/lit/ - Literature

>Be me, American
>Reading French book
>Curious as to how the main characters name is supposed to be pronounced
>Don’t understand French pronunciation well enough
>Go on YouTube book review video to hear the host of the video says the name
>The host is American too
>“And… wow, sorry guys I’m not even gonna try to pronounce this, I’ll just butcher it! Let’s call him D.E.. Anyways, our protagonist, D.E. finds himself in a…”
DAMMIT

Stop flouting the Gricean maxims

DOES MOMMY REALLY HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO PARAGRAPHS FOR YOU?? ALSO NO I DIDNT USE EM DASHES WRONG ALTOUGH GRANTED MY COLON USE WAS UNCONVENTIONAL BUT YOU WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD MY REASONING HAD YOU READ A SINGLE POSTS LENGTH OF SCAAAWY SCAAAAAWY TEXT

This board is fucked. Since 2022 began it's gotten so much worse in ways that it hasn't in previous years. Should I just become a fucking janny next time the openings come around? Do I really have to do it myself?

>If you don't mind my saying so.
I do mind.

>>19964962
>trans

EXPLAIN HEIDEGGER’S CONCEPT OF THE FOURFOLD TO ME RIGHT FUCKING NOW OR I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU

>>19653695

you win spammers, i'm going to B&N tomorrow and buying this gay shit just so i can come on /lit/ and insult sally rooney fans more efficiently.

>>19546304
>all this slavshit

fuck off

Books for this feel?

Many philosophers and authors sought the answer to the meaning of life but no one agrees on anything universally. No one.

Just stop playing fucking games and agree on something dammit. It's either that or life is meaningless or subjective.

>>19254093
FRATER (middle name) ASEMLEN, YOU WILL RIGHT THIS MOMENT FIND AND LINK ME A DIGITAL COPY OF TELKA: AN IDYL OF MEDIEVAL ENGLAND WRITTEN BY THE SPIRIT OF PATIENCE WORTH CHANNELED THROUGH PEARL LENORE CURRAN AND OPTIONALLY READ IT AHEAD OF ME AND REPORT BACK IF ITS LEGIT OR NOT INSTEAD OF SPENDING YOUR PRECIOUS TIME ON THIS GODFORSAKEN EARTH WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS (pretty pleeeease)!

EXPLAIN DELEUZE TO ME OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! DON'T DUMB IT DOWN INTO SOME VAGUE SHIT! EXPLAIN DELEUZE TO ME RIGHT NOW OR I'LL LITERALLY FUCKING KILL YOU! WHAT THE FUCK IS A BODY WITHOUT ORGANS? WHAT THE FUCK ARE RHIZOMES? DON'T DUMB IT DOWN OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!

>>18880092

>>18807014
ive read it

STOP ARGUING RIGHT NOW AND GET IN MY PALE FIRE THREAD

TELL ME HOW HEGEL GROUNDS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT FUCKING NOW HE SAYS YOU HAVE TO GROUND THINGS OUTSIDE OF THEMSELVES BUT THERES NOTHING OUTSIDE THE ABSOLUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Put Apathy by Paul Nielan in the /lit/ canon or face consequences.

>>18221995
>first editor says he likes my story and he'll publish it in the next edition
>second editor says he loves my story and he'll definitely publish it in the next edition
>third editor tells me my story doesn't quite fit in with the vision of the magazine's future and asks me if I have anything more relevant, preferably one that "imbues political arousal"

Post pewdiepie one more fucking time I swear

HOW DOES HE GROUND THE ABSOLUTE? IM NOT GONNA TAKE HE GROUNDS IT IN ITSELF AS AN ANSWER

>for the sake of readability, this translator has decided to omit several chapters which may be confusing