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Hey, I just finished Duolingo's spanish course and was thinking of finally starting to read in Spanish, what would be some good Spanish books? Is "el amor en los tiempos del colera" a good read?
>>8155437
Donkey Hoe Tay
>>8155536
Oh yeah, forget about Don Quixote, thanks for the reminder I'll add that to the list.
>>8155594
If you're only experience with Spanish is the Duolingo course, do not start with Don Quixote lol.
Why is DFW a hack according to a lot of people including certain meme academics? Perhaps he doesn't offer as much as certain people claim/live up to the hype/resonate with some demographics but disregarding that, what is so incredibly offensive about DFW?
>>8155258
>what is so incredibly offensive about DFW?
His insincerity.
>>8155258
He pretended to be the king of sincerity but was actually a lvl. 10 ironic pomo shithead who an heroed. His positivity and sincerity were deeply disingenuous, and he knew it, so his suicide was well advised
>>8155593
He was never about positivity. His books are sad as shit.
Also i think he didn't claim to be the king of sincerity but he recognised insincere ironic writing as cancerous detrimental stuff, but still couldn't avoid it due to longterm exposure to television.
How has /lit/ helped you?
>>8155126
they critique my poems
>>8155126
they tell me what to read
Book and article recommendations.
Now Reading: Paradise Lost
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Important Dates
06/06/16 - "Three Theban Plays" finished
22/06/16 - Polling Day
24/06/16 - Polls closed; rollover period begins.
27/06/16 - Paradise Lost discussion ends.
>How do I bookclub?
Find the book at the top of this post, read it, and discuss. Bookclubs are a place for expanding and sharing your knowledge. Use this opportunity to ask questions, and discuss the things you liked and did not like about the story.
>How do I recommend books for the bookclub to read?
Use the following format: [REC] Title - Author
>Archives
http://pastebin.com/HTu8Nf5d
Threads will probably die more often as I am not reading this round. Archives will be updated later.
Here's a question though, when you think of Satan in Paradise Lost, do you imagine the classic goat-like satyr with bat wings that became popular in christian propaganda, or do you, like me, imagine an ordinary angel (angels I guess also depicted like the renaissance artists painted them), a little larger than the rest, maybe with some bruises and singed feathers?
>>8155095
Ordinary angel. An interesting question is how did the satyr appearance develop ? Where did it come from ?
hello
I love that this is still going, I'm just sorry that I can't participate with you.
A question to the thread regulars, what would you think if there were weekly Poetry and Poetics generals on /lit/? I'm beginning to compile a list of articles and books as a sort of requiem for those of you who are deeply interested. As of now scouring for decent pdfs of anthologies, coming upon some nice finds as I'm on it.
What do you think, would you like to see something like this happen?
The youngest brother in my family refuses to read books even at the threat of getting disinherited. Should we threaten to disown him or are there any better ways to get a 13 y.o. to read?
>>8154975
Introduce him to Harry Potter or something on that level
but then your shitty elitist family will probably disown him for liking something they don't, anyways
>>8154975
just take him into a shed and rape him
if you can't turn him into a reader, might as well turn him into a writer
just make reading appear cool and trendy
Who here studies or studied philosophy at the graduate level? How was it and what do you do now? I'm considering going into academia but terrified by the job market
Very bad. Philosophy is one of the few holdouts of the human sciences that haven't been overrun by broads, unlike sociology, anthropology, and history. It still has a tinge of autism to it. But it suffers from the same overspecialisation and has few "uomini universali." But if you really love philosophy, and you're already committed to going into academia (this is the kicker), you can sort of find your place in it. It will be moderately less torturous than going to study cultural anthropology and being drowned in people studying Fat Acceptance in Transgender Communes.
Academia is an extremely bad prospect right now, across the board. Only go into it if you love it and you're willing to suffer for it. You should not go into academia if you're looking for a mildly interesting job to keep you stimulated. You should go into it if you're a weird dude who wants to be a scholar at any cost.
Also, do some research into the continental / analytic divide in the Anglosphere. Its starkness is slightly exaggerated, but not all that exaggerated. I'm studying stuff that is pretty considerably off the beaten path, and I had to pull a few miracles to find a niche that will accept me. Stuff like Comp Lit or even one of the cucked disciplines in the Humanities might be a better choice, depending.
>>8154777
I studied philosophy.
>What I expected: Deep and ground-breaking debate involving Plato/Aristotle/Socrates/Kant/Schopenhauer/Nietzsche and pretty much all the names we associate with philosophy.
