/lit/ - Literature

>>1571213

Not everyone who expresses their atheism is an aggressive intellectual narcissist.

And Kundera is great but he's not my favourite.

>>1571197

Kafka je česká.

>>1571187

What's dickish about it?

I think that probability leans heavily toward Shakespeare actually existing, and just because there is not enough evidence to completely rule out the possibility that he did not write the plays doesn't mean that the assertion should be regarded as anything more than baseless speculation.

From a literary standpoint it's quite irrelevant anyway.

Some editions are censored at the request of Anne Frank's father.

After he died they published the whole thing.

>>1570121

I said it, but it's nothing really profound.

It's a common opinion among historical linguists.

It's actually it's dogmatic simplicity which cripples it.

>>1570073

But anon, don't you think it argued that the scriptures themselves actually carry the idea of religion, and the perceptions of those who read it and believe it are changed so radically that it's inevitable that it have such an effect on humanity, regardless of the quality of the prose. Same goes for Marx.

"The only truly objective comparison you can make to assess the quality of literature is it's influence on civilisation."

What about religious scriptures?

Perhaps the only reason why they have influenced civilisation (including literature) is because they were enforced so dogmatically by religion which kept the scriptures eternally popular.

Most influential, yes.

>>1567166

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoqvNiNKQg0

It was really bad.

The most progressive is left leaning democracy with a technocratic agenda.

There is this guy who is 40 years old but he has never had sex.

Hilarity ensues.

Tybrax posts as lots of people.

Snape is Lily?

"Fiction is what it means to be fucking."

-Marquis de Sade

>>1562139

If by "playing with" you mean "annihilating" then I agree.

>>1562079

Sure it should CONCLUDE with obscenity, but having roughly 5 atrocities per act can only be deliberate overkill.

>>1562032

Which one are you, d&e?

>>1562026

Relative to Shakespeare's other stuff it's fucking awful.

The 'revenge tragedy' narrative never evolves, the prose itself is unimaginative and the relentless obscenities are just tasteless.

stagolee

>>1561967

I don't think it can be appreciated as a legitimate play otherwise.