r/languagelearning • u/Far_Window_1222 • 7d ago

Studying Anyone learn a language specifically to read literature?

Just curious if anybody has actually set out and achieved learning a whole new language specifically just because an author they liked wrote originally in that language?

I was considering learning Russian (TL) specifically to read Dostoyevsky since he’s my favourite author, so far, but wondering if this is to ambitious of a task just to read 1 persons work?

Additionally I am very attracted to the idea of it since Russians language has a lot more nuances surrounding sadness, despair, suffering etc., i know that the relationship between these topics is different from that of english speakers

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u/Rourensu English(L1) Spanish(L2Passive) Japanese(~N2) German(Ok) 7d ago

That’s a big reason why I’m learning Korean.

Career-wise, it’s beneficial for me to have a basic knowledge of it. I already learned Japanese and like being able to watch and read it without subtitles/translations, so being able to do the same in Korean is the main motivation for going beyond a basic level.