Why Read the Classics?

Italo Calvino solved this problem in his literary critiques "Why read the classics?" I do not think I can offer a more comprehensive answer than Mr. Calvino, but I can provide a very simple answer.

When you read the classics, the book you are reading plays an important role in shaping our way of reading and writing today. Books are not written or read in vacuum. They are knitted by writers, fascinated readers, and influenced by centuries of writing. Whether you know this or not, reading a book is not an isolated event nor part of a tradition.

The classic is a landmark event in our literary tradition. Several classics have emerged as shining examples of sports (such as realism and romanticism) and types (such as science fiction and historical fiction). They tried their best and did their best, so they stimulated literary tendencies. Other classics were so, as it broke the tradition and promoted this problem by casting doubts on established ideas. These books symbolize creative defiance and objections.

How do all of them love to read more? As you get used to the classics, you will begin to understand the scope of many other books. You begin to identify the impacts and references you did not notice before or before reading. It's like suddenly beginning to admire the wine - a different taste opens your palate, you will find elements of hidden flowers, fruity or oak, you can express your preference more I will

Reading classic books can also help you better understand the book you like better. When you return to them, you will unlock keys of depth you do not know. The elements of the book that seemed like an arbitrary book for you now seem cautious and clever. You may begin to look at the name of the character, the explanatory words chosen by the author, and their fixed meaning for a particular topic.

Reading the classics will also help you identify the literary influence of your favorite author. You will see how the classic contributes to their style, theme and theme. You will understand the literary implications of your favorite author, accept some 'internal joke', and begin to look at the author as part of a rich literary heritage. Your favorite author, as a tribute to other writers, knows how you see yourself as a traitor who goes against prose habit, or as an innovator of literary style.

This is another way of looking at it: Look at reading as a trip around the world. In the journey, such as the Great Wall, Colosseum, Taj Mahal, Pyramid, the classics are historical buildings you have to see. Like these historic sites, the classic is part of the incredible heritage that can endure the test of time and completely change your world view.

What makes books "classical" is the concern of various writers, from Italo Calvino to Mark Twain, and "Why read classics?" And what is "classic"? (Calvino, T. S. Eliot, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve) writers of various types and eras are writing articles. The ability to reinterpret the classic book has been updated to take over the interests of readers of generations that have been reflected in the work of literary critics including Michael Dilda, Ezra Pound, and Sainte-Buve It is likely to be.

Mark Twain used to describe the classic as "a book that people praise and read". This is an honest and sad truth about what people think of these novels. Classics may be overlooked in today's reading community, but there are many reasons to consider dusty old novels on ambiguous shelves in the library. For years, writers have written their ideas on paper, and some of them are definitely better than others. Several works / writers survive and are reading today, and most are forgotten. You should not throw away the classics and treat it as junk. These novels are high-quality literary works and survive for some reason to provide interesting stories and general lessons. If the reader prefers 'great Gatsby' and 'Macbeth' for a long time, you may find you doing very well.