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Authors that don't use conventional spelling, grammar and punctuation can go gently caress themselves imo.
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i don't know why you'd think his books are overwritten or turgid. maybe you were reading a don delillo novel and through sheer stupidity thought you were reading something by CM. for a modern "literary" writer. cormac mccarthy is pretty straightforward and easy-to-read
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Aug 14, 2014 21:12
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I don't even remember him using unconventional punctuation in The Road, maybe he's just so good at it it doesn't even register as annoying. i agree it's typically just a gimmick tho
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Aug 14, 2014 21:13
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There's literally no reason not to use quotation marks.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:13
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Fandyien posted:I don't even remember him using unconventional punctuation in The Road, maybe he's just so good at it it doesn't even register as annoying. i agree it's typically just a gimmick tho
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Aug 14, 2014 21:14
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zoux posted:There's literally no reason not to use quotation marks. creating a fluid style in which context, action, and dialog are all implicitly connected into a singular experience in which the very act of reading becomes an intellectual exercise in disentanglement? u butthoel
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Aug 14, 2014 21:15
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Mel Mudkiper posted:the very act of reading becomes an intellectual exercise in disentanglement? Yeah that's exactly my problem with it.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:16
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Mel Mudkiper posted:creating a fluid style in which context, action, and dialog are all implicitly connected into a singular experience in which the very act of reading becomes an intellectual exercise in disentanglement? i really hate the idea of trying to distinguish your narrative by being technically incorrect rather than just being a good storyteller. it reminds me of that dom delillo guy and all his postmodern bullshit writing
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Aug 14, 2014 21:16
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basically, gently caress postmodernism.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:17
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zoux posted:Yeah that's exactly my problem with it. Here I found something more your speed http://www.amazon.com/Go-Read-Dick-Jane/dp/0448434059/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408047447&sr=8-1&keywords=dick+and+jane *flicks cigarette to curve, drives off in motorcycle*
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Aug 14, 2014 21:17
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People who complain about legitimate and effective stylistic choices because it makes things harder for them to read are p. hosed up in the head I think.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:18
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postmodernism ruined critical literary analysis
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Aug 14, 2014 21:18
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naem posted:The Road was also fantastic. dude Suttree fuckin owns. just skip through the 10 page Shakespearean intro about how lovely the town is
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Aug 14, 2014 21:18
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Fandyien posted:postmodernism ruined critical literary analysis Go suck Northtrop Frye's structuralist dick
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Aug 14, 2014 21:19
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Here I found something more your speed
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Aug 14, 2014 21:19
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Fandyien posted:postmodernism ruined critical literary analysis No that's "Death of the Author" or am I just thinking of CD...
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Aug 14, 2014 21:19
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zoux posted:No that's "Death of the Author" or am I just thinking of CD... Bitch you better put on some gloves and meet me in the cage because I am about to CHOKE YOU OUT
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Aug 14, 2014 21:19
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when shakespeare wrote his books at least he didnt write em confusing on purpose, he wrote em confusing cos thats how people talked
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Aug 14, 2014 21:20
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I've read Infinite Jest the whole way through so that's how strong my lit game is before you decide to step.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:20
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Norman Mailer- Castle in the Forest, etc. no poo poo hitler rise was guided by a demon! i expect hell i anticipate this from dean koontz but not you norman not you
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Aug 14, 2014 21:20
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zoux posted:I've read Infinite Jest the whole way through so that's how strong my lit game is before you decide to step. I've pissed on myself while asleep.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:20
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zoux posted:I've read Infinite Jest the whole way through so that's how strong my lit game is before you decide to step. I didn't know they had that on CD you illiterate goblin
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Aug 14, 2014 21:21
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zoux posted:I've read Infinite Jest the whole way through so that's how strong my lit game is before you decide to step. DFW is hanging out in heaven with Robin Williams now, god bless
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Aug 14, 2014 21:21
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zoux posted:I've read Infinite Jest the whole way through so that's how strong my lit game is before you decide to step. dfw suxs
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Aug 14, 2014 21:21
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He's not great
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Aug 14, 2014 21:21
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Kumo posted:no poo poo I feel like Norman Mailer should have just killed himself after The Executioner's Song like Mishima did after Decay of the Angel "whelp, never gonna top this" *guts self*
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Aug 14, 2014 21:22
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Oh here's a shitload of untranslated Spanish too because I don't think that art is a communicative form
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Aug 14, 2014 21:22
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hope and vaseline posted:Suttree is like being dragged into the corners of the filthiest urban hell and being left to rot. It was amazing. After blood meridian I was expecting a violent madcap adventure or maybe some poetry about poverty, or at least a plot but NOPE EVERYTHING SUCKS IM FILTHY HERE, ON TEH DRUNK BOAAT
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Aug 14, 2014 21:22
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zoux posted:Oh here's a shitload of untranslated Spanish too because I don't think that art is a communicative form lol wow
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Aug 14, 2014 21:23
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zoux posted:Oh here's a shitload of untranslated Spanish too because I don't think that art is a communicative form hahaha u fukken bitch
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Aug 14, 2014 21:23
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zoux posted:Oh here's a shitload of untranslated Spanish too because I don't think that art is a communicative form Do you also get mad when people have sex in novels because it is also incomprehensible to you?
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Aug 14, 2014 21:24
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naem posted:After blood meridian I was expecting a violent madcap adventure or maybe some poetry about poverty, or at least a plot but NOPE name a better book where a guy gets brained by a floor buffer in a bar fight and shits his pants. you can't.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:24
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zoux posted:Oh here's a shitload of untranslated Spanish too because I don't think that art is a communicative form learn spanish idiot. how are you an american and you cant grasp the simple spanish 1 stuff in blood meridian
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Aug 14, 2014 21:25
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Jerry Mumphrey posted:name a better book where a guy gets brained by a floor buffer in a bar fight and shits his pants. you can't. My autobiography
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Aug 14, 2014 21:25
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Sheng-ji Yang posted:learn spanish idiot. how are you an american and you cant grasp the simple spanish 1 stuff in blood meridian Never read it I've only read the border trilogy.
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Frostwerks posted:Gravity's rainbow It's a testament to the utter wankery of modern literary criticism that Pynchon said he can barely remember writing any of that horseshit because he was so completely off his tits on drugs and yet people will still queue up to laud it.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:26
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GOD WHY THE HELL IS THIS GUY HAVING PEOPLE SPEAK SPANISH IN EL PASO - a literal walking piece of poo poo with googly eyes taped on
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Aug 14, 2014 21:26
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if you find grade-school-level spanish frightening, don't read cormac mccarthy
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Jerry Mumphrey posted:name a better book where a guy gets brained by a floor buffer in a bar fight and shits his pants. you can't. I'm not saying its not the most brilliant poo poo ever which it is I just got trolled SO HARD waiting for a plot or ANYTHING
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