DFW

[Anonymous No.13808722]

So now that the dust has settled, will it be part of the canon?

[Anonymous No.13808728]

Just slid in.
The last of the straight white men.

[Anonymous No.13808741]

Post-modernism will never be canon

[Anonymous No.13808747]

>>13808728
I wonder if he'll be part of the nu-canon. Along with feminist friendly Homer and blachilles

[Anonymous No.13808754]

>>13808741
what about post-post-modernism?

[Anonymous No.13808792]

Nah IJ is too bloated, this and Oblivion will be canon though

[Anonymous No.13810156]

>>13808741

ummm pynchon, delillo, and gaddis are already part of the canon, sweetie

[Anonymous No.13810165]

>>13808728
I'm a straight white male if beating it to traps doesn't count.

[Anonymous No.13810282]

>>13810165
Based

[Anonymous No.13810390]

>>13810156
Underworld sucks cock

[Anonymous No.13810402]

>>13810156
>DeLillo
Anon...

[Anonymous No.13810513]

Have you read it? It certainly should be. It can be self indulgent but self indulgent =! Bad. The White Album by the Beatles is self indulgent and it’s insanely good.

Not sure if it actually will end up in it though.

[Anonymous No.13811917]

>>13808722
It already is, and if Bloom wasn't autistic there wouldn't even be a discussion

[Anonymous No.13811952]

>>13811917
Turgid
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[Anonymous No.13812186]

If Bloom’s goofy ass didn’t hate on it without reading it this wouldn’t even be a question.

[Anonymous No.13812239]

The fact that people still defend this pile of self -indulgent masturbatory drivel is proof enough that true literature is dead, so sure throw it in.
It'll go in the canon right alongside harry potter.
And self-indulgence isn't bad, but when you have zero intelligent ideas for an entire lifetime, it's not something to write a book about.
This bullshit has damaged literature with its prevalence.
>inb4 hurr durr harold bloom
suck a dick fags, try reading a real book

[Anonymous No.13812275]

>uhhh be sincere guys and stop being an intellectual
>btw here's a subpar bloated collection I wrote with a Replace With Thesaurus plug-in I found online
Hideous Men is great but IJ is doodoo

[Anonymous No.13812373]

>>13810390
The opening scene at Dodger Stadium was great.

[Anonymous No.13812376]

Only realism and modernism can be canon

[Anonymous No.13812392]

>>13812376
What about postrealism or postmodernism?

[Anonymous No.13812765]

>>13812239
>t. Harold Bloom
>>13808722
Reminder to everyone to mention this book to an art hoe so they can seethe at you.

[Anonymous No.13812776]

>>13812765
why would they seethe?

[Anonymous No.13812786]

>>13812239
You don't even get the book man. It's meta-satire.

[Anonymous No.13812793]

>>13812776
>he hasn't seen the hordes of womyn English majors write their twitlongers about David Foster Wallace and Infinite Jest

[Anonymous No.13812800]

>>13812373
Yeah, too bad there are 750 more pages.

[Anonymous No.13812825]

>>13812793
>google infinite jest
>one of the first results is "Why Insufferable People Love Infinite Jest"
Literally everyone I've met who reads DFW are really chill, humble people. He doesn't even get talked about that much from what I've seen. What do people have against him?

[Anonymous No.13812844]

>>13810402
yes?

[Anonymous No.13812850]

>>13812825
it's mostly art hoes with inferiority complexes directed towards their male counterparts.

[Anonymous No.13812853]

>>13812239
Based.
>>13812786
Can't wait for the 1500 page meta-ironic litero-slapstick of The Family Circus.

[Anonymous No.13812854]

>>13812825
book to big for small brain

[Anonymous No.13812931]

>>13810165
t. Pynchon

[Anonymous No.13812964]

Since this is a meme book thread, might as well ask here.
I'm 420 pages into Gravity's Rainbow and I'm not enjoying most of it. I'm on a boring Pokler chapter aobut designing the Rocket. Does it pick up again later, like it did at the Casino part? Or should I just drop it and move on to Infinite Jest?

[Anonymous No.13813156]

>>13812964
keep going with GR, it just gets crazier and more fun.

[Anonymous No.13813189]

>>13812825
English departments across the country are attempting to self-destruct by hating everything canon or canon related. DFW represents the last of the evil old guard.

[Anonymous No.13813255]

>>13808722
no he needs to have been dead for 150+ years to be canon

[Anonymous No.13813268]

>>13813156
I'll force an erection and have a fau 2 drop on your house within 4 days if that's bullshit, anon

[Anonymous No.13813286]

>>13812964
No. I like that book, but you've already read a representative chunk. It will go off the wall, becoming more fragmented and unpredictable, and a lot more ridiculous. but if you don't like it so far, those bits will mostly just annoy you.

[Anonymous No.13813877]

>>13813189
That's jews deconstructing our history and literary culture from the top down, it's very intentional.

[Anonymous No.13814086]

>>13812786
>you don't get it
Why is this always your faggots response as well.
Surprise motherfucker, I read the book, guess what, it fucking sucks and none of the shit you morons claim to be intelligent about it was original or creative. In fact, DFW shows a clear misunderstanding of proper thematic elements anytime he tries to be sincere, which is disgustingly ironic considering he whined about the lack of sincerity non-stop.

[Anonymous No.13814272]

Can writing ever be "sincere", since you're essentially trying to manipulate the reader in some way?

[Anonymous No.13814675]

>>13812964
You're nearing the end of the comprehensible, and shit is about to get zany.

[Anonymous No.13814713]

>>13810165
Beating it to traps doesn’t count as straight but being a sexually dominant bi male is close enough

[Anonymous No.13814881]

>>13814086
Have not read this book, but if a writer misunderstands the tools needed to communicate a theme but is also interested in being sincere, that is not in any way ironic, it is only unfortunate.

[Anonymous No.13814894]

>>13814086
>he didn't get it

[Anonymous No.13814956]

>>13812964
I'm further than you, almost out of the Zone and I'm going to have to disagree with the others. If you haven't enjoyed most of it up to that point I don't think "shit getting crazy" is going to turn your opinion around. On the other hand you're more than half way done, might as well finish it unless continuing to read it makes you suicidal or something. It does "pick up" soon in terms of Slothrop's plot continuing in interesting ways.

Also that "boring Pökler chapter" is one of the best, and isn't just about "designing the Rocket" so at least finish that