Does analysing a book kill it?

by Alice Cattley
7th October 2013

I'm intrigued to know what everyone thinks. I've recently joined a creative writing club at school and there was a brief discussion on this topic. General consensus was that yes, analysing a book kills it completely. I totally disagree - as someone who wants to study English Lit at university, I believe analysis enhances a book/poem (as long as you have the right teacher, of course). We all analyse to a certain extent as we read anyway.

What do you think?

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*And do you think that your opinion changes if you are a writer yourself?

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