/lit/ - Literature

I don't think life is pointless but from what I've seen 99% of people live pointless lives.

Work to consume. Forever stuck in one drama after another. Always succumbing to peer pressure. Ignorant of what they really want.

Is the meaning of life to party? I don't think so.

At the very least, I think you have to do unconventional things to find your life purpose.

>>19565750
>Dhalgren in D4
Sounds about right from what I remember of it.

>>19565794
D5 would be those obscurant books which are more literary experiments than novels, hard sci fi beating it's own philosophical dick over a nothingburger of a theme, or the work of fried out hippies. You run into them occasionally and they serve as exemplars in context with everything else. I think LeGuinn had one.

Was talking to another anon about this in another thread and I'm 100% serious

What am I trying to get out of poetry when I'm reading? Am I trying to find a narrative or does it not matter at all? I've just never ever ever been compelled to read poetry. I'm kinda open to it but I just feel weird reading something without straightforward prose

I'll try and keep an open mind cause I'm interested in your reasons