Topic: 2.2 Reading Literature Introductory Video
The benefits of reading
literature:
Imagination
Communication
Analysis
Empathy
Agility
Meaningfulness
Travel
Inspiration
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To cultivate the imagination
 Exp: Cultures of literature have thrived on creativity &
innovation from ancient Greeks → present day
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To improve the communication skills
- Help prepare us for writing & talking
 Consider how various people think to understand
words
 Working with words & carefully considered language
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To analyse better
- Require readers to take connections, weigh evidence,
question, notice details, make sense

Understand empathy
- Inhabit various perspectives in different times / places
 Learn how other individual see the world
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To improve agility
- Think in complicated ways
- Hold contradictory / conflicting ideas
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To find meaningfulness
- Think about our place & significance in the world
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Allow literary travel
 visit places / times
 encounter cultures
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Inspire readers
- Influence readers to move on
Reading literature is not only enjoyable and brain-expanding, it can
also bring a lot of benefits to us.