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I was memed with this booklist on /his/.
What does /lit/ think of it?
Haha I made that.
Good literature/film; the list wasn't made seriously.
Make of it what you will.
>>7877847
But why "the master-slave" title?
... and did you choose the tiles from the top of your head or was there any kind of reason for choosing these?
>>7877918
The title was a parody of the other book charts, "Brown Pill" et al.
There's relation between the works, but I'm irrelevant to it.
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The last time I committed a story to paper was in the 7th grade. I kept a writing journal, either my second or third one since elementary school (my elementary school had storytime every Friday where the class would read their story for the week).
Anyway, I got bullied a good bit in middle school, so I tended to keep to myself and passed time in class writing in my story journal.
One day while we were in gym, I forgot to lock my locker and somebody stole the journal from my backpack, as well as my cell phone. I didn't find it until it had been circulated through...
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>>7877770
lol you got bullied? what a fag. nice blogpost you got going on here.
>i dont know where to start
that's because you're not cut out for writing. stick to the journal, nu-male
keep at it Jr. It can get better or worse from here on out. Up to you.
>>7877770
Don't listen to Lionel. Start with things that disinterest you entirely. Practice ekphrasis or description of the texture of cardboard or the sensation of eating muesli. Or watch a scene from a film and describe it. You can build your own narratives and imagery later, the important thing is to get the pen going.
Thoughts on this triolgy?
It sounds thematically interesting, but want to know if it is actually well executed.
>>7877763
It's very postmodern. The plot can be hard to follow, but it's worth a read.
>>7877763
Shit's top tier, but there's about as much Vonnegut influence as there is Pynchon influence, so it gets extremely silly extremely often
it's really really badly executed
i absolutely love it
if you finish reading a book and are still unsure of what the main theme/intent of the author was, do you prefer to read critical analysis and essays over the work or try and piece it together yourself? In my case, if the book is particularly challenging I tend to gravitate towards essays for help. If you think this is the wrong way of approaching the problem, what methods do you use to get to the core idea of a work?
Yes and no. I read a lot on catch-22. Specially the characters and what they represented. When I re-read it I can't even explain how much more I enjoyed it.
%73 percent of the time though I value my own thoughts on the book itself. One isn't better then the other but if you read analysis after every book and are not writing an essay on said story you should go back to 10th grade English with Mrs. Rimjob.
I think everyone should have some more of there own concepts as to what is happening in the story.
Some books need it though. Like House of Leaves...
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I like to read criticism for:
books that felt too simple (Age of Innocence, Lady Chatterly) - sometimes they lend new depth (Age of Innocence) and sometimes they pretty much confirm what I thought (Lady Chatterly);
books that are too specific (Tale of a Tub);
and on books where I have fairly strong opinions myself and upon which no one can achieve a definitive statement (Don Quixote, Hamlet)
Sometimes I avoid it. I've never read Gravity's Rainbow criticism and I actively avoid criticism of the Confidence Man.
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I read critical essays for the stuff I really enjoy, which usually means I have prior interpretations.
Nothing really has the key to the text, but I like seeing different perspectives. If I have no clue what I'm supposed to be getting from a book I don't really follow up on it.
How do I begin doing that?
argue with people who are smarter than you
you want to be a filthy sophist? ewww
Thank You For Arguing by Heinrichs
The Winning Oral Argument by Garner
Book I of Leviathan by Hobbes
All of Cicero & Quintilian
Thank You For Smoking: Feature Film for Theatre
But just start w/Heinrich's it will de-plebify you and give you serious persuasive superpowers.
Just to confirm, this new disgusting format is an april fool's joke, correct?
Yes. It was initiated in the morning AM hours here on the east coast of the US. So I suppose it's going to end around that time too.
>>7877685
No Olga, it's here to stay.
I'm trying to incorporate horror into my writing, but I'm not sure if it's actually coming off that way. True enough I've never actually had my writing critiqued, so to me it just comes off as normal writing.
From what I've been doing, I try to convey a sense of hopelessness by both putting the character(s) in a hopeless or sudden and unexpected situation as well as quickening the pace of the reading so as to emphasize a more intense situation.
