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Of the non-English speaking countries and regions, which would you say has the overall greatest literature? Would you say it is better than English literature?

>> No.9936386

Italy looks like a boot

>> No.9936401

>>9936386
Italy ur butt out of my thread real answers only pls

>> No.9936406

>>9936378
Russian literature is dank.
You usualy will need to look for the Old World: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, not much of Portugal, etc.

There is also China and Japan, with have great things.

>> No.9936411

Germany and France and even fucking Scandinavia mog the shit out of both the UK and USA

>> No.9936412

>Greatest
Muh objectivity

Russia, but I like Heian / 20th century Japan, personally

>> No.9936430

Russia and its not even close. Russian literature shits all over American literature.

>> No.9936517

>>9936411
>Germany and France and even fucking Scandinavia mog the shit out of both the UK and USA
The first three have some good stuff, but let's not get carried away.

>>9936378
Russia had a great 19th C, but I'm going to go with Spain. Even better: the Hispanosphere. I'm not too sure I'd put Spain above the UK or the Hispanosphere above the Anglosphere, though. Close.

Of the non-Western places not mentioned yet, the Persians look worth checking out. They have quite a reputation for poetry.

>> No.9936525

Portugal

T. Portuguese

>> No.9936534

Noray

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>>9936525
AYOOO

>> No.9936659

Best: Russian, German
Close Runner-Up: French
Great but lost its quality over time: Italian, Spanish

Most Undareappreciated : Balkan Literature, Japanese Literature, Romanian Literature

Can be both good and awful: Latin American, African

>> No.9936946

>>9936659
Imma have to agree with this for the most part, I know nothing of Romanians except Tzara

>> No.9937040

>>9936378
Almost every "major" country, or to be more precise any european language,from the western world have great literature

choosing which one is better isn't only pointless, but also retarded

>> No.9937042

>>9936378
China
yes

>> No.9937222

>>9936659
>Best: Russian
Just fuck off

>> No.9937233

>>9937222
sorry ))))

it is just a fact ))))))))))))))

>> No.9937237

>>9936946
Tzara wasn't a Romanian, he was a jew.

>> No.9937238

>>9937233
Tolstoy and Chekhov's good work can't carry the entire rest of a nation's second-rate fiction to the top ranking, sorry sunshine.

>> No.9937269

>>9936378
China

Shakespeare exists, so no.

>> No.9937297

>>9937238
just pretending to be retarded

>> No.9938086

>>9936378
Brazil
UMA