Literature is important in everyday life because it connects individuals with larger truths and ideas in a

society. Literature creates a way for people to record their thoughts and experiences in a way that is
accessible to others, through fictionalized accounts of the experience.

search for something deeper within it leads to all kinds of insights that, while perhaps not in line with
the author's original intent (who knows?), teach you more about the world and the different ways
people use language. The theory taught alongside literature, in combination with this analysis, gives you
the power of perspective that is so essential to finding contentment and peace in communication with
people who are different from you, in a way that is unique to the study of literature. To write you have
to read, and to really read, you have to think, criticize, doubt, wonder, and stand amazed by words on
the page. The English major showed me how to do that, and not only has it increased my skills as a
writer, it has made me a more compassionate and honest person."

Studying literature helps you understand story (and the importance in the human experience) Studying
literature helps you give peer criticism and accept peer criticism. Studying literature helps build writing,
critical thinking, and communication skills.

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Importance Of Studying Literature

Why is the study of literature important? What skills do students learn through reading literature?

Why is the study of literature important? What skills do students learn through reading literature? What
is gained from reading literature and evaluating it?

When we study literature, our horizons are broadened, because we can learn about and come to
understand people who are different from us. Conversely, we might discover characters or poems that
we really identify with—it can be really exciting and validating to discover that your exact thoughts and
feelings have also been experienced by someone else. Because of these effects, literature encourages us
to be sensitive to the whole spectrum of human experience and to consider this when making decisions
in our day-to-day lives. Academically, studying literature also helps us to refine our own writing skills and
expand our vocabularies.

Studying the literature of the English language can enrich our lives in ways we never imagined. Beyond
the simple entertainment of a good story, readers stand to gain compassion for a wide range of people
across cultures and time periods. In addition, sustained immersion in the literary arts as a whole results
in a richer vocabulary and a certain ease and confidence when the reader approaches the practice of
composition.
Literature is important in everyday life because it connects individuals with larger truths and ideas in a
society. Literature creates a way for people to record their thoughts and experiences in a way that is
accessible to others, through fictionalized accounts of the experience.