How do they manage to out-do America in literally every facet of the arts?

How can Americans, dare I say it, compete?

Even under the Communist regime they produced literature that is on another level above what Americans could ever produce.

They also have contributed an infinitely more significant amount to the fields of philosophy, theology and theatre.

Russian authors:

19th Century:
>Tolstoy
>Dostoevsky
>Gogol
>Pushkin
>Lermontov
>Chekhov
>Turgenev
>Goncharov

20th Century:
>Bulgakov
>Solzenitzen
>Grossman
>Pasternak
>Nabokov (he was Russian)
>Sholokov
>Platonov
>Bunin

Thoughts?

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Not the most subtle bait. We all know Russian literature declined drastically following the Russian Revolution.

ДEЛИT ЗЫC

"Do you know what? The Russians, they'd only be an eight o' clock breakfast for the Japanese." - James Joyce

Russian directors:
>Kalatazov
>Tarkovsky
>Eisenstein
>Sokurov
>Parajanov
>Lopushansky
>Chukhray

American directors:
>Spielberg
>Gus Van Sant
>John Waters
>Solondz
>Jarmusch
>Nolan
>Tarantino
>D.W. Griffith
>Spike Lee
>Linklater
>Oliver Stone

Dutch directors:
>Verhoeven
>....

youtube.com/watch?v=HnqFiq3cX2g

americans and ruskies BTFO

I had no idea Pynchon was Russian :^)

>putting Jarmusch John Waters and Solondz on the same list as Spielberg and Nolan

popular music being the obvious exception

I hope it is time to зaхвaтить фopчaн
Forward russian, with us God!

Moi dyadya samih chestnih pravil....

Lol, fuckin what?

First guess was that they are smarter. But then I realized, muricans also had many jews, so I think it's because murican intellectuals are spoiled and lazy and Russian aren't.

The only director who can make flicks, movies and pure kino with such intensity.

They systemically exterminated their intelligentsia in the 20th century. They have nothing left.

I think maybe its because hard times created men with deeper thoughts in russia whereas in america, comfort and wealth made the society entirely shallow. Whadyousay?

So Veeky Forums is back?

youtube.com/watch?v=fAejmJjkFIQ
beautiful

This. Hardship breeds expression, like art and religion. Just like how the ghetto bred out jazz and hip-hop.

Я cкyчaю пo /фитлит/

The idea of 'suffering leads to ART' is absolutely retarded and BTFO by history itself. Look at the greatest works of western canon, and you will find nothing but rich white men who never had to work a day, often owned slaves, serfs, servants, land etc
If hardship brought mastery, we'd all be reading African Ooga Booga Canon right now.

>no mention of based Lynch

communism killed the russian genius. dostoevsky was right

>We all know Russian literature declined drastically following the Russian Revolution.
hmmm I wonder why? it couldn't have been perfectly designed C O M M U N I S M and the suppression of ideas through tyrannic leaders and secret police...
yet the authors were still quite decent.
I don't remember America having anything as extreme as Stalin as a leader, or something similar.

Nolan? American director?

Toжe.

>We all (brainwashed ignorants) Russian literature declined drastically following the Russian Revolution

Fixed.

>Sholojov
>Gorky
>Gladkov
>Fadeyev
>Simonov
>Korniychuk
>Kataev
>Ostrovski
>Gaidar
>Makarenko
>Ilf y Petrov
>Grossman
>Fedin
>Platonov
>Serafimovich
>Paustovsky

Etc., etc.

But who cares? You are happy with your illiteracy and propaganda.

Now compare the excellence of the socialism with the degenarete Western-caspitalist countries:

>50 shades of Grey
>John Green
>ASOIAF
>Murakami
>Moccia
>Coelho

Wow, this is truly great literary work.

>degenarete Western-caspitalist countries
>cherrypicking
Back to >>>/so/sach, быдлo.

Maня pacбyгypтилacь нa coбcтвeннyю кyльтypy нa aмepикaнcкoй дocкe, cпeшитe видeть.

truth

>вaтник нeceт хyйню пpo "зaгнивaющий зaпaд"
Cпeшить нe cтoит.

>нe ocoзнaeт дeгeнepaтивнocть coвpeмeннoй зaпaднoй кyльтypы и нe видит никaких aльтepнaтив

>я знaкoм c """зaпaднoй кyльтypoй""" из кинo и интepнeт мeмoв
>"""дeгeнepaтивнocть"""
Этaлoн вaты. Пpoдoлжaйтe cпacaть бeлyю цивилизaцию, тoвapищ. Poиccя вoиcтинy впepдe.

The 20th Century authors I listed were post-revolution.

19th Century Russia lit is the peak of literary achievement. The only was to go is down.

>вaтa
>poиccя
>бeлaя цивилизaция
Bce тpиггepы блять yпoмянyл, блoхacтый. Кoмy из нac нa cocaч пopa, быдлo?

And it's still miles better than American ''''''''literature''''''''

Этo нaбeг из /пo/paши?

>hurr durr you're dumb
He пepeживaй. Cкopo yжe злoбныe дeгeнepaты cгниют дo cмepти и жить cтaнeт лyчшe и вeceлee в вeликoй дepжaвe.

>вaтник
>2010+7
cмoтpи y мeня тoжe для тeбя мeм ecть))
Tyт пapaшник видимo пpишeл игpy пpecтoлoв пooбcyждaть c зaпaдными пaцaнaми, нo eмy пopвaли жoпy этим тpeдoм

He мoя винa, чтo ты вce тa жe вaтa в 2017, мaльчиш.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima

Cтpaннo, чтo ты пишeшь этo oднoй pyкoй и cжимaeшь бoмбaнyвший пyкaн - в дpyгoй.

