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narratorstragedy · 2 years ago

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the worst but also the best part about learning languages is when you reach the point where you are constantly aware that the people you talk to and the media you consume are all making cultural references that you simply do not get so all of a sudden you’re like goddamn it i need to read every piece of classic italian literature ever now

#one of the profs was telling me how her translation class decided that leopardi was 'emo' and i was like wow this would be so funny if i #knew literally anything about giacomo leopardi besides the fact that he supposedly ate a kilo and a half of confetti before dying #(thank you that one tumblr post)#but also the part of my brain that's like 'you need to consume those works In Italian' makes this difficult because i simply cannot do that #yet #arugujhakshjdhajahjfasjhfewkrjht #she speaks.l #this happened w spanish too but like. As i was taking a spanish literature class? so i already started to read stuff that's regularly #references & then just kind of continued to read stuff naturally #except sometimes i read literature from a specific country and i'm like sooooo i need to read all of your canonical writers now #reading mariana enriquez like oh so i need to read piglia reading piglia like oh so i need to read borges and arlt reading arlt like oh so #i need to read macedonio fernández #etc etc etc etc #well really reading borges --> fernández. whatever #aaaaaaaa. girls when the wealth of knowledge and literature within the world is overwhelming and wonderful but they will never get to know #it all :(#also this is like. the fact that there's so much just within spanish language literature. can u imagine the depth of also arabic literature #etc etc #i mean like i am sure you can. that was weird phrasing.#BECAUSE ALSO THEN IT'S LIKE. there is so much that is wonderful outside of the 'canon' of well known writers BUT I CAN'T READ IT ALL SO....

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