Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Miscellaneous, University of Dortmund, language: English, abstract: Literature is broadly defined as written work, especially those considered to have superior or lasting artistic merit. This is the material that is in most cases available for reading to students of literature and any fans of literary work. There are innumerable reasons why one should strive to read literature, and some of the reasons are; provision of pleasure, a building of experience, information, provoking of thought, entertainment or even imparting feelings of empathy besides the ability to infer other peoples’ thoughts. There are, therefore, many advantages of reading literature as evidently illustrated below.