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Originally Posted by JSWolf
To me, great literature is that which gives me pleasure. And what is labeled as great is not always so )IMHO). It's a personal preference. If I don't like it, I don't care if some scholor thinks is great, to me it's not. Hell, I'd put up some of my Star Trek books againts "Great Literature". I don't need to be taught how to tell the difference. I already know how. By how much I enjoy a book.
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Makes two of us
I remember I never liked to read classics or very serious book. Only "light" stuff. My approach to this matter is that life is full of problems, unfairness, sadness, etc. What is a point to spend even more time in this depressing atmosphere by reading books about it? Books have been, they are and most likely they will be an escape from the reality for me (Am I escapist?
). Many people around me (including my father) looked at this with disdain as if it is not a real reading, only a waste of time. I have never quite agreed with their point of view and held to my own as mentioned above
great literature is that which gives me pleasure.