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It is often said that people are reading less literature today than they used to.

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What should we make of this?

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Well first, a book doesn't have to be literature to be intellectually stimulating.

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Science writing history, political analysis and so forth aren't literature perhaps, but they are often of high quality and these kinds of books can be just as creative and well-written as a novel or a play They can stimulate the imagination.

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So don't assume that someone who isn't reading literature isn’t reading a good book.

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But let's say that people aren't just spending less time with literature, they are also spending less time with books in general.

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Does that mean that the cultures is in decline?

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No, there's plenty of culturally valuable material that isn't written - music and movies, for example.

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Are people wasting their time when they listen to a brilliant song or watch a good movie?

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Do these non-literary activities lower cultural standards?

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Of course not.

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Culture has changed.

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In today's culture, there are many forms of expression available other than novels and poems.

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And some of these creative forms speak more directly to contemporary concerns than literature does.

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Finally, it's probably true that there's less support for literature today than in earlier generations.

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But don't be too quick to blame the readers.

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Sometimes it's the author's faults.

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Let's be honest.

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A lot of modern literature is intended to be difficult to understand.

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Here is not much reason to suppose that earlier generations of readers would have read a lot of today's literature either.

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