/lit/ - Literature

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Anonymous Sat May 16 01:04:42 2015 No.6546951 [DELETED]

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How does one get their friends/gf into reading without just screaming THE GREEKS at them? Where does one start?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 01:05:50 2015 No.6546954 The Mesopotamians.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 01:11:55 2015 No.6546963 >>6546951 Scream "THE VEDAS"

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 02:09:26 2015 No.6547089 Figure out their interests and recommend something relevant, then if they seem to enjoy it move in a more "academic" direction

« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » Sat May 16 02:17:44 2015 No.6547103

>>6546951
Short stories.
What you suggest depends very much on the person. Get them all the free time they need and try to take away shitty medias.
Fat chance getting vidya addict to read anything beyond some manga or vidya magazine. They're just going to have to burn out and find their way to books or something

Anonymous Sat May 16 12:06:46 2015 No.6548308

>>6547103
>They're just going to have to burn out and find their way to books or something

This is what happened to me and the only reason why I was led to literature is because I wanted something more meaningful.

Without knowing what kind of people OP's friends are there's no way of giving sound advice that isn't random. For example, if they're in to their current media just for entertainment then they will never, ever develop an interest for literature without going through a sort of existential crisis first.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:08:03 2015 No.6548309 By starting them on pleb shit

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:12:53 2015 No.6548323 >>6546951 start with hegel

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:16:22 2015 No.6548332 I've never faced this situation, but perhaps introduce them to some of your favourite poems? And if you're dating a girl you doesn't appreciate good poetry, dump her on the spot.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:25:13 2015 No.6548353 Give them ASOIAF. Tren LotR and other typical fun fantasy and SF. Then Children of Húrin. Maybe some serious SF as well. Lem perhaps. Then Silmarillion. Then Beowulf. >mission accomplished

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:45:46 2015 No.6548411 >>6548308 except if they'd read books purely for entertainment, which I guess can't really be classified as literature

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:47:19 2015 No.6548415 >>6548353 Except then I'd be stuck in a relationship with a smelly fantasy nerd.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:53:15 2015 No.6548443 >>6548415 Did you read the sentence mentioning Beowulf?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:55:57 2015 No.6548455 >>6548443 Anyone who reads ASOIAF is not boyfriend material. Sorry.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 15:33:14 2015 No.6548960 SUMER U M E R

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 15:39:01 2015 No.6548979 File: 108 KB, 640x630, 1428463098327.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >yfw they become more /lit/ than you and your intellect gets rekt by theirs

Anonymous Sat May 16 15:52:36 2015 No.6549020

I've got a few people interested by name-dropping the shorting work of Kafka and Destovesky.

The Greeks are recommended for people who want to learn how literature developed throughout history until now; and to understand a lot of allusions or influence in literature from the Greeks.

It takes some commitment to start with the Greeks. I doubt there is much people out there who actually started with the Greeks first, as to getting interested with literature on their own, instead reading other work far after the Greek's time, first. So it's better to give them something which will get their attention, but isn't too difficult with reading or understanding the context.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 15:58:20 2015 No.6549044 why don't you appreciate your friends for who they are? do they appreciate you for who you are?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:01:34 2015 No.6549058 How many books do y'all go through in one week? /mu/ here. Looking for a new hobby.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:04:39 2015 No.6549067 >>6546951 Hire someone else to scream the Greeks at them

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:06:15 2015 No.6549072 >>6548353 You're joking right? Even if you're introducing someone to fantasy you wouldn't do it like this,

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:15:49 2015 No.6549103 >>6549044 >Why can't you be less judgmental?! >You are so ignorant. >Don't be a hypocrite. Fuck off to Reddit.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:35:33 2015 No.6549173 >>6549103 >it's wrong to be a human being I think you're the one who needs to fuck off to Reddit, fedoralord

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:36:58 2015 No.6549174 Why do you want to get them into reading, OP?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:40:42 2015 No.6549182 >>6546951 Finnegans wake

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:41:56 2015 No.6549187 Not everyone enjoys literature, accept them for who they are and go on living.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:56:07 2015 No.6549236 >>6549174 >>6549174 >>6549174 TELL MOY

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 17:00:55 2015 No.6549254 >>6546951 Or you could be a good friend/bf by understanding and contributing to their own interests.

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