/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10280083]

Leave this board and never return if any of these apply to you:
>you read any form of genre fiction
>you barely know your classics
>you tend to believe that if you like a given work, it is justified on an artistic level
>you think everyone's opinion should be accepted and respected
>you speak a single language
>you read contemporary versions of Shakespeare or Milton
>you read for the plot
>you read for entertainment
>you rarely read nonfiction
>you don't have a solid grounding in philosophy
>you don't have at least have some understanding of the Three Tragedians and Homer
>you have little to no understanding of literature outside of your cultural horizon
>you have little to no understanding of literature within your own cultural horizon
>you mostly read contemporary literature
>you believe 'the author is dead'
>you make your literary analysis proceed from ideology
>you think intricate prose is 'pretentious' and that the author 'should just get to the point'
>your rarely read poetry
>you think Rhythm and Rhyme is just useless rules and laws restricting creativity
>you have a hard time explaining why you like a given work
>you have a hard time forming structured and relevant literary criticism
>you tend to refuse to judge works for yourself, rather relying on the opinions of literary authorities
>you rarely read for more than one or two hours straight

[Anonymous No.10280086]

I just nutted to this, thanks.

[Anonymous No.10280095]

leave this board if you are unironically a Christian right-winger who likes to post about being an unironic Christ right-winger.

That's all that needs to change.

[Anonymous No.10280109]

>>10280083

leave this board and never return if this applies to you:

>you post shit tier copypastas

[Anonymous No.10280123]

damn bitch suck my dick, niBBa

[Anonymous No.10280128]

>>10280083
>speaking any language other than English
LEL no

[Anonymous No.10280133]

>>10280128
this, if it isn't in my language it's fucking gay

[Anonymous No.10280142]

>>10280095

What's with all the anti-Christian fedoraisms lately? At some point you're just going to have to accept the fact that some people believe things you don't.

[Anonymous No.10280145]

>>10280142
It's an inferiority complex

[Anonymous No.10280147]

>>10280095
Praying for your soul anon.

[Anonymous No.10280156]

hey look anons, he posted it again

[Anonymous No.10280162]

>>10280095
Its never too late to become a Christian, unless you die of course.

[Anonymous No.10280171]

>>10280095
the only reason christian and right wing posting happens here is because of people like you

you know that right?

[Anonymous No.10280226]

>>10280083
>Leave this board and never return if any of these apply to you:
>you can read

if you can read, fuck you

[Anonymous No.10280247]

>>10280095

>Atheist demands ideological purity

Gee where have I seen this before

[Anonymous No.10280262]

>>10280083
Ok. I'm going.

[Anonymous No.10280337]

this is like /tv/'s Avatar 2 countdown poster

[Anonymous No.10280375]

>>10280083
I visit this board every once in a blue moon and I always see this faggot posting shit. I assume he hasn't finish his bachelor yet.

[Anonymous No.10280378]

>>10280375
Butthurt pleb

[Anonymous No.10280397]

>not reading for enjoyment
why

[Anonymous No.10280407]

>>10280083
ITT:

[Anonymous No.10280602]

>mfw I can stay

[Anonymous No.10280829]

>>10280083
You forgot
>you prefer Aristotle to Plato

[Anonymous No.10280846]

Im not even mad at this constant shitposting, the general quality of this board isnt much better anyway and at least this way I get to see glorious Novalis once in a while and not always the same 3 pseud-faces

[Anonymous No.10280852]

>>10280095
Right-wingers are the ones who uphold the Western Canon, because they value tradition, and Christian and Jewish right-wingers doubly uphold it, because they value tradition twofold.

[Anonymous No.10280861]

OP is probably baiting. Nonetheless I'd prefer if non-qualifying people just lurked more until they qualified, and then started participating in discussions. But don't leave.

[Anonymous No.10280867]

i dont know, i just like books

[Anonymous No.10280870]

>>10280867
bye

[Anonymous No.10280888]

This gets posted a lot.

Let's see...

I don't read genre fiction, I've read a few classics, I don't believe my "liking" a work justifies it but rather seek to justify it in other ways, I think people's opinions matter if they have proven themselves to be learned in at least one field, I speak two languages, I read Shakespeare and Milton in the original, I sometimes read for the plot and entertainment, I read non-fiction often, I have an understanding of classical philosophy, have read Homer many times in various languages, I have little understanding of literature outside my own cultural horizon [I do not think it is necessary] but a decent understanding within, I mostly read older literature, I often read poetry and I can sometimes rely on the opinions of literary authorities.

