What Is Great Literature?

Great literature can be sorto strange or estranging. Or it can be hyperfamiliar. Try your best not to shy away from something that might oppose your world o view. Good reading helps us talk to ourselves better, because all talk is essentially self talk. When you read anna karenima, you're essentially sitting down with tolstoy given you a piece of himself, and you're talking to yourself. And that's really useful. I think you are probably a better reader than you give yourself credit for. But i think you might also find it useful to first seek to orient your life, then seek to be understood by others. This is very difficult, but essentially