/lit/ - Literature

>>4970806
Entertaiment killed art. Science is too autistic.

>>4970635
>Sure, meet me at random open mic saturday night.

>>4969248
Old man's babbling. We don't even know if we already have a genius, maybe geniuses don't care for literature anymore, the present day Shakespeare may be a ceo or something.

>>4970770
Nigger, Borges is entry level in my school (with Cortázar and Márquez). The old man was a genius, but every freshman reads him so no patrician status for him. Cervantes is way more "inaccesible" than Borges.

On topic: Cervantes was good, the man knew what he was doing, thing is readers don't undertand why it's important. El Quijote is basically the first novel, also the first po mo novel.

I've been listening the shit out of Her OST while reading Madame Bovary.

>>4966260
Tîmê means honor, not time.

>>4965967
You're right. However, I've talked to many youngsters at high school and even elementary level about the Iliad and most of them agree that Diomedes is their favourite hero, mostly because of his powerful speeches and that passage when he fights Apollo. The vibe they get from the poem is that the concept of glory can be extrapolated to their life and they like it. Reading the Iliad for the fights is better than reading no Iliad at all, right? Of course this is anecdotal evidence as I haven't teached in all the elementary schools in the world.

>>4965875
You'd be surprised how many young men are reading Homer and are hungry for glory.

>>4965408
Maybe he thinks great authors stepped onto those truths and emotions by luck, instead of reading, living and writing the shit out of themselves in order to achieve their god tier level.

>>4965313
Also, if you're ever goint to beat Camus, you should beat your local competition first. Also remember what Chejov said: if you want to be universally known, write about your hometown.

>>4965313
I think literature should accomplish things only literature can. If it can be made into a movie or a video game I would agree with you. If you write novel in which you discover a part of the human condition, doesn't mater how small of a part it is, then you succeeded. A part of this is the fact that no one knows or feels things the same as another human being, so I don't get the obssesion about telling something new (because nothing can be 100% original, you're not Adam, heck even Homer catered to his tradition). I do think it's a healty view of literature (as you identify more as a reader), but maybe it means your talent may cater onto another art form, not words. Read Kundera's essay called The Novel, maybe.

>>4965260
I get you, but I'm pretty sure you have one amazing anecdote lying around your past years. I don't mean to write that, but to think about it and then write it down like it was a rumor people had over exagerated with time. Like you punched a guy, what would happen if you had killed him instead?

>>4965251
What about your life?

>>4965239
That's like your opinion, man. If he can't put it on words, most likely he doesn't know what to say yet.

>>4965146
Think harder.

>>4965077
I think there are people with something to say, and I'd like to listen (or read) to the outstanding ones.

>>4965066
You're right. I apologize.

>>4965022
Kudos on the free verse. A "one man manifesto" can be easily overlook if you're looking to transcend the life you despise.

>>4965028
This man gets it.

>>4965006
Maybe, one day, some /lit/ard will change that. But we will never be aware.

Every wrting thread comes up with some interesting persons and ideas. It's safe to think someone will make it to at least Tao tier, some years ago I used to root for Deep&Edgy too.

>>4964997
Shouldn't you be writing the shit out of you so people read it and feel guilty when you're gone? I think every suicidal person have something to say.

So /lit/ why aren't you writing right now?

Daily reminder Aquiles was a bitch. Pic related; Diomedes, a real hero with some balls.

>>4962463

Sure man, I wish you have a good day too.

>>4962443
I'm not even american, but I appreciate your irrational hate.