/lit/ - Literature

I am never ceased to be amazed at how people can be so lacking in self awareness and yet still lacking in awareness of anything outside themselves.

>>22134707
I'll take this as a "no, this isn't worth your time"

>>22134694
Nah, it's more a "i'm not like other people" teenage angst. But instead of boring poetry he actually wrote a pretty decent(ish) book.

>>22134713
So it's a gay "Catcher in the rye" ?

>>22134694
Joyce was married and had children

>>22134711
Your time personally, probably not but if you put in the time to read and understand it you could prove me wrong. pic probably not related, I accidentally palmed the track pad and selected a file and since 4chan does not let you unselect, have a random picture.

>>22134715
Many homosexuals are married and have children.
>>22134719
Eh idk. Most of the stuff written in the early 20th century is hot garbage, outside of the sciences anyway. It's not like I don't understand the point or whatever but the motivations behind the protagonists like Damien and co. are always so stupid.

>>22134724
Demian/Hesse is more idealistic than the bulk of modernism which is more about what we all have in common in the modern world. I don't think you have read let alone understood much.

>>22134715
yes, only straight men are married with children.

>>22134724
>No evidence of him being gay
>Strong evidence of him being heterosexual
>Conclusion: He's gay

>>22134741
The only people I've encountered that found Siddhartha/Damien inspiring were women in their early 30s. As for Joyce, the bits I've read online never sparkled any interest but everyone says Portrait is such an awesome book and whatnot I thought of giving it a try but it probably won't happen.
>>22134747
Sometimes being a huge faggot is a spiritual thing. It's very common in western Europe, particularly the Netherlands, France and Germany.

>>22134752
You sound like you dream of sucking cock, bro.

>>22134771
>Joyce's fanboys most powerful argument is a 2002 internet comeback

>>22134694
Its a terrible book. Dubliners had at least a few good stories in there.

>>22134752
Weird that you keep fixating on Hesse, I plainly said Joyce and the modernist were quite different from him. Never met a women who liked Hesse, he really targeted men around 20 who have nothing in their life (You). Have you ever read anything that was not assigned?

>>22134752
You can read through the whole thing in an afternoon. Stop trying to figure out if everything is "worth your time" and just take a chance.

Joyce was a brapchad

Don't bother. Not that it isn't worth reading, just that it's not something you personally should read.

>>22134694
>Damien

>>22134747
It's an axiom that OP is a faggot. And faggots do like to project.

>>22134694
Just read the sermon about Hell and skip the rest.

Perverted fecalfeliac

>>22134752
Joyce can occasionally be an irritating sort of liberal but his writing is 10000x more illuminating and relevant to the human experience than whatever kitschy fascist 50's coca cola advertisement ideology you developed via overexposure to internet schizophrenics.

>>22137183
There's nothing wrong with liking shit.

>>22137261
>Relevant to the human experience
The experience in question being?
>Wah wah if you don't like X because of fascism
I'm not even white you mongoloid

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this board really is well beyond saving, it was bad when I last used it years ago but this is embarrassing

>>22134711
You wouldn't get it

>>22137275
It's a diagnosable psychological problem. It's taints his writing with the smell of farts and is the reason I won't ever read him

>>22138472
Yeah you sound like a polfag retard

>>22138594
You have mental issues bro

Joyce is gay? This can't be, gay writers are usually talented.

>>22138601
Why I oughtta...

>>22134752
>OP is a spiritual faggot

>>22138600
Yeah, well you probably have pink-eye.