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Leave this board and never return if any 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

What book are you reading?

>> No.9905773

delet this

>> No.9905776

fuck off Tallis

>> No.9905789
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9905789

>>9905766
>>you read any form of genre fiction
>>you read for the plot
>>you read for entertainment
How can someone have their head so up their ass?
Multiple timeless classics were genre fiction of their time.

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>>9905789
glad to see you're still browsing /lit/ (I guess)

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>>9905789
leave!

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>>9905766
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaN2wQ3yMnc

>So we meet again, Novalis. Might I interest you in some....native language contemporary genre fiction?
>*cackles softly*

>> No.9906085

How do we excise the Bildungsphilister from /lit/?

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>>9906007
>silavon
is this your theme music? I'm scared...

>> No.9906307

I know a qt—looks like Novalis—and my question for /lit/ is: should I fugg?

>> No.9907368

>>9905766
most /mu/ post i've seen on /lit/

>> No.9907373

>>9906307
Go through the full checklist with her first

>> No.9908051

>>9907368
>going on /mu/

>> No.9908071

>>9908051
Does /classical/ count as /mu/?

>> No.9908098

>>9905766
>I don't read
>I don't know my classics
>I don't think
>I don't think
>I know some shitty HS french
>I don't read
>I don't read
>I don't read
>I don't read
>I took an ethics class once
>I watched the Simpsons
>I don't have a cultural horizon
>I don't have a cultural horizon
>I don't read
>I don't think
>I don't analyze
>I don't think
>I don't read
>I don't think
>I don't bother
>I don't bother
>I don't judge
>I don't read
haha I passed a checklist on 4chan