[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]

2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

File: 93 KB, 500x750, novalis.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

12402017

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 16:48:49 2019 No.12402017 [Reply] [Original]

Leave this board and never return if any one 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 Sun Jan 13 16:56:41 2019 No.12402075 no

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 16:57:39 2019 No.12402084 File: 1.24 MB, 427x414, 3C15783B-4213-4C85-902B-271F154E661F.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12402017 That's a long list bucko.

>>

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 16:58:58 2019 No.12402097

ALREADY DID.
CAME HERE FROM REDDIT
https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/aaqbov/4chan_lits_2018_top_100_books_of_all_time/
NEVER COMING BACK
RACISTS, MISOGYNISTS, HOMOPHOBIC, HATRED
HATREED
HATRED

I HATE HATRED AND I WANT NO PART OF IT.
GOOD BYE AND GOOD BYE.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 16:59:30 2019 No.12402101 >you have a hard time forming structured and relevant literary criticism No, Novalis, don't kill this board!

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 17:00:17 2019 No.12402105 File: 1.00 MB, 817x999, 346345758.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Make me

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 17:01:30 2019 No.12402112 >>12402097 Hating hatred is participating in hate. Fight not fire with fire, fight fire with water or suffocation or foamy substance.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 17:02:12 2019 No.12402114 >>12402112 >encouraging redditors you can leave too.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 17:26:32 2019 No.12402261 File: 9 KB, 257x196, kirby.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >if you read for entertainment you're a pleb Who hurt you, OP

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 17:31:01 2019 No.12402286 File: 1.65 MB, 360x270, the-GATEKEEPER-gif.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12402017

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 17:37:56 2019 No.12402326 File: 64 KB, 1504x2016, received_327551321428000.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12402017

>>

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 17:47:07 2019 No.12402376

>you read any form of genre fiction
BASED fantasy i welcome you with open arms
>you barely know your classics
BASED beginners i welcome you with open arms
>you tend to believe that if you like a given work, it is justified on an artistic level
BASED enthusiasts i welcome you with open arms
>you think everyone's opinion should be accepted and respected
BASED universalists i welcome you with open arms
>you speak a single language
BASED monoglots i welcome you with open arms
>you read contemporary versions of Shakespeare or Milton
BASED sparks notes shakespeare and milton readers i welcome you with open arms
>you read for the plot
BASED plot readers i welcome you with open arms
>you read for entertainment
BASED enjoyers i welcome you with open arms
>you rarely read nonfiction
BASED fiction only people i welcome you with open arms
>you don't have a solid grounding in philosophy
BASED beginner philosophists i welcome you with open arms
>you don't have at least have some understanding of the Three Tragedians and Homer
BASED non-homer and non-three-tragedian readers i welcome you with open arms
>you have little to no understanding of literature outside of your cultural horizon
BASED xenophobic readers i welcome you with open arms
>you have little to no understanding of literature within your own cultural horizon
BASED xenophile readers i welcome you with open arms
>you mostly read contemporary literature
BASED contemporary readers i welcome you with open arms
>you believe 'the author is dead'
BASED postmodernists i welcome you with open arms
>you make your literary analysis proceed from ideology
BASED ideologists i welcome you with open arms
>you think intricate prose is 'pretentious' and that the author 'should just get to the point'
BASED get-to-the-point readers i welcome you with open arms
>your rarely read poetry
BASED anti-poetry readers i welcome you with open arms
>you think Rhythm and Rhyme is just useless rules and laws restricting creativity
BASED rhyme and rhythm haters i welcome you with open arms
>you have a hard time explaining why you like a given work
BASED unsure readers i welcome you with open arms
>you have a hard time forming structured and relevant literary criticism
BASED non-critics i welcome you with open arms
>you tend to refuse to judge works for yourself, rather relying on the opinions of literary authorities
BASED critical consumers i welcome you with open arms
>you rarely read for more than one or two hours straight
BASED short readers i welcome you with open arms

COME to /lit/ and say what you will. This is an anonymous forum and your opinions and habits are just as valid as these pretentious snobs'.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 18:01:51 2019 No.12402484 >>12402376 Based ironic false-flagger

>>

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 18:10:07 2019 No.12402526

>you read any form of genre fiction
checked
>you barely know your classics
checked
>you tend to believe that if you like a given work, it is justified on an artistic level
checked
>you think everyone's opinion should be accepted and respected
checked
>you speak a single language
checked
>you read contemporary versions of Shakespeare or Milton
checked
>you read for the plot
checked
>you read for entertainment
checked
>you rarely read nonfiction
checked
>you don't have a solid grounding in philosophy
checked
>you don't have at least have some understanding of the Three Tragedians and Homer
checked
>you have little to no understanding of literature outside of your cultural horizon
checked
>you have little to no understanding of literature within your own cultural horizon
checked
>you mostly read contemporary literature
checked
>you believe 'the author is dead'
checked
>you make your literary analysis proceed from ideology
checked
>you think intricate prose is 'pretentious' and that the author 'should just get to the point'
checked
>your rarely read poetry
checked
>you think Rhythm and Rhyme is just useless rules and laws restricting creativity
checked
>you have a hard time explaining why you like a given work
checked
>you have a hard time forming structured and relevant literary criticism
checked
>you tend to refuse to judge works for yourself, rather relying on the opinions of literary authorities
checked
>you rarely read for more than one or two hours straight
checked

Oh God.. ... .... ...... ......... ............... ...........................

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 18:14:35 2019 No.12402560 I do worry that this may end up like the Manhattan Communist Party

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 19:57:42 2019 No.12403102 >>12402560 more like the manshatten cuminass party haha

>>

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:01:35 2019 No.12403126
File: 107 KB, 976x466, faggot.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Just so that people know, this is a multiboard psued faggot who needs to be executed and excommunicated multiple times in multiple time planes, returning only to be shat upon and eternally damned.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:12:19 2019 No.12403172 File: 60 KB, 598x415, 1529365775597.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12403126

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:23:32 2019 No.12403224 >>12402526 Get off this board.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:25:37 2019 No.12403239 >>12402017 I love how one is supposed to not use others' criticism, yet have an understanding of philosophy, while also not being able to understand Barthes.