A brief discussion of literary merit versus personal enjoyment.

00:00 (Introduction)
00:52 (Don Quixote’s Two Parts)
03:09 (Literary Significance: What Does It Mean?)
05:17 (Personal Enjoyment: A Subjective Experience)
07:24 (The Tension Between Literary Significance and Enjoyment)
10:32 (Why We Can Appreciate a Work Without Fully Enjoying It)
12:24 (Striking a Balance: The Role of the Reader)

Books Mentioned:
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Ulysses by James Joyce
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Redshirts by John Scalzi

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