I want to get into Rilke. Where do I start? Give me a heads up on the best translations, please.
>>7374573
He's an overrated hack.
I haven't read him or read about him, but this ->(>>7374597).
Why not start learning Germain instead? It pays off a lot, y'know.
ITT: Books that expand your mind
>>7374381
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
>>7374381
what on earth are all those yellow shards
>>7374659
MDMA nigga
I just noticed I read slower than a 3rd grader apparently.(~100wpm)
How to increase reading+comprehension speed?
I'm not as bad as you, I hover more around the 200 mark, but I understand the feel. The obvious and most common answer to your question is to read more, but, while this makes sense and probably works to some extent, I have seen little improvement in my reading speed. Apparently there are ways to "speed read" by reducing unnecessary eye movement and such, but the more I look into it, the more it seems to be little more than skimming. I suppose I don't really have any clear solutions for you but I'd be interested in seeing what other anons think.
>>7374301
Prose read at 200-250 words per minute is fine, especially when the text is difficult.
~ 450 according to some cheap test I just took.
How do I get past vocalizing to myself? I feel like not doing that is some real zen shit.
Just bought Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Deleuze) and Phenomenology of Perception (Ponty). Anything I should know before I start reading them?
>tfw you will never be as cool as Spinoza
Not for these ones, assuming you've read Spinoza. Merleau-Ponty's comfy as shit too.
>>7374169
This is beautiful. I'm saving it. Thank you.
I'm writing in the corner of a comic book store. Where are you writing? You must post pic if you reply.
>>7374023
I'm PC famm, let me handle this.
>>7374023
In my room.
>>7374023
they let you stay there without buying anything?
Just finished my first read through, interested in how /lit/ interpreted the novel
I saw it as an epistemological critique of language. Namely how our means of communication is entirely mired in the socio-political landscape du jours;how we can never really separate ourselves from this landscape and any attempts to do so result in alienation and confusion.
This was demonstrated literally in the war between Thurn and Taxis and Trystero, a political conflict that would decide who controlled the means of communication.
Keep in mind this is after a single read, didn't take notes or anything and is more just a general thesis I've gleaned from the text than any definitive interpretation.
Can anyone build on/refute my interpretation?
Anyone else care to share their respective interpretations?Anyone else not realize that a novel where paranoia is a central theme prominently features a band named the Paranoids until they're explicitly referenced near the end?
I never read it but i think its about bugles right, thats whats on the cover
Couldn't you have just said it's about communication errors? I don't mean to be anti-intellectual but man,
>an epistemological critique of language. Namely how our means of communication is entirely mired in the socio-political landscape du jours
yikes. I ain't your prof sonny
>>7373872
Probably, but ironically enough if I'm not specific to the point of pretentiousness I fear I'll fall into the very trap the novel is trying to point out
Which Bible book is the best one to read?
I think Leviticus because it tells you how to be a civilized member of society.
>>7373709
Job, because it teaches you to shut the fuck up.
>>7373709
The gOD Delusion.
Ecclesiastes. Greatest collection of wisdom in all the Bible tbqh.
Is there a name for when a word is misspelled by replacing a syllable with something phonetically similar?
Pic related. Hope you can understand what I mean.
I don't think "homophone" is the right term for it, since the misspelling is often not a valid word and not picked on purpose.
My mother is an English teacher and she's asked me about this a few times because she sees it very often in small children, but I've never been able to find out what it's called.
>>7373574
dyslexitude
>>7373581
But that's not a word
'Quite' and 'loose' are pronounced differently to 'quiet' and 'lose', though. These are just spelling errors.
>if I write enough nonsense, maybe people will think I'm smart
It is a small mind that cries "fake!" upon encountering the difficult or the incomprehensible.
If i write enough "WHAH! Everything that can go bad will go bad WHAH!" people will think I'm a savior of free speech.
How does one become a better writer? Are there courses you can take? Books you can read?
Emulate your favorites until it happens on its own
Anyone?
>>7373243
how do i emulate this favorite guy
What is your favorite fantasy book /lit/?
>>7373121
The Hobbit and Wizard of Oz
>>7373121
Stay in the containment thread. Also read the sticky.
Do you think that you have to be a good looking person or at least average to write good literature which is read by others? Do you think that being good looking or else ugly has an effect on how one carries out the writing craft?
It is true that paradoxically for a profession which is mostly carried out in solitude, many well-known writers have been good-looking types – Faulkner and Chehkov for examples amongst male writers. If we're talking about female writers, Plath and Sexton come to mind.
But on the other hand, it can also be argued that ugly people are oftentimes rejected by society in more fundamental ways and that it may be possible for them to apply their pain to their art, particularly in arts that are carried out away from people such as writing, and achieve greatness.
Or perhaps it is best to be a merely average looking writer.
Pic Related. My apologies for the autism but I think there could be a really good discussion about this.
>>7373094
i hope this is b8
here's your reply
I highly doubt it, considering a lot of the classical and renaissance greats were fugly
Being attractive probably serves some writing styles better than others
Are "innocence" and "childhood" stupid terms created by adults who don't accept the real nature of a kid?
is the so-called 'age of consent' a product of an oppressive ageist system that denies a child's basic right to erotic pleasure?
>>7373078
I think so.
>>7373071
Well innocence surely is. But why would childhood not be "the real nature of a kid" -whatever that means-?
Nobody ever talks about Beckett's literature on this board.
It's really fantastic
>Nobody ever talks about Beckett's literature on this board.
That's wrong.
>It's really fantastic
That's right.
>>7372922
The novellas are lovely, but his plays are wretched.
it gets talked about, but I agree
I fucking love reading Watt out loud, it almost feels like you're supposed to read it that way
Hey, feel like a invigorating fun filled and quotable /lit/ chat?
go to tiny chat dot come slash omnichan
why not a
eb.utyc
channel?
2 guest so far just came and left...
you guys have to stick around to gather a group jeez.
I have a really awesome topic of conversation that is literary, philosophical, and problematic all at once.
"The hair wasn't working for me in the welding booth"
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