/lit/ - Literature

>>17878818
Predatory imperialism and lack of a literary theory

>Cervantes with his first book, La Galatea, a pastoral novel, introduces himself as a true literary innovator.
>The pastoral genre is one which exists in an ideal place, far from the vulgarity of the cities, in the country, in Arcadia, where shepards and women sing of their love and never grow old.
>In La Galatea, however, this neo Platonic world of perfection is shattered; the Byzantine style of numerous dangers are mixed in; murder, death, rape, the triumph of money, the unconcluded ending, i.e. realism, are present. The poor boy doesn't end up with the beautiful maiden but the rich man.
>As he would do with the chivalry genre in his second book, which needs no mention, Cervantes puts to rest one of the most popular forms of literature of his time to rest. After him, the pastoral ceased to exist.

>>17126988
No

If you're looking for pleasure and fun in a book, you're better off buying a dildo than reading

>>17003969
No, literature is not self-help

>>16880729
Fuck Foucault too. I only read real critics.

>>16526444
Why would I?

>>16471553
>based
>english

>>16471430
Me dí cuenta por tu cara de gilipollas