[Anonymous No.10281241]

>>10280861
In what world is that baiting?

[Anonymous No.10281399]

>>10280407
What do you have against autoflagellation?

[Anonymous No.10281405]

>>10281241
It just seems too exclusive and inflammatory to not be ironic, like OP is trying to stir up some controversy by making a polarizing statement. Also I've seen this exact thread before, like months ago. So my guess is it's a pasta.

[Anonymous No.10281429]

>>10281405
Sure it's a pasta, but I think it's more of an humorous poke at the edgy elitism /lit/ upholds. Not that there is anything wrong with it, I think it's necessary to prevent /lit/ becoming a pillowfight like other book forums.

[Anonymous No.10281580]

>>10281429
>humorous poke
im being serious. i make these threads to remind myself to study instead of wasting my time with /lit/'s attempt at being funny. thanks for the bump though maybe it will help someone else to take reading seriously.

[Anonymous No.10281593]

>>10280247
Are you implying Hitler was atheist? At least post Stalin or something.

[Anonymous No.10281685]

>>10280095
praying 4 u

[Anonymous No.10282271]

>>10281580
>i make these threads to remind myself to study instead of wasting my time with /lit/'s attempt at being funny
Why do you even post them here? Is it because they're bait?

[Anonymous No.10282280]

>>10280095
Fuck off Reddit, /leftypol/, Neogaf, Tumblr faggot.

[Anonymous No.10282575]

>>10282271
i use to come here a lot then it got to a point where i couldnt stand all the off-subject threads (stack threads, youtube waifu threads, where do i start with ____ threads, what is the lit equivalent of ____ threads.) i would started wasting too much time here instead of actually reading so i got into the mode of just posting the pasta i had seen some oldfag post because i didnt want to leave but i didnt want to stay either. so i just make my thread every so often to remind me of what i should be trying to accomplish instead of getting mixed up in all the drama of arguing on this board. hope this helped!

[Anonymous No.10282581]

>>10282271
i use to come here a lot then it got to a point where i couldnt stand all the off-subject threads (stack threads, youtube waifu threads, where do i start with ____ threads, what is the lit equivalent of ____ threads.) i found myself wasting time here instead of actually reading so i got into the mode of just posting the pasta i had seen some oldfag post because i didnt want to leave but i didnt want to stay either. so i just make my thread every so often to remind me of what i need to accomplish instead of getting mixed up in all the drama of arguing on this board. hope this helped!

[Anonymous No.10282588]

Philosophy is fiction you sperg

[Anonymous No.10282598]

>>10280083
Leave this board and never return if any of these apply to you:
>you use this board

[Anonymous No.10282617]

>>10280083
>>if you like a given work, it is justified on an artistic level

this is 100% true about me though, I can't even get through higher-tier middlebrow books. i just quit White Noise 50 pages from the end because it wasnt worth spending an hour and a half finishing

>>10281580
appreciate the infomap

[Anonymous No.10282618]

>mfw novalisposter actually motivated me to take a deep dive into philosophy and literature
>spent a few months away from the boards, stuck in cryo, reading and reading
>came back and realized I'm too good for this board now

[Anonymous No.10282651]

>you rarely read nonfiction

what is this "non-fiction" you speak of?

[Anonymous No.10282787]

>>10282618
good lad

[Anonymous No.10282796]

>>10280083
Based Novalis-poster

[Anonymous No.10282799]

>>10280142
It's not anti-christian retard.
It's that christianity is incompatible with the right wing unless you're an american lutheran

[Anonymous No.10282812]

>>10282799
That's not what was said. You moved the goal post.

[Anonymous No.10282819]

>>10282812
>"Christian right-winger"

[Anonymous No.10282822]

>>10282819
And?

[Anonymous No.10283440]

>>10280147
kek
you are my favorite kind of anon
and if you're a girl i'm in love desu

[Anonymous No.10283469]

>>10280083
OP, you forgot:
>you are heterosexual

[Anonymous No.10283478]

>>10280083
>>you read for the plot
>>you read for entertainment
What other reasons are there?

[Anonymous No.10283485]

books r gay lol

[Anonymous No.10283487]

>>10283478
jews

[Anonymous No.10283555]

>>10280083
Doing God's work, anon

Thanks for your service

[Anonymous No.10283820]

>>10280378
Pass a class.

[Anonymous No.10285140]

Narcissism of small differences