I’m starting to find less and less value (apart from pure entertainment) in literature (fiction).
Those “great classics” everyone tells you you have to read like Shakespeare, Kundera, Asimov, Tolkien, Alighieri, etc. You know those books. Most of these we were forcedd to read at school. I can see why there are important, but why not read non fiction, self help etc. You can get the same message and even more value from that.
So is there really any exclusive value to literature? Why is it so highly praised by “superficial” intellectuals?