/lit/ - Literature

ngl, i have not enjoyed reading greek and latin these past few weeks

Where should I start from if I want to read up on psychoanalysis, and what shall I continue with?

>be me
>just finished 2nd year of English Literature course at prestigious uni
>mandatory critical theory module in 2nd year
>kinda dumb but whatever it only takes up like 2 hours of comfy time (I may as well be a NEET at this point)
>have to read derrida, spivak, judith butler
>complain to my tutor that it's baseless and incomprehensible
>he's kinda reddit but we get along for the most part cause he has good taste in lit, film and music
>he says I just didn't get it and to read moar
>read moar
>Only solidifies my view that continental philosophy is esoteric midwit shit that French people invented to slay boipussy
>get disheartened about my choice of degree
>feelsbad.jpg
>write as schizo an essay as I can using these theorists' ideas
>begin to argue that we need a "perpetual and compulsory public masochism" and "21st century ignominy" to avoid the pitfalls of our "current descent into fascism" among other patently ridiculous points
>dust off a slug of ketamine halfway through for good measure
>no proof reading, just SEND
>lay back and consider what I'm going to do with my life instead of academia
>fast forward to today
>get results back
>91/100 "best essay that year"
>mfw I could make a career out of this