/lit/ - Literature

>ANOTHER weekend goes by where I have yet to commit myself to a writing project
Imagine sitting on an entire list of book ideas and being too scared to start even one.

I personally love sci-fi and fantasy. They're genres that I grew up with. However, the current environment makes me feel that they're some of the only genres that can flourish as-is.

Culturally, this worries me. How are real classics supposed to bloom when everything we consume is escapism? Movies are all capeshit and thrillers. Popular books are all media res action plots with layman's prose. Music is completely owned by niggers.

Though I personally consume a lot of fantasy/sci-fi, I worry about the overall cultural climate.

>>9457367
>this is the face of fantasy literature
>autistic, hard-wired magic systems are "in vogue" right now
>you stopped caring about that shit somewhere in your teenage years

>meet qt3.14 girl on tinder
>she's into literature
>"What are your favorite authors? Mine are Joyce and Hemingway."
>"Uhm, idk. I like John Green alot : )"

WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH WOMEN? Why do they choose to be into the worst literature? Is it because it appeals to "muh feels"? Is it possible to turn a plebeian girl into a patrician? If so how?

>constant shitposting
>constant christposting
>constant memeposting
>constant DFWposting
>constant memetrilogyposting
>constant bookshelfposting
>constant ASOIAFposting

What the fuck is going on with this shit board. Literature is one of the most interesting topics in the entirety of the world, yet you all demean it to bullshit nonsense. When was the last time anyone on this board actually discussed the literary qualities of a book? Every time a book is brought up it's either dismissed as a meme or praised to be spectacular. You could spend hours reading this board, and have no further insight on literature at all. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT? Step it up guys, how about people actually discuss themes, motifs, symbolism, prose, allegories, cadence, imagery, and syntax?

People need to use this board for something better than just shitposting. I believe in you /lit/, I really do. But I have to be the gadfly that awakens the horse. Wake up.

>have to submit a portfolio for my poetry final
>one part of the portfolio consists of five revisions of our "best" work
>professor said one of my best pieces was also "problematic"
>implied that I should edit out the rape scene because "using rape as a metaphor has nasty political implications"
>don't know what the fuck to replace the rape scene with
Why are libtards so eager to censor stuff?

>>5038077
>my dad is 81
Why must people think like this