/lit/ - Literature

>make thread satirising prominent translator of Plato
>deleted
>hogwarts sex, yasss kanng slay, pilkington, 50 jordan peterson threads, "say my name", "soh kra teez"
>no prob..
can we request that all mods who don't browse /lit/ regularly are barred from moderating - excepting occasions where users report obvious ruinous shitposting

>>10855893
>taste is the enemy of art

>>10754109

>Anon I haven't much time left. Carry on my legacy. R-remember the Canon... Read Shakespeare, Cer...Cervantes... Jane... Aus...Austen... Walt Whi...Wa... ....

>>10445384

>go see Romeo and Juliet in the theater
>find out Juliet is now a man
>the setting takes place in Star Wars and instead of sword fights they have light saber battles
>the dialogue has been completely rewritten into "modern" English and jokes about internet memes are added
>the ending has been changed so the titular couple lives and beheads their homophobe parents
>the cast gives a speech to the audience about resisting Trump
>mfw this is the way Shakespeare is meant to be experienced

>>10263674


>/lit/ hates Harold Bloom now

what happened?

>>9868266
>he hasn't started with the Greeks

>>9771486

It's too late! He's fading!

>Save the canon, Anon. The legacies of the classics must live on...

>>9685186
>>9685206


>health problems and operations throughout your whole life
>son spent life in and out of hospitals suffering from some sort of chronic disease
>0 colleagues because Yale hates you
>students don't want to fuck you anymore
>no one cares about reading and literature anymore
>all your friends are dead from old age
>definitely going to die any minute now

>>9585969
>i

literature is dyyiinnngggg

please...saaavvveee iiiittttt

>>9544605

Because he fought long and hard to keep plebs and SJWs from ruining literature and literary studies and it's pathetic how hard he failed. He's the last living bastion of the great literary tradition and he's failing because you had to go and recommend Infinite Jest to people rather than telling them to reread Shakespeare or brush up on the Bible. He's fucking suffering all day every day and his body won't let him die and it's all your fault.

>>9522260

>Anon, you are one of my most intelligent students and one of the best readers I've taught. I can't be here long. I'm fading, Anon. Before I go, I want you to promise me you'll continue the good fight. Read only the best of what's written, and encourage others to do likewise. Don't get sucked into the trappings of the screen, television or computer. We need readers like you to persevere and carry on with my mission. We can't let the greatest authors be ignored, Anon.

>Don't let the canon fade away.

>>9378568

I hope when I grow old aand grey I lose my corporeal form and contort into a wraith of disappointment and contempt.

The school of resentment grows too strong.