/lit/ - Literature

>>12308537
Hate joyce, hate ireland

>>12308542
simple as

>>12308537
No, but it is a complete waste of time reading the insane ramblings of a Schizophrenic mind. Next you'll tell me its edifying to listen to Sorabji.

Faulkner is harder

>Finnegans Wake

>>12308542
Take the Beckett-pill

If you can’t read finnegans wake, you aren’t white.

>>12308542
>>12308598
>>12308616
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>>12308704
Nothing like a FW thread to bring out the resentful brainlets.

>>12308537
pointless read unless you're irish.

>>12308833
I'll have you know that I am actually a Midwit

>>12308884
>be English imperialist
>read, understand and enjoy FW
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>>12308833
>hey if I defend Finnegan's Wake instead of attacking it then I'll look smarter than the others even though I also barely got through a third of it during a drunken collective reading with my friends.

>be me
>be 17
>in my Oxford college of choice waiting to be interviewed to study English literature
>other candidates are clearly wetting themselves, busily reading and flicking through their notes
>try to hide my smirk as I see one of them reading a copy of Tess of the D'Urbervilles
>smirking tinged with pity as I consider how their dreams of getting a place will be inevitably crushed
>I saunter into the interview room, 4 Oxford dons are sitting on a panel to interview me
>the first don starts off by asking me about my personal statement
>"So, you mention that you've read Ulysses, I'd like to..."
>youhaveactivatedmytrapcard.jpg
>stop them mid-sentence with an upturned finger
>"Sure, I *like* Ulysses..."
>pause for dramatic effect
>"...but I prefer Finnegans Wake."
>She is stunned speechless, the 2nd don exclaims "WHAT?!" as he violently jumps out of his seat, the 3rd don moans in agony and pleasure as she slumps to the floor, her crotch exploding with juices
>"You didn't m-m-mention in y-y-your p-p-personal s-statement that you'd r-r-read it?!" the second one is stuttering, trying to maintain a physical grasp on the reality of this world
>I do not respond, but merely clear my throat as I begin to recite:
>"riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs."
>the 1st and 2nd dons are both breathing heavily and sweating, the 3rd don seems to be having a seizure on the floor, suddenly I notice the 4th don, a much older man than the rest, has not yet reacted
>"So... you claim to have read Finnegans Wake, eh?"
>"So, tell me... What is the LAST WORD of the book?"
>osht.jpg
>this man is clearly a worthy adversary, even if not quite of my intelligence he is clearly quite close
>I inhale through my nose, and then, soberly, I say: "Technically, the book is circular, so there is no last word."
>he eyes me for a moment and then he stretches out his hand
>"Welcome to Oxford, m'boy."
>mfw I drop out a year later

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>>12308924
>>I inhale through my nose, and then, soberly, I say: "Technically, the book is circular, so there is no last word."

Saw this coming

>>12308936
Go ahead and expound on the significance of the work in your own words and point out some of your personal highlights from the book then.

>>12308984
Sure, what could be more rewarding that discussing the most complex novel in western literature with someone who hasn't actually read it, and is predisposed to hate it?
Protip: get over yourself.

>>12309013
>Get over yourself

Says the guy who wants to be seen as someone who read Finnegans Wake.

I bet you haven't even read the midwit version of FW

>>12308616
Was Joyce actually Schizophrenic? Jung seemed to think so.

>>12309029
>who wants to be seen as
Nope. Literally couldn't give two fucks about brainlets ITT.

So, do you ever discuss books you actually know about, or are you just here to rage at random strangers?

>>12309059
I'm just here to see if I can get away with presumptuous comments on things I barely have the faintest cursory knowledge about, without getting pulled up by the vicious hoards, as if I'm some kind of pretentious root vegetable.

You know, just like your average /lit/ poster.

>>12309059
I don't think, u needed, a comma betwee n about and or

>>12309081
Its a stylistic choice. It just sort of creates a moody pause between two statements.

I say this as the guy who is arguing with him.

>>12308924
>mfw I drop out a year later

>>12308616
>>12309047
Joyce wasn't schizophrenic but his daughter was. Joyce said he experimented with language in a similar way to his daughter; Jung said 'the difference is you're diving and she's sinking'