/lit/ - Literature

>>1492781

Please tell me how the asshole who said that justified their argument.

>>1492784

i would guess post-structuralism would justify it...

Hegel's philosophy was genuinely praiseworthy.

>my fucking face

>>1492784
He more or less built his interpretation around the theme of extreme suspicion in the novel, and the notion of cataclysmic event that sparks it off (9/11 etc). I can see how he would come to that sort of conclusion but to my mind it's a woefully inadequate way to treat the text, which I don't believe is concretely American to begin with, and I don't think it contributes to a more fruitful or constructive understanding of that text.

the road is a commentary on how shitty a writer cormac mccarthy is

Becaues Nicholas Urfe sexualizes and uses women in The Magus, John Fowles is a misogynistic writer.

>>1492804

Oh come on. 0/10

>>1492804
isn't it funny how people only started to dislike McCarthy since Oprah chose The Road as her book of the month?

>>1492817
It was before then. "The Road" really is a bland little snoozer that got famous by dint of being a slow year in lit.

>>1492821

Hey, he's no Nicholas Sparks, but we can't all be genius, genre breaking authors on par with Hemingway, can we?

>>1492821
>I don't like it because it's popular

>>1492792

mfw I read that post.

>>1492812
I've been meaning to read this, actually. What did you think of it?

>>1492827
Guys, lets get this thread back on track. D&E has provided us with a platform for discussing what could be some potentially hilarious stories!

When I was in high school one of my more remedial colleagues would continually bring up (to the teachers chagrin) his interpretation of Beowulf-inspired determinism: Fance. The marriage of fate and chance. He would belt it out any time she asked a question regarding the reasoning of characters, or the purpose of any action.

I think he got an F.

>>1492843

I am appropriating the term Fance for my trolling dictionary.

>It's the story of how men come to terms with impotency. The worm is symbolic of impotency, first the worm is feared and something that must be avoided but then later on he conquers it and uses it to regain control of his life.

>>1492856

Where do these people come from?

>>1492841
It's good. Fowles has a kind of smugness that rubs off on most of the interior monologues he writes, but it can be awfully satisfying to indulge in once in a while, regardless of how flawed they are. Parts of the book are straight-up erotica: Just a warning. I put it in the realm of high-minded thriller, like if you want a satisfying beach read with some philosophical muscle injected into it ala Foucault's Pendulum or Deliverance.

>>1492861
>I put it in the realm of high-minded thriller, like if you want a satisfying beach read with some philosophical muscle injected into it

I'm currently ~200 pages into it and I must say that this pretty much nails it.

That The Stranger is a critique of the French Judicial system.

I think Camus would have lol'd at that.

>>1492876
just...wow.

The Great Gatsby is about the American Dream

when people say 'Im an existentialist' or 'the meaning of life is to give it meaning' or 'philosophy is stupid' or 'marx/freud/jesus/anyone sucks' or 'anna karenina is a heroine' or 'that writer is nuts' or 'i liked this book' or 'i didnt like this book' or 'james joyce is a troll'

I've never heard this in real life but Horton Hears a Who is a pro-life screed
the whos are life and the fluff is an embryo.
look:
http://blogs.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2008/03/14/pro-life-message-in-horton-hears-a-who.aspx

>>1492913
My fucking face when this post was at the top of 4chan's home page.

What the hell is the matter with you people?

>>1492961 The lad cleared his throat and he shouted out, "YOPP!" (Young Ones Praying and Prophesying)

Basically any interpretation of Tolkien.
Every single little shitty journalist has his own interpretation, each one more retarded than the last, and they sell it to the people every time something Tolkien-related happens.

Kinda funny, when Tolkien himself said countless times, that it is not meant as an allegory of anything.

"Green Eggs and Ham is an allegory for WWII"

>>1492988

>>1493008

>>1492962
>HE'S POSTING ON 4CHAN HOW DARE HE

>>1493023
You mad I didn't read the thread before posting? You mad.

Dorian Gray is a gothic horror piece that holds dark undertones about the vices of man

>mfw

bumping after fagulout killed my thread trying to be funny or something idk :|

Alice in Wonderland is an allegory for WW2.

if you don't get why this is stupid then get the fuck off of the board

>>1494576
Yes my queen. You order and I obey.

>>1492988
He was lying. He told me so.

>>1494576
Macbeth is an allegory for WWII

Hey derpandedgy what makes you an artcritic now, eh? Did your mom fuck samual beckett or something?

WW2 is an allegory for Lolita.

>>1494600
Lolita is an allegory for Macbeth

>tripfags!

>>1492781
Ooh. Story time.

>In class in high school
>Doing some poetry class
>Have a few different pieces of poetry (mostly Shakespeare) written with me
>Teacher spots 'All that Glisters is not Gold', thinking I've written it
>"Utter trash! You have a serious rhyming problem"

1984 is an attack on secularism, and Homage to Catalonia details Orwells misgivings with the political left.

>>1492856
Choked on my pasta with laughter.

1984 is anti-marxist

SO many retards

>Heinlein wants us to show how good Nazi Germany was.
after Starship Troopers.

>>1494610
>Homage to Catalonia details Orwells misgivings with the political left.

>mfw this is true

1984 mentions no God, religion or holiness. Except within the party of Big Brother.

>"Hemingway hates women because he's too goddamn manly"
>"No I have never read Garden of Eden, A Moveable Feast, or any other books by him except for A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea"

you're a fucking retard

>>1494723
Hemingway was fat

ergo a sexist