Lorca studies is extremely granular. No detail seems too insignificant. As Andrew Gelman likes to say, "God is in every leaf of every tree."
There are several advantages.
Avoidance of factual error.
Avoidance of oversimplification. (Well, you would think a granular subfield would not be prone to this, but it is. The best antidote is granularity.)
The third benefit is that insights can emerge from close attention to detail--insights not available from a bird's eye view.
Of course, you have to be on the lookout for this insight. The individual detail itself is not as important as the juxtaposition of two or more details that together show something new.
A granular approach that is only granular is dull, lacking in insight. A bird's-eye view that is blithe, indifferent to detail, is hollow.
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