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Leave this board and never return if any one of these apply to you:

>you read any form of genre fiction
>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 don't have 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
>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

>> No.9673637

bring back the avid reader pasta!

>> No.9673644

>>9673634
Stop spamming the same thread all the time, you boring faggot

>> No.9673656

>>9673634
>finish reading 20,000 Leagues
>some faggot on a japanese imageboard tells you to leave if you like fiction
Tell ya what how 'bout you take your shit opinion and put it back in your ass where it belongs.

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>>9673644
>>9673656
(You)

>> No.9673851

>>9673634
>contemporary versions of Shakespeare
What does this even mean?

>> No.9673869

>>9673851
Versions rewritten in contemporary English, I guess

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>> No.9673883

>>9673851
YOLO Juliet, an installment of the OMG Shakespeare series.

>> No.9674135

>he's not monolingual
top pleb

>> No.9674491

>>9674135
>ae auhh aeu
au uuuh

>> No.9674515

>>9674491
Speak English, brute

>> No.9674536

>>9673634
>reading
lol nerd

>> No.9674576

>>9673634

Fuck off you pretentious faggot, let people read what they want to read and get off your high horse.

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>mfw people read for fun when film is more digestible and entertaining