The Master and Margarita
>Siddhartha
>Norwegian Wood
>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
>Nineteen Eighty-Four
>Animal Farm
>The Call of Cthulhu
>A Game of Thrones
It has a budget of $250-$300 Canadian tho so it can't be too big or elaborate. Any ideas welcome.
Thanks.
>>7389481
I'll never understand why people would tatoo book stuff on them.
>>7389481
why don't you get a rohrschach inkblot tattooed on your stupid face?
>tattoos
It is the 45th anniversary of when Yukio Mishima seppuku'd at the age of 45 on November 25th 1970
Lets get together and talk about our favorite books of his while posting rare 'shimas to celebrate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1AbTRtT7qE
Get redpilled. Mishima was gays as fuck
>>7389316
can you explain what that means?
Mishima, Yukio. A complete nonentity means, absolutely nothing to me. A genius.
Will we have one of those threads where we draw whatever art we're digging right now, paintings or drawings, any era, maybe in the hopes of invoking creative influence or divine inspiration?
I particularly like how much this one reminds me of Kid A'salbum artwork.
Is your career literature-related, /lit/? If not, what is your major?
It seems to be considered unwise to major in the humanities nowadays, so I'm curious on the thoughts of those going and doing it. I don't mean to make this into another STEM vs. humanities thread, but instead ask about the thoughts of those choosing the latter despite the "risks".
Not as cool as the dudes in academia, but I teach English at the high-school level. It's pretty chill. Pay's pretty bad, but I do get half the year off, so it's hard to complain.
The job is WAY harder than you think it is, though.
Accounting. Extra hours with white collars fucking sucks.
>>7389199
I'm currently studying for a major in mathematics, which is pretty damn far from literature. But I study it for three good reasons; I enjoy it, I'm good at it, and it will land me a job that'll have me set for the lit life after a year or two of hard work. If I could I'd rather live off of writing, so math is a financial stepping stone for me.
Humanities is only something you should go for if you have a burning passion for your particular field of study, otherwise you'd either end up miserable or finding yourself making up excuses for why this was the best possible choice.
The degradation of the study of classics is symptomatic of the overall degradation of our education system in general.
It used to be that an emphasis was placed in universities on an understanding of history, and of the ancient debates that form the foundation of our modern society. The better your understanding of the past, it was thought, the better your understanding of the present would be. Under this way of thinking, western civilization was built and maintained, using governmental and economic systems with their roots 2000 years in the past.
This has all changed in the past century. Our focus myopically shifted to the here and now, with any study of history mocked as "irrelevant." The result has been that university is now seen exclusively as a pathway to employment. It fulfills this function well enough, but now graduates are too specialized to comment on general issues with anything approaching wisdom.
Those who favor the practical realities of the world study STEM fields and ignore everything else, but the humanities have not been spared from this trend either. Because those studying them now do so because they want to commit their entire life to them, it has become necessary to invent practical uses where previously none existed. So humanities has splintered into many separate "studies," which teach that something is wrong in the world, that human nature can somehow change, and that it is their job to do it, no matter how many traditions must be upended.
Thus the study of classics perishes, and the result is an ever-increasing tide of SJWs, and an inexcusable acceptance of Marxism.
You're wrong.
>>7389195
I'm not in academia but I'll tell you what's really going on: the post
as a classics student i really have to point out thatyou should go back to /pol/ zzzz
I've never been serious into reading I don't know what I'm interested in as far as that concerns not knowledgeable about genres or there respected authors so /lit/ you get to decide what I read. I'll be reading every book posted in this thread in order. Please be nice and suggest things you like and not dumb shit.
finnegans wake
Blood Meridian
breathtaking, nearly poetic prose that remains readable. visceral scenes without an artificial story. short length. you'll love it.
What does /lit/ think about GEB?
Dunno; never read it. Anyone have an ePub of it? All I can find are PDFs.
I find it boring without much point other than just 'ooh look at this loop/paradox, cool amirite?'
Just rambles about those 3 guys plus alan turing. Might as well just read their biographies
do you really think any of the pseudo on /lit/ are capable of understanding its contents?
I just finished reading "Good Old Neon". I'm no DFW apologist but want to hear other people's thoughts on it (couple reading this story with the essay "David Foster wallace and the New Sincerity in American Fiction" by Kelly).
The narrator's perspective (which we're led to believe by the end is some representation of DFW himself) is in many ways like me in progression of thoughts (although I'm still too young/sheltered to be nearly as nihilistic)right down to his affinity for symbolic logic.
Also would like to see how you'd characterize the story in terms of "postmodernism" / "post irony" / "new sincerity" etc.
Wallace, like the phony in the story, was preoccupied with turning life into a Turing test. So Wallace treated sincerity like a Turing test and you can see the results yrself.
>>7389339
Rare DFW thread?
0002word essay on pic related due tomorrow and haven't even started yet. Please help me.
>>7389047
Die young
fuck butt
>>7389047
"I care."
