#satirical literature

[beloved-of-john]

"Indeed, the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts"

The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis

[mailmiocuoredipietratremaancora]

Il populismo, ignaro della sua stessa ignoranza, tra farfugliamenti di sangue e suolo, assurdi principì nativistici e drammatica indifferenza al problema dei cambiamenti climatici, potrebbe in futuro evocare altri mostri, alcuni dei quali assai più violenti e nefasti perfino della Brexit. Ma in ciascuna declinazione del mostro, a prosperare sarà sempre lo spirito dello scarafaggio. Tanto vale che impariamo a conoscerla bene, questa creatura, se vogliamo sconfiggerla. E io confido che ci riusciremo. Frattanto, se la ragione non apre gli occhi e non si decide a riprendere il sopravvento, potremmo doverci affidare al conforto della risata.

[younes-ben-amara]

ما الأدب الساخر؟ وما الكتب التي اقترحها فيه؟ ولم لا يوجد عدد أكثر من الكُتّاب الساخرين؟

ما الأدب الساخر؟ وما الكتب التي اقترحها فيه؟ ولم لا يوجد عدد أكثر من الكُتّاب الساخرين؟

مساء السخرية، اقترحت عليّ الأستاذة نادية ميرة هذا الموضوع فشَكَر الله لها، نادية مشتركة في رديف فاشترك أنت أيضًا في رديف 👇 اجعل من سخروا من أفكارك يبكون تحسّرًا… اشترك في رديف! صباح الخير أستاذ ✅️كيف تنظر إلى الأسلوب الهزلي او ما يسمى بالأدب السّاخر ؟؟ ✅️ هل قرأت قبلا مؤلفات فيه؟✅️ مللنا من الدراما والعنف وماشابه… هل تقترح لنا مجموعة من الكتاب في هذا النمط بعيدا عن الجاحظ و خالد توفيق؟؟ ✅️ لم…

[madame-helen]

[francisfuckingabernathy]

Every time anyone says "Oh, god, how you can get into The Secret History? The characters are so awful." I can barely contain the exasperated rage pummeling my body because they literally hit the nail on the head. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE BOOK.

[lizzyaka]

Btw quoting the fatal flaw line (im not typing the whole thing out), "i am nothing in my soul if not obsessive", anything from that one class (beauty is terror yadda yadda) or any corny ass line like those completely invalidates anything you have to say about the book in my eyes cause im just gonna assume u didnt understand shit and are just trying to be like the characters. The same can be said about people who say the book or certain parts were sad or profound like if you stop romantizing it youll realize how purposely shallow and absurd it actually is. Ive seen many people say its a modern greek tragedy which is sooo funny bc the book is entirely satirical😭

Tsh fandom is exactly like the patrick bateman fanboys but dark academia

[skill7spark04]

[tritemagicalsatire]

Always in the writing scene when the author themselves are drunk from the euphoria of having their words imprinted on a paper or screen. But the need of having their draft scanned over and over again for the final product is the real struggle here. The struggle to put one's words into something comprehensible, even to themselves FIRST, as its first audience of an intellectual freakshow—

Ah... The rules of the grammarian culture without sacrificing the childlike playing of random alphabet blabbering. And one's personal standard of literary utopia is waving, all after the random soliloquies whispering in one's mind as if they are asleep while writing/typing the words needed for the wordscapes recipe of an individual aspiration for having their illusions to be something material, and yet, ethereal.

The somnolent escape in the paper kingdom of mindless thoughts in order to have a mindful release to the letter collective! 😅🤣

—M.

[athinellis]

The tragedy in 1984 is that they do not actually kill the protagonist in the end but they kill him as an individual. And the final step to do so is not by destroying something directly related to himself but by destroying his feelings for another person. The final step to destroy a human being is to destroy their love.

[latin-literature-tourney]

Latin Literature Tournament - Round 1

Propaganda under the cut!

Pliny Propaganda:

His description of Vesuvius is so fucking cool and important, you guys. It's so cool that "Plinian eruptions" are a thing in volcanology

He writes some neat descriptions of gardens and private horticulture, so he's an important source on Roman aesthetics of domestic design

His letters really are bangers. I love his friendship with Tacitus, and the ghost stories are so fucking fun

Juvenal Propaganda:

I love reading and fighting Juvenal. He is such an asshole and so full of shit (and his poems really are a blast)

That said the man sure can turn a phrase. Bread and circuses, anyone?

Is that a farrago in your libellus or are you just happy to see me

[burningvelvet]

I read A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift and I don't know what I originally thought it was going to be about but whatever it was IT WAS NOT THAT

[flowersforfrancis]

Becoming a character in a dark academia novel - A beginners guide:

Show off your love for literature, fine art or mythology. Make sure everyone knows you’ve read Plato. And Shakespeare. And Homer. Basically, Quote an old white dude who’s probably dead at least once a day.

Make sure to be seen running through your school. Develop an aesthetic run. Maybe do this with a group of equally experienced friends.

Please don’t own anything plastic or overly bright. (this is definitely for the environment). 

Have a set of fucked up morals. But make sure to prepare yourself with some smart sounding excuse that essentially intimidates people and deters them from asking questions.

Murder someone or be murdered. Either one. (I’d say it’s your choice, but if you’re being murdered, well, it’s probably not).

Develop an addiction- I’d recommend something like red wine, or cigarettes. Or both. (But you didn’t hear it from me).

Embrace the angst, the insanity, the insomnia and the general dislike for others.

Don’t worry about being friendly; coldness is encouraged.

Learn several old languages that most people don’t actually speak. If this truly isn’t possible: resort to French.  

Please, for the love of [insert old white dude here], be dramatic.

If you aren’t rich then either embrace it as an aesthetic. Or just lie.

Either get a small, cluttered apartment, or a giant fucking mansion.

Be smart.

Listen to classical music.

In terms of love you have a few choices: fall In love with someone but then kill them. Be queer and deny it. Be queer and fall for heterosexuals (or at least people who think they are). - basically please never get a happy ending with someone you actually love.

Exist only during winter and autumn. I suppose you may spend some time in spring. But only make brief appearances in summer. If you’re seen during summer, make sure you’re at a lake, or on a lawn, or in a sunlit library, maybe a sailboat?

Read.

Get some collared shirts.

If you get glasses they better be obscure.

Make sure people see you drunk. Maybe knock on a classmates door whilst drunk.

If you aren’t six feet under, remember to be mature and regretful years after your time at your elitist school.

Oh yeah, receive an elite education. (Or hang out in public libraries a lot?? Idk).

Avoid healthy relationships. Or maybe form an inseparable bond with someone. Honestly this can still be unhealthy. Probably will be.

Never have a good relationship with your family. They must be either dead, uninterested in you, far away, or just plain shitty.

[transannabeth]

for research purposes (genuinely), i'm looking to make a list of what people consider Required Viewing™ (or reading) in terms of vampire fiction. while specifically this research is for paranormal romance, other iconic vampire fiction that add to the canon would be much appreciated. i would especially be interested in any stories about non western vampiric creatures since they are absolutely out there!

some (but not all!) of my current list includes

dracula by bram stoker

carmilla by sheridan le fanu

interview with the vampire by anne rice

twilight by stephenie meyer (yeah i know)

the awakening by l. j. smith

[madame-helen]

[bedbabayka]

Interesting fact.

If you put Polygraph Sharikov🐕 and Napoleon🐖 the pig in the same room, then there will be a heated debate between them for several hours on the topic:

"Which of them is a big allusion to Stalin?"