>What I got: A glorified maths class, brimming with analytic bullshit and all sorts of stupid symbols/equations and generally everything dull about philosophy. The turd sandwich was topped off with generous amounts of Post-Structuralism/Modernism.
>>8154801
You got philosophy. You should have studied literature, sounds more up your alley.
Are there any great novels about celebrity life?
Glamorama
>>8154758
Industrial Society and Its Future
>>8154758
this was one of the worst movies I've ever seen
To people that read Blankets:
What would you have done to save Raina's relationship with Craig?
Fuck off OP. I'm not trying to reread this shit and cry again
>>8154616
It's not that sad
fucking hipster bullshit
How to write edgy things without being edgy? Any examples from literature?
>How to write edgy things without being edgy? Any examples from literature?
What did he mean by this?
Notes from Underground
by going too edgy and clearly poking fun at himself/the character
basically put your edgy ideas into an edgy character but poke fun at him sometimes
>>8154227
write a successful anime in novel form.
There hasn't been one of these threads for awhile. What does /lit/ think of tattoos, particularly literary tattoos? I have pic related. I also have a Black Sabbath tattoo on my other arm but that's irrelevant. What do you think? Am I the king of comfy or what?
>>8154225
Oh, and I forgot to say: show yours off if you have any!
Trashy.
Devalues the human, I'd much rather appreciate someone who loves a series which is respectable (redwall included) to have a room with some well framed collectible posters, or collectors editions of the series, 1st prints etc etc.
In my experience it's usually trashy people who have visible tattoos especially, having such a low opinion of themselves they put a passing fad of theirs or a relative on their shriveling body.
/lit/ tattoos aren't any better then /v/idya tattoos.
>>8154225
At first I thought it was that one mouse knight from one of the Narnia novels, then it would have at least demonstrated some semblance of taste.
Post an image and get a book recommendation based on it.
Original thread
>>8145636
>>8153777
Fear and tremble
>>8153781
Gold in the furnace
>>8153781
Fleurs de mal
discuss
Correctly diagnoses the problem: fails to provide a solution.
Fuck yes, we never ever talk about MacIntyre.
>>8153585
Considering that isn't the point or in the scope of the text I would hardly call it a failing. This text is just to set the ground for virtue ethics, not to actually do it.
Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" is by far one of the most influential Sci-Fi novels ever.
However, it doesn't even rank on the Top 100 of goodreads' "Best Science Fiction" list.
My friend says that the list is flawed and exclusionary due to the fact that 98 of the 100 novels are English (#54 "Solaris" is Polish, and #61 "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is French) so obviously Russia's "We" would not be on the list.
I feel that, sadly, "Brave New World" and "1984" just stole the spotlight, and as a consequence "We" barely even gets printed.
Thoughts on "We", and thoughts on the Goodreads list?
Bonus Points: Upvote "We" into the Topp 100!!!!
>>8153244
If you love him so much you could at least get the author's name right. His name was Eugene desu.
>>8153244
Of the three big dystopias, I'm gonna read that one.
For those unfamiliar with "We", it was basically stolen to make "1984", "Brave New World, and especially "Anthem".:
There are similarities between Anthem and the 1921 novel, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, another author who had lived in communist Russia. These include:
A novel taking the form of a secret diary or journal.
People are identified by codes instead of names.
Children separated from their parents and brought up by the State.
Individualism disposed of in favor of collective will.
A male protagonist who discovers individuality through his relationship with a female character.
A forest as a 'free' place outside the dystopian city.
The protagonist discovers a link to the past, when people were free, in a tunnel under the Earth.
What is the most expensive book you have on your shelf?
Pic related was $400 for me, I think it goes for a lot more now.
Probably the UoC Press edition of Moby Dick or an ARC of one of Meme Wolfe's books
It used to be a first edition copy of Rage by Richard Bachman but I sold it on ebay for way more than it was really worth. Worth about $300 I think.
120€ for each of those Quantum Field Theory textbooks
I have never gotten into reading as much as I would like to. Saw this image awhile back and saved it, are any of these books good? If so what should I read?
I actually enjoyed Flowers for Algernon.
>>8151932
>DADOES
>I think therefore I am
Couldn't have got a worse way of describing it if he had wanted to.
Let me just tell you first that The Book of the New Sun is the best, period. If you read that, everything after will pale in comparison.
If you are into sci-fi or fantasy try Dune.
Or just follow the chart.
