Haifagirl LOL.
Look, there is violence – from which we can learn lessons about right and wrong – in Tanach too – read sefer Shoftim. There are themes we find in good secular literature that come straight out of our tradition, like the request by leaders of the shvatim to establish a king, and Shmuel Hanavi’s response, which inform every work of political fiction since.
The themes we look for in secular literature – that which is worth reading – are ones our Torah perspective can identify with. The skill with which the English language is used by good writers, the methods used to illustrate the idea, illuminate the plot and captivate the reader are some of the ways these works can be judged.
One may look at the works of JRR Tolkien and see fantastical imaginary beings and worlds, but his mastery of the English language was incredible, and there is much to be learned about using it from his works.
One could look at the writings of George Orwell and see political allegory that has little to do with our day to day lives, but read his POLITICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE and you will learn more about how to write and how to avoid being ensnared by clever marketing and doublespeak than you will anywhere else.
Finally, unless we completely shut ourselves off in ghettos of our own making, we do engage with the world on some level, be it through work or otherwise. It behooves us to at least have some sense of the cultural underpinnings and foundations of language of the countries we inhabit.