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what is your opinion on pretentious literature?

by pretentious I mean fancy grammar structures, obscure vocabulary, and figures of speech.

>> No.5175471

>>5175467
>figures of speech
I always did hate people using idioms and expressions.

>> No.5175537

>>5175467
That the person referring to these books as pretentious was merely uneducated.

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>>5175467
Sup?

>> No.5175557

Literature is prententious. People using written words and stuff, building stories like it's the real thing. Pretentious.

>> No.5175561

>>5175467
>by pretentious I mean fancy grammar structures, obscure vocabulary, and figures of speech.

lmao think of a different word to use instead of making up your own erroneous definition for a word with an already established definition.

>> No.5175563

Is Tao Lin the opposite of pretentious literature?

>> No.5175656

>>5175563
pretendtious

>> No.5175675

I think I need to read more of it.
I've never even read Moby Dick.
I'm a failure.

>> No.5175719

>pre·ten·tious
>attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

If one's grammatical structure, obscure vocabulary, and figures of speech are in sync with their own sense of importance, talent, and culture, then it is not pretentious.

You need to know what the words you're using mean, man.