/lit/ - Literature

édition Houellebecq heureux

has /lit/ heard of despentes

>>16525229
Probably not and muh woman.
Baise-moi is ba(i)sed though.

>>16525220
Bros, how do I learn frog language?

>>16525539
listen to chanson française
read easy french texts
learn grammar
go to french speaking country
make french friends

>>16525558
>go to french speaking country
>make french friends
ok you got me filtered here, nvm thanks for the advice man

>>16525229
yes I read King Kong theory a few months back, the prose is enjoyable because she has a very crude style, she is a "petroleuse". It is also an interesting testimony. That being said I absolutely disagree with everything she stands for, unfortunately I believe we are headed toward a future of normalisation of prostitution.

Currently reading Georges Pompidou's (pbuh) Anthologie de la poésie française and I think it's a good starting point if you want to get a good and short panorama of French poetry through history (I say this as someone who read poetry fairly regularly). Went through the 18th century yesterday so shit was pretty boring, but Desbordes-Valmore and Lamartine are next so it should be good. The intro also does a good job of explaining the choices he made and why he likes poetry. Truly a based president. (this was truly magnificent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyVd-iCEZio))

>>16525585
>but Desbordes-Valmore and Lamartine are next
>so it should be good
Pick one mon ami

>>16525629
you don't like the French romantics? tell me why anon

>>16525638
I do like Chateaubriand, Vigny and roughly half of Hugo's poetry, but Desbordes-Valmore and Lamartine are (for the most part) vapid and inconsequential.

>>16525680
I get what you mean, I'm not a big fan of either too. But after reading Chénier, Gilbert, JB Rousseau, etc. it feels like reading human beings that try to express themselves in original ways again.

>>16525713
>Chénier
What?? Surely you mean Marie-Joseph Chénier and not his brother (whose poetry is absolutely genuine and heartfelt).

I don't know Gilbert but clearly, the XVIIIth is a dull century for French poetry.

>>16525558
>listen to chanson française
Show me some nice french bands/singers, anons.
Music is my favourite way of learning a new language.

>>16525824
Alizee

>>16525824
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovPwUihaVdE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2XBaLsB_SM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5KAc5CoCuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OrKMaeQUx0

>>16525785
Nope I meant André Chénier. Sometimes genuineness and heartfeltness is not sufficient I guess. He holds a good place in the book so I guess Pompidou liked him too but it just didn't work for me. There was absolutely no "poetic shock" as Reverdy put it, it felt like a big repetition of the poets that came before him but more dull, without mystery and imagination. Please tell me why you like in his poetry because I may have missed what makes him good...

>>16525824
Georges Brassens, Leo Ferre, Boris Vian, Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel are all very good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVfnEyLOkrM

>>16525889
to add to these singers:
Bobby Lapointe, Claude Nougaro, Noir Desir, Jean Ferrat, Barbara, Serge Reggiani, Yves Montand, André Bourvil are also worth it

https://youtu.be/SVGFGDm9pVk

vivement que houellebecq gagne le prix nobel

>>16525539
If you already know Italian, Spanish, Catalan, or Portuguese, you've won half the battle. If this is your first Romance tongue, good luck.

>>16525220
How the fuck should I use "pas"???

>>16525220
he cute desu

>>16527274
>>16525220

Should I read La comédie humaine? I already read some of Balzac's work but is the entire thing worth it?

>>16527272
You can't really translate it exactly. Most of the time, it'd be "not" or "don't" but it also comes with "ne" before the verb.

>>16527313
The entirety of it? Probably not unless you’re a diehard Balzac fan or a searcher, it’s really huge and French lit has other things to offer. A good amount of it? Definitely.

>>16525220
/lit/ is going full /int/.

I love it.

>>16527411
Yes. These threads are a breath of fresh air from the constant /b/ & /pol/ threads.

Anyone of reccs for /lit/ scholars like Marc (pbuh) Fumaroli? I've been reading a few of his works like Le Poète et le Roi. Jean de La Fontaine en son siècle and La Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes.

>>16525220
I haven't read much literature since I'm more into technical books.
But I'm blown away every time I read Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
He writes novels but his style is very poetic and focuses on emotions instead of narration or descriptions.

>>16527784
You’re a man of good taste. Saint-Exupéry is marvellous.