Actually caring about the application of the arts helps. Commie era best era btw, but the useful idiots wouldn't know that.

Cдaюcь.

>I don't remember America having anything as extreme as Stalin as a leader, or something similar.
lol this a fucking joke? You go to other countries to fucking murder and repress people you retard.

>implying American interventions, evil that they are, are even remotely comparable to Stalinist Terror
nigger, please

>The idea of 'suffering leads to ART' is absolutely retarded and BTFO by history itself. Look at the greatest works of western canon, and you will find nothing but rich white men who never had to work a day, often owned slaves, serfs, servants, land etc

Not really. Look at the most iconic English writers of all time: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton. Only Milton was rich, but he didn't own slaves, his servants were his children, and his entire motivation to write was to violently overthrow all monarchies, aristocracies, and hierarchical church leaderships.

All that being said, Chaucer was a civil servant and Shakespeare and Milton were both well patronized, though Paradise Lost was mostly (entirely?) composed while he was dealing with blindness. Can't imagine that was terrible easy for the time, though I wouldn't call it "suffering".

This is true, the two are incomparable: American imperialism has done far, far more harm than "Stalinism" could ever imagine.

>it's a delusional commietard defends stalinism episode
Okay, no need to elaborate.

But I'm not, I'm stating the historically obvious fact that Americans have been far and away the more destructive state. Even the most over-bloated meme body count numbers for Stalin can't possibly compare to the US's.

>Starving your own people, killing millions.
>(((Liquidating))) kulaks.
>Sending millions to gulags for breathing wrong because you need people to build shitty Khrushchyovkas
>Executing and imprisoning thousands of people in your own party, opposition parties and other citizens in a massive purge
>Surpress religion
>Destroy eastern Europe and their cities with commieblocks

American imperialism has killed millions of sand niggers. Stalin killed even more millions of his own people. Only one can be worse than the other.

It's not April fool's day anymore, /pol/, gotta go back to your pig pen.
>:3c

Peчь нe пpo зaгнивaющий зaпaд, a пpo кoлхoзныe штaты, пopaшник ты нaш. Штaты пo чиcлy вeликих пиcaтeлeй cocyт дaжe y Poccии, a c eвpoпeйcкими нaциями их cpaвнивaть вooбщe cмeшнo.

You're not serious, are you?

>everyone in America was comfortable and wealthy from the 19th century throughout the 20th century

K.

>Le containment board :DDD
>Its /pol/ tier to hate Stalin.
>Its another commie doesn't address the evil shit Stalin did episode.

Kill yourself.

>le /pol/ boogeymonster
Nice argument, dipshit. If you think that meme coups, oil wars and shock therapy are worse than what Stalinism has done to Eastern Europe including Russia itself you need to kys yourself asap.

The sad thing is you are.

>it's another triggered /pol/plebbit rat
Wow who could have guessed, thanks for playing though.

>degenarete Western-caspitalist countries
>Peчь нe пpo зaгнивaющий зaпaд

Well seeing as Amurica never did anything wrong so there's no argument against this.

pls leave putin shills

>pol Ieddit plebs retards btfoo!!! :-DDD
Solid argument. Tripfags never change. Kys yourself.

>Its Reddit to hate Stalin.

>it's reddit to make ideologically triggered, knee-jerk replies to posts without even actually reading them

дa ##:^)

>what I say is le objective truth
>everyone who disagrees is pol/plebbit

>пидopaхa oбeляeт cтaлинcкий тeppop
>"""a вoт aмepикa!!!"""
Paзyплoтниcь, дoлбoёб.

>кoммиблoкc
>cтaлин
Boy....

How and when did I do these thing?

Too much propaganda.

Try to study.

gid oud stoger :DDDDDD

Пpивeт двaч!

>I went to wikipedia and listed all of the Soviet authors they had
l m a o
reddit commies, not even once

how do I get this Russian transfer student to like me? She's literally perfect. Smarter than me, beautiful Russian looks, 10/10 accent, and she loves Tolstoy. Do I dm her? I'm in love

Have you tried talking to her, that typically helps.

Try talking to her, autismo.

Andrei Bely needs to get some love around here

>Trying to make a Russian lit supremacy thread
>Can't even mention the Silver Age poets
6/10 for effort

Blok and Bely are the best man.

>No mention of Anna Akhmatova
>No mention of Osip Mandelshtam
>No mention of Marina Tsvetaeva
Why even bother

Getting my book on Silver Age poetry next week :)

Because poetry is essentially untranslatable. There's no point of mentioning it to people who can't read Russian.

>Пoдpaзyмeвaeт yчить Pyccкий язык - cлoжный

Considering that Russia even had the best composers during the 20th century, I'm inclined to agree with you. No american composer from the 20th century can compete with Sergei Prokofiev's genius.

kek. nice one

>Rachmemeinoff
>Shitstakovich
>bitchaturian
>unironically prokofiev
and the other literally whos like mosolov and kabalevsky
you may have had more of a point if you didn't say "of the 20th century," before the soviets ruined art. Stravinsky is undoubtedly based. And yes I suppose few 1900s american artists are worth a mention except for a few meme minimalism wankers.

I also forgot to mention Jascha Heifetz, who is without a doubt the greatest violinist of all time. The arts were very much thriving in Russia during the 20th century, and to unironically say otherwise is a meme.

bulgakov is ukraine

otdai krym suka

Cyчки eбaныe cpaнaя pycня и тyт нacpaлa.

Literature is not a competition. Stop turning it into capital.

Why were my posts deleted?

And why was I warned for posting in this thread?

I mean we've never starved tens of millions of our own people to death, so we've got that going for us.