Nobel Prize in Literature

Authors of the Roaring 20’s In a time when a home library was a great investment and being well read was valued, literature was a major game changer in society. When television was still considered science fiction, people only had access to printed material for current events and entertainment. Literature from the 1920’s serves us today as a way of understanding what it was like to live a life during the prohibition, the Great Depression and so forth. Writers such as Edith Wharton and Ernest…

Steinbeck’s stories were not only popular in the America, they were popular in other countries. The importance of his stories share with the world showed that America the land of opportunity was not easy and glamorous. People have their own struggles and weren’t always successful. Some example of his work showing the everyday struggles of common people in America include: One book Steinbeck wrote was Tortilla Flat. This book recounts the story of veterans after world war 1 who are homeless…

Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 194, was and still is an old singer and songwriter, whom of which was able to bring change to American society. Dylan was mainly known for his impact on not only music, but also on conformity in post-war America during the 1960s. He was known for his involvement in civil rights movements and for those who don’t know, civil rights are rights to full legal, social, and economic equality granted to all individuals and minorities, because during the…

As I Lay Dying written by William Falkner was finished in a six to eight week period without any revisions while working in a power plant published in 1930. Falkner used new techniques to express his views of man’s position in modern world. In his early works, Faulkner viewed with despair man's position in the universe. He saw man as a weak creature incapable of rising above his selfish needs. Later, Falkner's view changed. This later caused a problem in whether the book As I Lay Dying should be…

Theodore Roosevelt has left a huge impact on the United States. Theodore is commonly known as “Teddy”. He achieved many great things during his lifetime. He won a Noble Peace Prize and he was the youngest man to ever become president of the United States. Teddy was adored by many Americans and his face was carved into Mount Rushmore. The teddy bear was created in honor of Teddy. He has created a legacy that still lives on. Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City. He…

His most notable work, “The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968) tells the story of an unnamed protagonist, who does not understand his self and his country in the wake of post-independence which is an open example of identity mismanagement. A Nobel Prize winning writer, Nadine Gordimer explores social, moral, and racial issues in Africa under apartheid rule. Her novel “Burger’s Daughter” follows the struggles of a group of anti-apartheid activities which depict the journey of soul…

question: How does literature flourish from death, loss, pain, and suffering? War literature exposes one to war and its cruelties. It also warns humanity against the pursuit of armed conflict, as well as argues for world peace (“Introduction” 11). War literature depicts war as the world’s deadliest weapon of mass destruction—pure suffering. One’s suffering tends to be subjective, and war literature attempts to explain the sufferings through vivid and descriptive language. War literature wants…

amazing person to write “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. He also defied the set standards for poems in his era. Eliot 's most famous poem takes you through the life of J. Alfred Prufrock and Prufrock 's past life. T.S. Eliot, winner of a Nobel Prize, wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in the Modernist Era. T.S.…

closed doors . . .” (Wastberg). This citation appropriately projects the true and politics as asserted in his Nobel lecture entitled, “Art, Truth and Politics.” Had “Art, Truth & Politics” been nothing more than an attack on Mr. George Bush and Mr. Tony Blair, it would already be forgotten. But Pinter, in his lecture makes a more specific argument that has direct relevance to his work. In his Nobel lecture, Pinter voices his ideology as a citizen and the other as a playwright. He starts his…

As Anne Frank once said,”In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart” can talk to all of us as a whole. During the Holocaust from 1933 to 1945, many were affected emotionally and physically in some cases. Literature can help us remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust because accounts of diary’s, newsletters and stories that tell the events based upon eyewitness accounts help us realize what happened during the time of the Holocaust. Remembering the past…