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Best languages to learn for lit 2017-08-19 03:18:03 Post No. 9914027
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Which are the best languages to learn for literary reasons? I already know Spanish and English. What comes third? Russian? Is Chinese worth reading for the lit? Don't really give a fuck about poetry or philosophy.
Is Russian really that hard to learn as an English speaker? Are there Russian writers worth reading other than Chekhov/Tolstoy/Dost?
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>>9914027
Do a dead language like Latin or Ancient Greek
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>>9914027
if your only motivation is to read books, you aren't going to reach a competency level in chinese to read literature lol
i always found this question kinda stupid. you need more motivation than the vague desire of reading books to actually get that good with a language.
you could learn portuguese and italian. also latin as another anon said if you're into classic stuff
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>>9914034
I'm gonna try and take an intensive Latin course over the summer at my local uni. Don't want to spend my school year on it.
Shit. Forgot Nabokov.
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>>9914043
>if your only motivation is to read books, you aren't going to reach a competency level in chinese to read literature lol
huh? wouldn't only looking to become proficient in reading make it easier?
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>>9914058
Didn't Nabokov write most of his novels in English?
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>>9914064
He wrote a bit in Russian too. Although he translated his own shit. Still a Russian writer.
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