Five Reasons to Study Literature
- Literature improves communication skills. The easiest way to improve vocabulary, writing, and speaking skills is to study literature. …
- Literature teaches you about yourself. …
- Literature teaches about the past. …
- Literature cultivates wisdom and a worldview. …
- Literature entertains.
Why is it important to read literature?
Reading literature enables us to see the world through the eyes of others. It trains the mind to be flexible, to comprehend other points of view—to set aside one’s personal perspectives to see life through the eyes of someone who is of another age, class, or race.
What do you read in world literature?
Top 100 World Literature Titles by Perfection Learning
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. …
- Night by Elie Wiesel. …
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. …
- The Stranger by Albert Camus. …
- Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. …
- The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. …
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. …
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.