/lit/ - Literature

hello, what classical authors would you recommend if I
1) have low empathy and cannot relate to people in situations I haven't experienced myself
2) don't like long descriptions, descriptions of nature are the worst for me
3) don't like flowery language used by characters which would never speak like that in real life
4) am too dumb to understand symbolism
is it over for me?

>>20010534
The point of literature is to present the reader with ideas, and illustrate them in a meaningful and thought-provoking manner so that the reader can set about his own thinking and analysis, and also edify the reader through the artistry of its craft and composition. Lengthy, detailed philosophical explanations are a different species of writing altogether, and one is not trying to be the other. A philosopher complaining that a piece of literature doesn't map out a philosophical concept in extensive detail would be akin to a scientist complaining that a painting of the night's sky doesn't adequately model the stellar nucleosynthesis occurring within the stars.

Books about the nature of evil?

>>15708850

>>15031114
If a homeowner goes outside of his own house and looks in to say nobody lives there, what did it prove? How you answer this simple question determines how much of a fucking idiot you are.

What writers are good at instilling a genuine feeling of dread and fear?

Are there any books out there that you have read that have actually frightened you? I'm talking actual terror and/or horror.

The first and last time I actually felt legitimately scared was reading The Shining by Stephen King, specifically the scene where Jack goes to investigate Room 237 and the thing inside is rattling the doorknob and he has to close his eyes to maintain the illusion that it's all in his head. That was back in middle-school, since then nothing.

I've read a few short stories that gave me a thrill and House of Leaves did leave me with a certain unease that's hard to describe. But nothing that I would equate with actual terror.

What about you? Anything out there you have read that's legitimately scary? If you feel that deep-seated revulsion is appropriate, by all means share, but for the most part I'm not thinking of gore or disgusting material for its own sake.

What's the best book to read when you're feeling suicidal?

Time for a poetry thread.

Post your favorite poem/poet.

Hard mode: nothing by Robert Frost.

and when you realized it was the worst

Post a piece of art.

Get recommendations based on that art.

Meme images should be ignored.

Hey guys, I need some books/authors recommendations. Recently I've been extremely related with death (a lot of close people and family members died suddenly, at similar dates). Up until now (22), I had never experienced death, and I'm sincerely overwhelmed and lost about how to face it.

I'm a philosophy graduate so my go-to method when something irks me is to read authors (aka people more intelligent than me) that talk about the subject that I'm worried about to see If they help me understand it or, at least, feel like I'm not alone in my worries. I've already read Being and Time (with the help of a guide, the book was pretty complicated) and Derrida's "The gift of death" (this was my first attempt at reading Derrida and it proved quite the task), but I'm still quite lost and I dont know what more authors to read.

I'm an atheist, so I'm not asking about books that give me hope about death. What I'm interested in is to know how to relate to death (I don't know if this expression is correct, pardon my english in general). Thank you for reading me and thanks to those who answer. I'll be cheking the post.

>>9626877

There are only four types of deaths in the world.

There are deaths which are relatively painful
There are deaths which are relatively painless
There are deaths which are relatively quickly
There are deaths which are relatively slow

And it is by these combinations, by the painful and painless, by the quick and the slow that life is taken from this reality and returned to whence it came.

What are the best books on understanding Art (in the general sense, not just paintings)

I'm making a reading list that I've titled "Why take a writing class when you could just read these?"

What do you think should be added to the list:

"Building Great Sentences" by Brooks Landon
"Burning Down the House" by Charles Baxter
"Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing" by Margaret Atwood
"Reading like a Writer" by Francine Prose
"The Anatomy of Story" by John Truby
"Between the Lines: The Subtle Element of Fiction Writing" by Jessica Morrell

Why does it seem like Literature is so seperated from the rest of the Arts?

When one mentions an Artist, people rarely think of a writer. It would not be out of place to find a "School for the Arts" that has no writing program.

Poetry gets close, but still, seperated without the stage performance addition of slam poetry.

What do you value more in reading a book: emotional appeal or immersing yourself in the work to fully grasp all presented ideas?

>>8518932
>Fiction at its best is literally just baby tier philosophy with "muh pretty words" to try to make up for it. Prove me wrong.
>Painting at its best is literally just baby tier photography with "muh pretty colors and brush strokes" to try to make up for it. Prove me wrong.

>>7926692
Awww I was actually worried about people doing that when I posted here. Please don't steal, that's rood

>>7926689
>>7926698
Thank you both.

It is part of book one (It's only going to be two books) called "Immortalizer" and the other book is called "Humanizer"

WANNA GUESS WHAT THEMES HUMANIZER DEALS WITH GIVEN THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEMES IMMORTALIZER DEALS WITH!?

>Ficciones

/lit/, I have nowhere else to ask, so I'll do it here.

Can sociopathy be an evolutionary advantage?