- Studying literature develops critical analysis
- Brings about empathy
- Readers learn communication
- Organisation of ideas becomes easier
- Transferrable to employment (suggests intelligence, ability to organise/think deeply, skills to conduct presentations/seminars, skills to communicate)
- Understand a variety of reactions, personalities, attitudes and situations in everyday life
- To read and evaluate anything written
- Skills can be specialised needing to understand and use technical terms (identify figures of speech, symbolism, poetic techniques, the nuances and ambiguities of language etc.)
- Wider messages/value
- Appreciation of historical context
Studying literature is useless and cannot be transferred to everyday life. Discuss.
