“Good literature substitutes for experience which we have not ourselves lived
through.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In this quote I think the speaker means that good literature makes you feel like you are experiencing what is in the book. By saying that it substitutes for experiences, good literature has to be very immersing. This applies to books that take you to time periods that you will never live in and places you will never visit.
This quote applies to the book I am reading, The Scarlet Pimpernel, because I have never been to the place in the book and I will never live in the time period in the book. My book takes place in France, where I have never been to, and in the 1790s, which is a time period I will never live in. Also, my book is "good literature" because it is very immersing and well written.
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I had thought of the main point of this quote before and it has always re-enforced my desire to read, and sometimes to write.
ReplyDeleteI agree MATT
ReplyDeleteSo, you don't run the risk of meeting Madam Guillotine every day as you run afoul of the French authorities?
ReplyDeleteVery interesting Matt! I had a very similiar concept in my mind as well.
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