Opinion: About Literature Mainstream

by A. Qodir
English Literature 2008

I chose literature mainstream because it had been my interest since a long time. Literature is different than any other mainstreams in our department. We can play with words, explore our mind, and make some awesome arguments or opinions. There's the artistic value in literature, that's the plus point, because art is beautiful. Beautiful is judged by our own sense, everyone has different taste and perception. You can get it in literature mainstream, it's fun!


In literature we have to read a lot, in returns, we can also write a lot. Reading is actually one of the effective ways for exercising to write. Furthermore, we have the theory, so we can write more appropriately. In other words, we can compose literature because we know literature. The more books you read, the more idea you can develop.

Literature has the same essence no matter what language is used, it's all about art. Besides that, what Mr. Yuyun says as “in literature we learn about life” is true. From literary works we can study about anthropology. We also learn about society and every element that builds it up.

I love poem, drama and novel too but my favorite literary work is poem. My favorite author is Edgar Allan Poe, an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. I love his style in writing, most of his works are written in horror and thriller themes. Well, everyone has different interest, like my friend Danar, he rather likes love and romantic themes. I think some of you love it too.

Many of you might avoid dizziness caused by reading, but let me tell you, the more dizziness you get in literature, the more fun you'll get as well. Probably it is difficult in the first time, but literature is totally worth to learn.