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⌈ Secret Post #2692 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

For the most part, no -- at least for books.

I don't think I would've enjoyed the Great Gatsby at all without the in-depth analysis and historical context that I was taught alongside reading the book. This was the first book that I know I wouldn't have liked at all but I appreciated a lot once I knew about all the symbolism in it, etc.

Generally, the more I learn about a book and the more I'm directed to look at how it's crafted and why, the more engaged I am. But, as others have said, most books I read for my English major I wouldn't have touched on my own and most of the time I was rather blah about the choices my teachers made.

However, when the book/story is something I enjoyed, learning more about it just made everything better. For instance, I'm pretty sure I would've enjoyed The Canterbury Tales even without analysis, but learning about the careful word choice and writing styles Chaucer was playing with really opened up the poem further and made me aware of a lot of fun stuff that his audience would've gotten but don't really translate nowadays.