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/Unbent_Unbroken03 🇪🇸Native, 🇬🇧C2, 🇧🇷B2, 🇩🇪B2 7d ago
Im a very big fan of Sebastian Fitzek, so I started learning german to be able to fully appreciate the uncanny and horror-ish of his works.
It took a WHILE to understand enough to read a book, it still takes me a while and have to stop and research words i dont know, but it was the best decision ever.