/lit/ - Literature

>>10849308
>Nice to see that my ferri shilling is finally paying off
yeah. I don't like his stuff normally, because despite his quality artisanry, his symbolism is... really fucking hamfisted. I saved that one from here, probably, but I never noticed the "shackles" until I posted it.

I unapologetically stan Phil Hale and Serge Marshennikov

>>10575151
oh yeah

It would have to be a woman
inb4 transvestite Abraxas bullshit

>>10156482
>>10156572
Cute young girls are the most beautiful thing in the world stop being so resentful, in fact I don't actually believe you are being honest with yourself.
They are a glimmer of beauty in a troublesome package, but every once in while they are actually interesting or intelligent enough for you to get them into lit.

>>9982724

What is the best edition to get? Hardcovers only please.

Honest Opinions Time, /lit/

At what point is a book "a good book" or even "literature?"

Is it the prose? The story? The philosophical subtext?

If we compare writing as an art form to say, painting, then why is writing and literature always so rigidly criticized?

Comparing Peter Paul Rubens to Gustav Klimt to Berlitz to Rothko...

Isn't simplicity in prose also valid if it's done well?
Technical ability in most art forms is only a part of it and in some cases, not even a requirement at all.

So why is literature so antiquated? Is it because it's the "most intellectual" artform? Is it because it's the only artform actually put down in words? Describing a painting or a song, or why it's good is difficult, but with writing, the words are already there, and easy to compare to other words written down, or gives the illusion of being easier to compare.

How much does /lit/ mean what they say in regards to what they consider "worthwhile" and how much is just posturing?

>all this abstract and surrealist crap
Anyone want to post some real art?

Why are all books/novels written as if they were to be read aloud verbally? Why aren't dialogues written like a script? or have colour coded print to represent different characters or something? It's not like these books are being read out loud most of the time.

And why isn't dialogue spelled phonetically more often? If the words are just written normally it loses the nuance of accent and inflexion.