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Just finished reading Light in August. I finally completed reading Faulkner's major works, and I think he's the great American writer simply because I can't think of an American with five masterpieces to their name. Faulkner has The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, Light in August, As I Lay Dying, and The Unvanquished. One can even mention The Mansion.
I thought I read the best Southern Gothic novel when I read O'Connor's Violent Bear it Away, but this also takes the cake. This is probably Faulkner's best work with regard to characterization, with such vivid outcasts featured throughout the novel. Joe Christmas is also an inscrutable, well-made, damned character.
Any thoughts about Light in August?
>>8045709
>I can't think of an American with five masterpieces to their name
>who is Gaddis
Seriously though, there has to be a re-discovery or appreciation of Faulkner. Too long, he's been the go-to southern Gothic writer. People need to find his work on their own rather than have to slog through AILD (excellent as it is) for senior English.
>>8045730
Here in the Philippines, most English teachers hate Faulkner because he's hard to read. I was called by my lit professor ages ago weird because I actually persevered in reading him.
They usually pick Steinbeck or Hemingway for American literature. Sometimes Morrison is also recommended. No one's heard of Gaddis or Gass, and I've had to do my own stumbling on Hawkes.
I will read Gaddis one of these days, though. Thanks for reminding me.
>>8045730
At most Gaddis has 2 masterpieces
I agree with the OP though, Faulkner is a rare writer who maintains a supremely high level throughout a great many novels. I have yet to read Absalom Absalom but im expecting great things.
I will say however that i believe the Great American novel was Moby Dick but Faulkner may be the Great Novelist.
>I was nothing, a shout in the playground, a rock in scree, the hooting of a car horn.
>Could I do this to her? Could I have this effect on her?
>Could I have this affect on anyone?
>No.
>For Hanne, I was a nobody and would remain so.
>For me, she was everything.
God damn /lit/ you didn't tell me this would be so emotional.
>>8044701
something like that im an eco light bulb and she is the sun john green's idea?
>>8044730
Feels a bit more genuine and less beta than that when you read the book senpai
>>8044701
When is book 6 coming out? goddam I want it so much
Who are your top three favorite philosophers?
my diary desu
In order (inb4: 'le you don't know what you're talking about...' I've read all their works)
Molyneux
Harris
Nietzsche
Just read this for the first time. This book is really fascinating has anyone else heard of it?
non, je seulment connais «L'Étranger». C'est le meme or non?
>>8042853
what does this mean? sorry I don't speak french
Finished it yesterday
I didn't like it.
Post the introductory paragraph to the novel you're currently working on.
>>8040208
You first.
The fat neckbeard giggled to himself and hit Enter. Electronic impulses flowed from his keyboard and out through the air and connected to the internet. The small text he had written now flooded the screens of the entire population of /lit/. All five of them furrowed their brows. Tony and Mark the gay lovers (who by themselves made up 40% of the content on the literature sub4chan) pulled away from each other in their haste to see what had come up. The text was written in big grey letters that overlapped the small pictures of frogs on their dusty laptop screen. It read:
>implying you'll ever get laid because you read books
Tony gently bit Tony's earlobe. He was horny and masturbation didn't cut it anymore, but Tony was having a bad case of butthole disease and their rowdy ruddy romps on the red futon now only incorporated kissing and nipple twisting. "I should be reading" Tony thought.
>>8040208
[character name] was [verbing] the [object] when [other character][description of event]
[dialouge][other character] said.
When did you realize that the Islamic State is the living realization of the radical Traditionalist revolt against modernity that men like Julius Evola dreamed of?
>>8039219
ISIS is pretty cool once you get down to it. Cyberpunk hackers, neo-situationist rebels taking denouement to extreme new heights, 21st century Rockstars badass tribal warriors and defenders of eternal tradition against modern degeneracy
>>8039219
Is evola the single most fedora tipping 'philosopher' there is?
>>8039230
I feel the same way honestly. At the very least I can't condemn them for resisting globalized modernity in the way that they are
Is there a correlation between homosexuality and creativity/intelligence?
I don't know, but they seem to be a lot more creative than straight people such as myself.
>calling the Greek's gay
>>8037236
As a gay guy im not really creative in an artsy way, although I read a lot and love philosophy. Most gay men grow up more attached to women than men, and it's possible they pick up women's more creative instincts
>Being this new
Science has already proven that creativity and IQ are both elements of the male sperm: it's a well known fact that the number of dicks sucked has a direct linear relationship with the quality of your work and the success of your life.
I can't seem to find very many flowcharts for authors in the sticky, thought it might be nice to do a dump of what we have. I'll go first
>>8033766
I bought pic related.
Did I muck up?
Strictly book readers need to quit their bitching and fuck off. It is still the number one show on television. Just be grateful your book series gets a TV deal in the first place, ungrateful faggots.
>>8052369
>It is still the number one show on television
sadly true
>>8052369
This is the wrong board anon, we don't talk about trash here.
>>8052369
"It's popular therefor it's good"
Fuck off
What does /lit/ think of this?
faggy lil nook of cumbers. solid 3.5/10
pique of the author's skills
I can't believe how poorly this book was received.
What's a good annotated version of Moby Dick I can get off Amazon? I didn't understand a lot of it on my first read a year ago
if you paypal me 6 billion euro ill fax u my notes
>>8052089
Norton Critical obviously
>>8052089
>needing notes for Moby Dick
Just stick to Redwall and Harry Potter, chief.
Why is this book so shit?
>>8051532
You're shit
The book isn't
>>8051532
Never read books by women
Never read books about women
Avoid shit
>>8051542
Fuck you.
Do you think BEE knows about this meme?
>>8051228
what is this meme?
>what BEE attempting to understand meme culture would be like
>>8051228
Bee? Like the movie?
>he likes Pynchon
>he hasnt read Dodge
Whats your excuse, plebs?
Don't like Tommy enough to stray my own interests.
>>8051144
>not wanting to go on an adventure featuring weird teachers who teach poker, safecracking and invisiblity
this has been on my list a long time
i've gone thru other pynchon rec's Been Down, Days Between Stations, and Warlock and all three were brilliant
Ok /lit/,
I work at Half Price Books (largest used book dealer in the US, for those unfamiliar.) as you can see in pic related, it's dead in here. Raining outside. What should I look for to read till I get off?
Paper towns
My Ántonia by Cather. Probably readable in a day and really enjoyable.
>>8051106
Please no
