DILETTANTES GET OUT

[Anonymous No.15341505]

Please leave and never return if you agree with any of the following;

>you read any form of genre fiction
>you think fantasy, science fiction, detective fiction, young adult fiction or horror are literature
>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 do not 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 (muh african authors)
>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.15341513]

>>15341505
>you speak a single language
only amerimutts do this

[Anonymous No.15341516]

>>15341513
and some french

[Anonymous No.15341517]

>>15341505
Basé et raffiné

[Anonymous No.15341522]

>>15341505
I don't read.

[Anonymous No.15341538]

The important problem isn't people who haven't yet read enough, it's people who make "philosophy" threads aka turn the board into a dumping ground for their feels and teenage epiphanies.

Do your job, jannies.

[Anonymous No.15341692]

>>15341505
I do read
They are literature except for young adult
I do read and know my classics
I don’t think that
Respected yes, accepted no
I speak 2
I don’t
Nothing wrong with this
Nothing wrong with this
I read nonfiction a lot
I have
I don’t and there is nothing wrong with this
Brainlet opinion.
Brainlet opinion
Nope
What does this even mean
I don’t
I don’t
False
Nope
Nope
Nope
Nope
Nope

[Anonymous No.15341753]

As if this shitt ass board deserves such a person

[Anonymous No.15341985]

You know how I know this is a pleb board? Every time that picture is posted it's just this copypasta and never an actual discussion of Novalis.