/lit/ - Literature

So, /lit/, a fellow student of mine had a breakdown under harsh questioning by my prof. which ended in an argument about the point of reading.

This classmate of mine said that the point of reading was escape from the world. A hobby, if you will.

My professor accused her of being sophomoric, and that the whole point of literature is to gain experience from authors.

Who do you side with?

>>768627

I suspect being forced to read things you find uninteresting at a young age is a major cause.

"Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in."
- Leonardo Da Vinci