/lit/ - Literature

He tried to warn us

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He's the one commie that I have anything resembling respect for desu.

Do you think he knew when he wrote 1984 that it would become the lowest common denomination of lowest common denominator literature?

I'd love to see pic related interviewed by Alex Jones. I really think they'd be on the same wavelength.

ITT: The most overrated authors of your country. I'll start.

Not because 1984/etc were badly written (although certainly not the 'masterpieces' they're made out to be), but because Orwell was an ideologue at heart. Kipling, whom Orwell strongly criticized for example, was much better.

>/lit/ suddenly hates Orwell

What happened?

Orwell as a Critic

Description: Pretty self-explanatory, a glance at George Orwell's work as a literary critic, with discussion of his ideological background and bias

Prerequisites: it would probably help if you've already read 2 or 3 of his major works. At least 1984.

Reading List:

"Charles Dickens" - Orwell
>read along with Tale of Two Cities or Pickwick Papers
"Rudyard Kipling" - Orwell
>read along with Kim
"PG Wodehouse" - Orwell
>read along with Thank You Jeeves
"Inside the Whale" - Orwell
>read along with Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer
"Politics vs. Literature" - Orwell
>read along with Swift's Gulliver's Travels

Each time the seminar is given, only 3 or 4 of those combinations will be taught. The final paper will be written independently on one of the combinations that wasn't.

Where do I start with Orwell? What are his must-read essays?

Are Animal Farm, 1984 and The Road to Wigan Pier a good place to start?

What is the best thing that George Orwell ever wrote? Essays, novels, reviews, whatever the fuck.