> be me
> classic literature class
> teacher asks for one work of fiction that is both a book and a movie
> I raise my hand
> "Yes, user?"
> "Nineteen eighty-four"
> "I'm sorry, what?"
> "Nineteen eighty four, sir"
> "I've never heard of it."
> mfw
What the hell have we become? A literature teacher has never heard of the iconic novel that defined the dystopian genre? The grandfather of the trash romances you so love like Hunger Games and Maze Runner?
I bet this happened in the US.
more like nineteen gayty-four
Modern day lit teachers are morons. When I was in my final year of school my lit teacher was a 24 year old fat short dyke who was a raging feminist. Hopefully they're all moving over to Game Development now though
Oh come on, you can't quit there. Where the fearmongering about our entire civilization crumbling within the next few decades?
>Hopefully they're all moving over to Game Development now though.
The morons or the dykes?
by George Whorewell
Honestly I think both in reality. Modern people don't have the attention span to read books. Technology being the next frontier is pushing everyone over there to try and stay relevant.
Perhaps your teacher was being facetious, or subtly mocking your plebeian suggestion
>1984
>classic lit
It's not really classic lit unless everyone who was alive when it was first published is dead.
Probably he isn't a brainlet who reads genre fiction.
the Bible is not classic lit because Jesus will always live on in our hearts :3c
Serious question, what is higher-level (as in above gen ed) English in college like? I was a "STEM subjects only real subjects" retard and regret that but my "accelerated composition" and gen ed 20th/21st century lit courses didn't inspire confidence.
>Things that never happened
Any liberal arts class is meaningless. At best, they're forums to discuss differing opinions on works or events. At worst, they're a professor with an over-inflated ego telling you what to think about the world.
George Borewell is the preferred nomenclature you fucking swine
nothing because all the best writing comes from people who happen to have high verbal iq's sperging on their own time while they should be spending time with kith and kin or working on their jobs. Nick Land had to learn all kinds of STEM shit just to be taken seriously and he's probably the last philosopher from the humanities who will ever be taken vaguely seriously ever again in the history of the species. Its over, humanities is done, there's nothing left. Whatever importance it held has vanished and the spirit of the craft is gone. This is why all good lit ended with meme god and Submission
>be me
>classic literature class
>teacher asks for great American author
>say Mark Twain
>teacher turns deep purple
>"user, that's a HETEROSEXUAL WHITE MALE"
>"...yes?"
>"And you consider a HETEROSEXUAL WHITE MALE a great American author?"
>"...yes."
>sends me to the nurse's office to get a forced vaginoplasty as punishment
unironically happened to me; teacher got mad about fitzgerald because he was allegedly antisemitic
everyone has heard of 1984, pick something less pedestrian if you want to make stuff up for no reason
> be me
> watching better than food
> Cliff asks for one work of fiction that is both a book and a movie
> I Leave an comment “i got one”
> "Yes, bucko?"
> "Nineteen eighty-four"
> "I'm sorry, what?"
> "Nineteen eighty four, sir"
> "I've never heard of it."
> mfw
Sad if Big
yeah but how the fuck is one not familiar with 1984, especially as a lit teacher. Sordid.
yeah, but Veeky Forums is a lot better right?
Veeky Forums is free
Why indeed Sherlock!
That doesn't mean the quality of discussion here is better than it is at a university. In fact, I'd wager that it's probably much worse. My comment was meant to point out that irony.
At a university, at least you have someone that has dedicated years of their life to theory and analysis of literature mentoring you, and quite possibly some very serious people to discuss your work with.
Now compare that to the ostentatious undergrad body you find here.
This is an indochinese tapestry discussion forum. Why are you comparing it to a university?
People come here to spew shit. You're one click away from /b/ for Christ's sake.
Those people still post on Veeky Forums
Veeky Forums pseuds need to die in a fire.
>white male literature
were you even trying in class?
Stop romanticizing University education. It's shit.
wasn't /b/ renamed to /pol/?
Maybe instead of reading '198'4 and 'Brave new world', the literature teacher was reading good books.
was your teacher a Chassidic jew?
Never happened.
zing
Stop samefagging, it's as embarrassing as your """""tastes."""""
i can’t figure out. she had slav name
>When I was in my final year of school my lit teacher was a 24 year old
Never happened.
Slit your throat.
Probably a grad student teaching so the college doesn't have to pay a real professor
>1984
>classic literature
The absolute state of Murica.
fake and gay
why tho, you obsessed freak
...
I mean, "short dyke who was a raging feminist" is taken straight out of there, or tumblr.
>Hororvladowitz
she's a Jud
Richard Burton is great in that movie.
Also, guess who the cinematographer is, you won't believe it, it's Roger Deakins, the Deaks. Love that guy.
This. I was educated in public school system and am therefore retarded.
True story: senior year of high school, I told my language arts teacher I wanted to major in philosophy. She looked at me, perplexed, and said, “ph-philosophy? You mean psychology?” I said no, philosophy. And she said, and I quote, “I have never heard of it.”
I have since left the country for good.
2/10
>/pol/ is so psychotic it just finishes the line of thought for the other person
B-but it’s true, what more do you want?
I believe it. A similar thing happened in my screenwriting class 10 years ago. We had to write something about three we choose and one of mine was Doctor Strangelove and the professor said she has never heard of it.
I've actually developped a hatred for that novel because my retarded feminist English teacher wouldn't shut up about it.
hey user, this is your lit teacher, i know you have social anxiety out the ass but you need to learn to speak up. when the shaking blob from the back of the class mumbles something incomprehensible at me i'm not going to waste my time investigating what "nanny ate the flower" means, i'm just going to ask someone who's not retarded. try actually moving your fat little lips next time.
How is this pseudo-intellectualism?
>"Nineteen Gay-ty Four" by George Whorewell
It's the complete opposite. They're calling books gay.
The next step is to admit Stalin had the right ideas.
it's about time that annoyance at feminism got redirected into fueling the proletarian struggle instead of this alt-right horseshit
Are creative writing classes worth it? I'm a stemfag and am considering taking one.