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What's the most elitist form of literature?

>> No.1639878

Literary Criticism

>> No.1639893

>>1639878
I'll one-up you.. Criticism of Literary Criticism

>> No.1639894

/lit/ tripfag's comments

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>>1639893
You mean metacriticism, my dear.

I'll one up with 'patacriticism.

>> No.1639956

blogs

>> No.1639966
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1639966

If you're talking about authors then probably Joyce and Kafka in my experience.

>> No.1642061

philosophy, obvs.

>> No.1642068

manga

>> No.1642073

I'm not really sure, but maybe Classical texts read in the original.

>> No.1642085

>>1639966

Kafka is eminently readable. Joyce, on the other hand...

I defy anyone to finish Ulysses.

>> No.1642089

>>1642085

I've finished it; lots of people have finished it. Stop being a faggot.

>> No.1642091

>>1642085

Ulysses is awesome and completely enjoyable. There is one episode in which he's mirroring the writing style of early English authors which is a little hard to get through if you don't like that kind of stuff, but otherwise, Ulysses was one of my favorites.

>> No.1642092

>>1642085

Plenty of /lit/fags pretend it's good.

I still maintain that's a ruse to get other idiots to read it. Like Ayn Rand.

>> No.1642178

I'm not sure there IS an "elitist" literature anymore, simply because being culturally literate in literature is no longer a requirement to being admitted into the elite. Before, like in the 16th and 17th centuries or whatever, you needed to be familiar in Classical languages and literature to be taken seriously. Nowdays, to be admitted into the elite, nobody cares if you've read Milton or Shakespeare just so long as you know how to make money.

>> No.1642187

>>1642061
>Implying philosophy is a form of literature

>> No.1642201

literature can't be elitist. How could a book exclude itself from readers?

>> No.1642203

As usual, tripsfags fuck up the thread with their bloated horsecocks.

>> No.1642216

>>1642187
Well, not to belabor the point too much, but I guess it all depends on how wide or narrow you want to define "literature." For instance, in my handy dandy Norton Anthology, general editor Stephen Greenblatt saw fit to include sections from political theory (e.g. Hobbes "Leviathan"), devotional works (e.g. The Book of Margery Kempe), philosophy (e.g. David Hume) and descriptions of exploration. So yeah.

>> No.1642241

Anything that mentions Carl Jung.

>> No.1642272

>>1642216
Well, then I'm OK with this if literature is not just artistic expression.

Then I'd say that the most elitist form of literature lies in a mix between Jaques Derrida and Jurgen Habermas.

>> No.1642273

>>1642203
Oh, come on... Don't be such a butthurt fag, please.

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>> No.1642290

there is no elitist literature. there is only an elitist reader, who also happens to be a bad reader.

>> No.1642308

>>1642290
>>1642290

onion is back :D

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i bring love and peace, on chocolate rainbows

>> No.1642339

>>1642290

I hate when someone steals the facts I just wanted to say, I tip my hat to you sir.

>> No.1642900

Essays.