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| overrated? wtf? man, he thought about THE TEMPTATION of human race ever:
eternally wisdom n stuff in return to give your most precious "thing" to the devil, your soul. for me its mindblowing, espeacially when you look at what time it was written. and the language is awesome. not to forget how many other poets n writers he inspired, etc., etc. the achievements attached to it are endless... | |
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I know what the book is about and I agree that it is an historically important piece of German literature. If any adult person with a western cultural background reads Faust today, I do not think it is full of mind-boggling relevations, but maybe that is just me and maybe this was completely differently at the time it was written.
But I do not think it is the book a German learner should read as it will be frustrating and I defenitely do not think that it is a strong enough motivation to learn German. I personally found it overrated when it comes to the actual text as well, but that is surely a matter of personal taste.
Maybe it is for my like Wagner's operas: Everyone will agree that they are an important piece of music history, but I personally do not need to listen to them and would definitely not spend a fortune to visit the Bayreuth festival for it. But others do...