/lit/ - Literature

>>3637519

Well, perhaps you haven't, but this is /lit/ and I don't know who I'm responding to.

Posts such as -

'He doesn't like being made to think about themes, subtexts or contexts of the works he's reading, hence, he's lazy.'

'Seems like you resent being made to think for yourself.'

and

'Fucking pleb. Do you want to even think about what you're reading beyond the level of "cool dialogue" or plot points.'

Were made in response to my desire to ' take a course in Shakespeare without a 'queer' slant, examine Conrad's use of narrative without mentioning Achebe, or unpack meaning in The Waste Land without having to exhaustively discuss Eliot's antisemitism first' and while you're obviously not responsible for them, they do (implicitly) prescribe a singular approach. Or, rather, a series of approaches belonging to a general tendency. It's no wonder I'm straw-manning so much, I'm replying to several people, most of whom are probably taking the piss.

>>3500863

>>2607256

>Simplistic statement undermining the validity of simplistic statements

Uh oh, I think I just fell in love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlHFj208qPs&feature=relmfu

Incidentally,

>In the next few decades intelligent young men will become increasingly conservative, even if it's only as a means by which to distinguish themselves from the collective liberal tendencies of their thoughtless contemporaries