/lit/ - Literature

Australia - Xavier Herbert

>opening with French
>continuing in English

Ulysses in my ass

Bag of winds is going off.

Are you 12?

>implying it would get published anyway
>implying plot matters

>>3993119
>reading book for plot
>2013

>>3993035
They're different mate.

>>3993041
Confirmed for Kafka being the only 'classic' author this poor gent has read.

>>3993023
Wow that was an educated response. Nah mate get some evidence to support your statement.

>>3993024
I was referring to Richard Adams

>>3992991
Retard alert! I won't be polarised and say he's a terrible writer. But certainly he's not the best of the 20th century, nor near the top.
In terms of language he's beaten by Joyce, Woolf, etc etc.
In terms of prose he's beaten by the aforementioned, O'brien, Fitzgerald, Adams, Hemingway etc etc.
In terms of plot (the little importance it holds) he's fairly good but the above authors such as Hemingway and Woolf can be universally accepted.

So I believe my conclusion is different to yours. I'd probably place Joyce up the top, but that's just my opinion.

>tfw will never read Watership Down again for the first time
>;_;

Basically your degree teaches you to think like a lawyer, not be an actual lawyer (that's largely picked up in practice) - as the law is ever changing and most likely will be redundant by the time you finish your degree.
It teaches you to read info quickly, process that and then, if need be, articulate a response.
Overall it is very useful life skill and for other jobs if you choose not to go into law in the end.

>>3914992
You will shed man tears. Good luck.

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>>3913383

I like you. Good criticism, I'm not sure whether it is true but it is believable. I'll have a read and come to my own conclusion.

Not an erotic novel, and many would argue, inclusive of myself, that it was not incestuous. On the contrary, some seem to believe it is - so judge for yourself.

Sons and Lovers - DH Lawrence

Study law and have connections.

HAPPY BLOOMSDAY FRIEND! One of my favourite days of the year. I've already whipped out my copy of Ulysses.

>'Our national epic has yet to be written.' JJ, Ulysses, Ch 9.
Sir, you completed your national epic with this novel.

That was one of the worst written articles I've ever read, the author should be ashamed.

>>3841535
Get the fuck out. Are you that ignorant?

>>3826243
It was certainly tragic. What struck me in particular was after his mother died, he could no longer do his art. The flame inside him, that burning passion, was dead. He was doomed to live the rest of his life without anyone he loved and without the one thing he showed interest in.
I don't think I really have much to add in terms of the language, themes or content of the novel that hasn't already been said before.

>in love with Miriam at end
>sexual tension with mrs morel

I think you've really missed what Lawrence was trying to get across. He didn't love Miriam, he couldn't; rather he loved his mother and she loved him and couldn't let go in a familial relationship.

Ultimately we're left with a boy ready to face the big world all alone. His mother dead (who he killed), his dad moved away (also Paul was emotionally detached from him), his older brother dead, siblings married and moved away, Clara gone. The last line with the lights wasn't a stem of hope, it was showing what he's going to return to, loneliness in a vast place.

One of my all time favourites really.

A few books have been upsetting, so I'll just post one memorable one - Sons and Lovers.

Paul's mum dying, his brother dying, his siblings moving away, him never finding love between 2 girls, his dad moving away. Ultimately we're left with a sad man left to face the rest of his life and the world alone. Them feels.

No.
No.
It's terrible.

>>3782025
problem?

Fiction: Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

Non-fiction: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

Poetry: The Tower by W.B Yeats OR Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Play: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett AND Hamlet by Bill Shakey.

>>3776605
Fight Club shit-tier style.