Nobel Prize in Literature

Introduction Although the word ‘Africa’ is often used to indicate one people and one place, the continent is made up out of ethnic groups numbering in the several hundred. Naturally, all these different groups have their own form of communication, and their own cultural heritage, which has been greatly damaged by European colonialization. Indeed, the competition between rival European countries for parts of Africa was relentless, especially during the 1880’s. And, as a result, at the Berlin…

RESEA RCH TOPIC A ROSE FOR EMILY THESIS: The presumption that “the book is always better than the film” is as old as the practice of adapting written texts for the screen. While the assertion may be in true in some cases, a matter highly subjective either way, the position of the argument is often misguided and, at the very least, detracts from the cinematic experience--which, necessarily, ought to be different from the reading experience. This dilemma is evident in the…

wrote in the way people really spoke back then. The dialect that Twain uses gives the characters complex and real personality, which was something that was never really seen before. Ernest Hemingway, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954, said that, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry…

A Brief note on Nationality: According to my perception, nationality means belongingness to a particular nation by birth or by nationalization, it also comprise when people have common tradition, culture, values, ethics, origin or often a nation. For example, immigrants of same nationality often seek out for each other, this usually defines their sense of nationality and belongingness. Nationality is also considered as a legal relationship between a state and a person, and nationality usually…

five years after incarceration, Mr.Williams underwent a religious conversion and as an outcome, and wrote many books and programs to promote peace and to fight gang violence. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize and was nominated four times for the Nobel Literature Prize. Williams was a co founder of the crips and was convicted of four murders and was sentenced to death, he made the best out of his situation and accomplished many things by telling his story and encouraging…

“A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone” - Paul Valery. John Steinbeck was one such man. A great author whose works carry great historical significance to this day. Despite undergoing several tragedies throughout his life, he overcame and continued to pursue his literary dreams. Only through hard work and dedication did he manage to concoct masterpieces such as The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. Oftentimes the greatest minds come from the most unexpected sources.…

Wiesel lived in a French orphanage until 1948 and then moved to Paris to study. He began to write for many French and Yiddish newspapers. He met Nobel laureate Francois Mauriac and Nobel convinced him to break his vow of silence and write of the horrors he witnessed. Wiesel first wrote the 900-page memoir Un di velt hot geshvign (And the World Remained Silent) in Yiddish, and is seen as a more cynical view toward…

Literature Life is full of differences but there are also things that remain the same in each and every person you encounter. Characteristics and qualities of a person are one of the most significant materials that make the pieces of the puzzle of we call life. Literature teaches us a multitude of things about characteristics, ones you want to obtain and others you want to stay away from. The writer’s job is to exhibit these characteristics within a book, article, poem, etc. and remind the…

it fully. Over the summer, I caught my friend reading this book. When I found this book on the “Coming of Age Books” page, I immediately asked him for his impression of the book. He highly recommended the book to me. The book has also won the Nobel Prize for…

The author of Lord of the Flies experienced different things in his life which created his ideas for the novel. In reading several articles about Golding, a reader might find that he is not a happy-go-lucky individual; instead, he is described as one who looks at the glass half empty. William Golding was a secondary teacher and a brave member of the Royal Navy in England who became an accomplished writer. Golding had a different, bleak view on human behavior and society which became his…