<p>Literature is a form of art. There is no more point to analyzing it than there is to analyzing a picture. That being said, just as some painters are objectively better than others, some writers are objectively better than their peers. </p>
<p>Someone like Stephanie Meyer might just throw some emotional crap together and pander to the idiots. But, truly I tell you, there is nothing quite like reading a great work from a classic writer and being forced to think about what they are saying.</p>
<p>My appreciation for Dante, Homer and Milton is on par with my appreciation for M.C. Escher or John Williams. They all bring something to the table worth taking a closer look at. </p>
<p>What about movies? I would say that analyzing movies can be a guilty pleasure. People like Tarantino to Christopher Nolan are revered because they consistently create thought-provoking works of art. Literature is no different.</p>
<p>tl;dr: Literature deserves to be analyzed just as much as movies, music and art. </p>
<p>All this is coming from an aspiring geneticist, mind you.</p>