/lit/ - Literature

>>15601298

As a fan of Dark Souls and literature, I can tell you honestly that you will not find what you are looking for. There is no rewarding satisfaction of overcoming in literature, or if it is found it is immediately misguided. Read Aquinas' Suma Theologia in the original Latin if you want difficulty, but this will not better your experience or your understanding.

>Literature is not meant to be difficult.
>Those who find it so are of a poorly educated mindset.

Literature is a door to the voice of our fathers. Some books are written less intelligibly, and others intentionally cryptic.This does make them inherently more valuable. If you're looking for themes from Dark Souls such as growing ennui. the fading of good out of the universe, gods and demons, small men in great wars becoming heroes, /lit/ can help you.

>>11305505

This is a good starting point, bring back the conventional arguments that muted Jung and James at the time. Namely, behaviorism, analytical philosophy.

If we insist on Skinner tier objective data a lot of Peterson goes out the window, or it will become substantial enough to be taken apart by any good literary critic. Another point, don't touch Peterson with a 10 foot pole. Chomsky him. Don't publish his opinions, his writings, never mention him in an academic circle or setting. Excommunicate him, and his name will die. The subversion of opinions should be saved for those influenced by him. The above insistence on behaviorist and analytical models should be voiced by professors, educators, editors, to those who have been influenced by Peterson, ideally without invoking his name.

>"Ah, I see you're using a proto-Jungian model. Modern psychology seeks to understand models of thought through cognitive neuroscience, here are a few good authors to start with."
Eichenbaum for hippocampal research, just as an example. Appeal to their science side.
>"Oh you want to scientific, here, take this harder science."
>"Oh you want more philosophy? Try Aristotle's De Anima and Hume for cognitive, get back to me with your impressions."

Scrub him.

>>6281943

Because it forces you to ignore anything Dosotyevsky says about Raskolnikov outside of the exact text of Crime and Punishment, intimating that the artisitc value of the piece singular is worth more than the collected and supported idea that it forwards or even the complex psychology of the characters.

And Fuck You, that's why.