/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.17226556]

>He's been posting on /lit/ for over a year and he still hasn't read The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, The Divine Comedy, and Paradise Lost
>He still hasn't read the Bible
>He still hasn't read Plato
>He still hasn't read Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear
Yikes

[Anonymous No.17226570]

I'm working on it but I need more time

[Anonymous No.17226581]

>>17226556
>He still hasn't read Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear
i had to read these in high school nigga

[Anonymous No.17226586]

The only reason I read is to impress Anon's on a literature-board.

[Anonymous No.17226590]

>He hasn’t read the works of f. Gardner

NGMI

[Anonymous No.17226603]

>>17226556
>The Divine Comedy
Is it actually worth reading a translation of this? I don't feel like learning Italian just to read one poem

[Anonymous No.17226610]

>>17226556
What if people enjoy reading, instead of just wanting to check boxes on a list?

[Anonymous No.17226614]

>>17226603
Dante didn't write in Italian :^)

[Anonymous No.17226632]

>>17226614
what did he write in?

[Anonymous No.17226642]

>>17226632
Exile.

[Anonymous No.17226702]

>>17226556
from that list I'm missing The Aeneid, Plato, Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear
I will definitely read the aeneid, maybe plato at some point in the future. the rest? I dont think so

[Anonymous No.17227316]

>>17226556
>No, No, No, No, No
>I've had it read to me in Mass
>No
>Yes, No, No

[Anonymous No.17227634]

>>17226556
I’ve read Iliad, Odyssey, Bible, Koran, Macbeth, Plato.

Currently reading Aeneid, got Devine Comedy for Christmas.

>tfw still a fucking brainlet that drives a forklift in the freezing cold for 10 hours a day

[Anonymous No.17227653]

>>17226603
Yes? It's crucial that you're at least familiar with the imagery, because the book is referenced all the time in literature. There are translations that are fantastic works of literature in their own right

[Anonymous No.17227663]

>>17227634
Hey, at least you're working, anon. That's more than many people here can say. I can't even get a job right now since leaving the house will get me arrested

[Anonymous No.17227675]

>>17226556
>he read Illiad, Odyssey and Aeneid in English or his irrelevant native language instead of ancient Greek and Latin respectively
>he thinks he actually "read" them
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Anonymous No.17227678]

>>17227663
Thanks anon. I just wish I had more time to read. I’m guessing most people feel like that here. Why would you get arrested if you leave the house?

[Anonymous No.17228708]

>>17227675
>Implying
I also read the Old Testament in Hebrew

[Anonymous No.17229474]

>>17226586
Best reason imo

[Anonymous No.17229481]

>>17226610
Then your only reading for yourself, for satan, you Disgust

[Anonymous No.17229541]

>>17226556
>tfw I've read most of those years ago but don't remember anything from them

[Anonymous No.17229554]

>>17227678
It's an exaggeration, but everything here is closed again and there's a mandate to stay at home unless you're on essential business

[Anonymous No.17229599]

>>17229554
/POL/TARD HERE WHY IS THERE NO FLAGS WHAT THE FUCK

[Anonymous No.17230460]

>>17229541
reread them. People don't reread enuogh

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj No.17230858]

>>17226556
>He's been posting on /lit/ for over a year and he still has a pepe folder

[Anonymous No.17231511]

>>17226556
Best Latin translation for Homer

[Anonymous No.17231871]

I've read Hamlet and Moby Dick

[Anonymous No.17231885]

>>17226556
>he didnt read all of these in school and Uni.
Do europoors really?

[Anonymous No.17231972]

>>17229554
Bist du in Deutschland?

[Anonymous No.17232428]

>>17226556
From everything you've named I have The Divine Comedy, the Bible and King Lear left

[Anonymous No.17232703]

>he hasn't read [insert dead, white, untalented, male author that oozes toxic masculinity here]
And thank G*d I didn't

[Anonymous No.17232708]

I’ve been posting on /lit/ for over a decade, and I still haven’t read all of those.

[Anonymous No.17232725]

You're right, I haven't. How could you tell?

[Anonymous No.17232734]

You're right, I haven't.

[Anonymous No.17232802]

>>17226642
Kek

[Anonymous No.17232868]

>>17230858
>"she"'s been posting on /lit/ for decades and still posts pictures of cute girls that "she" lusts over, but can't get because "she"'s in denial about "her" rapidly aging body

[Anonymous No.17232883]

If you haven't read most of these by the time you finish high school, and then all of these things by the time you finish college (you DID go to college, right?) then you are an intellectual brainlet. These works are literally entry-level.

[Anonymous No.17232898]

>>17226556
>no, no, no, no, no plan on after mythology by hamilton
>yes but need to reread
>read him
>2/3

[Anonymous No.17232902]

>>17226556
i have been posting on lit since 2013

[Anonymous No.17232907]

>>17232902
and i haven't read a book since 2010

[Anonymous No.17232926]

>>17226556
>2021
>still being a slave to Dead White Men
embarrassing.

[Anonymous No.17233683]

>>17232926
>being

[Anonymous No.17234079]

>>17232868
>based

[Anonymous No.17234090]

i'm too stupid for all of these books, i wouldn't understand them.

I prefer Komissar Kluftinger a german main stream thing that even stupid people like me understand.

[Anonymous No.17234230]

>>17226556
>he still hasn't read Lolita

[Anonymous No.17234470]

>>17234090
This. I'm honestly afraid to read any proper old literature because I'm a retard. I've wasted decades of my life in school learning racism bad and how to do maths. My puny mind couldn't comprehend real literature.

[Anonymous No.17234481]

Most people who came here after 2016 don't read much.

[Anonymous No.17234515]

>>17234470
I used to be worried about that too. I read Moby Dick recently and even though I didn't understand or get every tiny detail I still enjoyed it

[Anonymous No.17234618]

>>17226556
I will never read any of this shit entry-level literature you hear about on the first day of lit or history class in middle school