Third, the passage claims that the condition, many talented writers presented while audience lacked, causes less investment on literature and fewer supports on good writers- the reason of decline. She explains that today’s many cultural forms of expression are available, some of which speak more directly to contemporary concerns than literature. However, the professor argues that by plenty of culturally valuable materials unwritten like music and movies, enjoying good songs or movies doesn’t mean wasting time, because culture has changed. Second, the passage states that people highly tend to spend time on usually superficial self-help books, music video, or web page -trivial forms, compared with literature, to lower culture standards. She emphasizes that reading non-literature doesn’t means reading not good books. However, the professor argues that beside literature, such high quality books as science reading or political analysis can be as creative and well-written as novels, stimulating readers’ imagination. However, the professor considers these arguments unconvincing.įirst, the passage says that did nothing but literature provide intellectual stimulation, strengthening readers' imaginationa and language understanding. The passage says that the decline of reading literature has bad effects for the reading pubic, culture in general, and the future literature. Thus, the writing as well as the reading of literature is likely to decline because of the poor standards of today's readers. This fact is bound to lead publishers to invest less in literature and so support fewer serious writers. There are many talented writers today, but they lack an audience. The trend of reading less literature is all the more regrettable because it is taking place during a period when good literature is being written.
Clearly, diverting time previously spent in reading literature to trivial forms of entertainment has lowered the level of culture in general. Additionally, instead of sitting down with a challenging novel, many persons are now more likely to turn on the television, watch a music video, or read a Web page. These are usually superficial, poorly written, and intellectually undemanding. What are people reading instead? Consider the prevalence of self-help books on lists of best sellers. Unfortunately, missing out on the benefits of literature is not the only problem. So by reading less literature, the reading public is missing out on important benefits. Literature encourages us to exercise our imaginations, empathize with others, and expand our understanding of language. This is unfortunate because nothing else provides the intellectual stimulation that literature does. While there has been a decline in book reading generally, the decline has been especially sharp for literature. This is troubling because the trend has unfortunate effects for the reading public, for culture in general, and for the future of literature itself. A recent study reveals that people, especially young people, are reading far less literature-novels, plays, and poems-than they used to.