Any kind of advice you can provide that you feel would be helpful would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
>>7877662
>From what I've been doing, I try to convey a sense of hopelessness by both putting the character(s) in a hopeless or sudden and unexpected situation as well as quickening the pace of the reading so as to emphasize a more intense situation.
That sounds really half assed, maryann.
just post an excerpt and we can tell you
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shitposting outta control tn
>>7877592
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>>7877593
excuse me sir,
your post was extremely rude.
jorgesborges posting is not shitposting.
is Synecdoche, New York the Trout Mask Replica of film?
1) how did this end up on /lit/?
2) 'no'
"lit" doesn't refer to being stoned, you goddamn slacker. fuck outta here.
>>7877431
If we bring this back to actual /lit/ what do you guys reckon the Synecdoche, New York of /lit/ is?
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Hello.
What is /lit/ take on the Harry Potter series of book?
It's the only series of book I finished, I want to situate myself with your opinions.
Next I'm going to read Kafka metamorphosis.
>>7877224
>What is /lit/ take on the Harry Potter series of book?
We pretend they're bad
>>7877224
>What is /lit/ take on the Harry Potter series of book?
We pretend they're good
Are there any good books for improving ones observational skills and deductive reasoning?
is this the wrong board for this sort of question?
>>7877061
He's looking for books dumbshit, of course it is.
And yeah op, there are. But really, nearly every book you encounter should improve the three skills you mention. Importantly, it's more about how you read a book. Are you actually paying attention? Are you actively listening and considering what you're reading as you're reading it? Are you looking at where what youre reading fits into your understanding of things? Can you stay focused for long periods of time? When you lose focus, can you...
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You mean inductive reasoning?
So was Dostoyevsky trolling with this one, or...?
>>7876752
>wong
Get the fuck off my board you chink bastard
>>7876768
Your mother loves all of my wong
Dunno, but it was pretty gud
I want to learm russian, do iam looking for russian lit with not so elaborate style of writting. Could /lit/ help me? Iam complete beggineer but i want to learn the language on my own like i did with english.
>>7876624
Mate, you didn't learn english.
But since you'll ignore that fact, i'll tell you how to learn russian by yourself.
I downloaded a book (in portuguese, so you'll have to find one in your language) teaching russian, and every day I dedicate a hour reading it and doing the exercises, and when i'm working I keep memorizing the words and grammar rules.
It's not really hard.
>>7876624
THe best book is pretty much agreed to be the New Penguin Russian Course. But that's for English speakers I guess
Personally I just read shit way above my actual level and eventually it starts to click
>>7876888
Thanks, i know my english is not that great but i can read the books iam interested in and that is all i need.
Do you remember the name of the book?
Any tips for cyrilic alphabet? Iam Czech so i dont think the grammar will be problem, slavic languages are very similar.
>>7876899
Thanks, im trying to do just that
Is journalism just prostitution? I looked at a random article from a book of George Orwell's collected writings and it was a 3 page article on Hitler in 1940. I'm not pol but it was an article before Hitler was synonymous with evil. It was an op-ed with shallow dilletantish opinions. Seeing an op-ed on what is now regarded by current journalists as synonymous with evil really highlighted the worthlessness of the article.
Also I looked at DFW's "a supposedly...". I had to stop reading after one page because of the ten million sweeping vague bites...
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>>7876535
Life is prostitution. Now get suckin', faggot.
>>7876535
>Is journalism just prostitution? I looked at a random article from a book of George Orwell's collected writings and it was a 3 page article on Hitler in 1940. I'm not pol but it was an article before Hitler was synonymous with evil. It was an op-ed with shallow dilletantish opinions. Seeing an op-ed on what is now regarded by current journalists as synonymous with evil really highlighted the worthlessness of the article.
>Also I looked at DFW's...
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>>7876581
Nah, that can't be right
Hey guys, where's a good place to chat with other /lit/izens in real time? /lit/'s a little slow sometimes, don't you think? I'm looking for a literature chat room to discuss cordially, if it exists.
"Let's make threads to give ourselves an excuse to link to discord"
>>7876515
I dindu nuffin
>>7876504
the tc fb chat.
