Nobel Prize in Literature

widely regarded as a classic, worthy of in-depth analysis and discussion in classrooms around the world. Later, in 1963 and 1990, there were films about the critically acclaimed novel, Lord of The Flies. In 1983, Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and in 1988, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Additionally, Golding has written a variety of novels, poems, short stories, essays, and plays from 1961 until his final…

he gained so much recognition for his narratives which painted an unapologetically candid picture of the life span in the Third World countries. He is a writer whose famous for his bleak novels set in developing countries and who won the Nobel Prize for literature, the world’s most elegant and wealthiest literacy award. There is no other writer that delivered the unlimited, post-colonial world more intensely and predictively than Naipaul. “Naipaul worked part-time for the BBC on a World Service…

ability to evoke emotions and persuade audiences with conviction while addressing controversial and complex issues. This is explored in Margaret Atwood’s speech, “Spotty Handed Villainess” (1994) and Doris Lessing’s speech, “On not winning the Nobel Prize” (2007) which heavily explores the differences between first world and third world countries. Both these composers address the issues of injustices in their society and they are driven to deliver their speeches with the desire the challenge…

Around the beginning of the 20th century, a number of people grew disillusioned with Western Civilization, and began a new school of thought, which became known as modernism. Modernist authors and poets wrote numerous works which were markedly different from those written by their predecessors. This difference was based on the modernists penchant to “[question] the certainties that had supported traditional modes of social organization, religion, and morality, and also traditional ways of…

they had been abandoned on the battlefields, and seeing the total destruction and atrocious actions that man can sling upon each other. Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Eliot are the major voices from the Lost Generation, based on the way they changed literature, the beauty of their works, and the way that they lived their lives. One of the more notable names that arose during the Jazz Age was Ernest Hemingway.…

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” (BrainyQuote, 2014). Winston Churchill was an inspirational leader in politics who left a long lasting legacy, he made decisions that would impact the modern world. Churchill was deeply involved in the British Empire’s government. He was one of the most powerful people in Great Britain, holding many major roles from the beginning of his career to the end. Churchill also had other…

‘enacting’, and this distinguishes them in an important sense from the drama[,]” and “generally restricted to works with characters, action and a plot” (Hawthorn, 2010, pp. 6 & 237). In this paper, The Cave by Jose Saramago, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the third book of the global phenomenon from the Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K Rowling would be discussed. The respective styles - specifically symbols - structures, and settings of both…

Shaw was noted for expressing his views in uncompromising language, whether on vegetarianism, the development of the human race, or on political issues. He is the only person who has been awarded by Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and an Academy Award in 1938, for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion (an adaptation of his play of the same name), respectively. Shaw turned down all other awards and honours, including the offer of a…

"The story of 3 women and 105 men", can you imagine this is actually refers to one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature "Water Margin"? When you read the headline, you will subconscious think that headline regarding to a yellow journalism and may generate curiosity to read more content, after you click on it, whereas it is actually a historical story about 108 heroes. This is called “clickbait”, which attract click-through rate by writing sensationalist headlines that…

Research Statement: I am studying William Faulkner's use of stream of consciousness in the short story "A Rose for Emily," because I want learn how to create interesting fictional round characters in stories. Beck, Warren. "William Faulkner's Style," in American Prefaces. Spring 1941, pp 199. Web. Beck mentions that the special styles that William Faulkner used in His writing is he beautifully expressed the words in the story which made them more interesting and exciting. He said that the aim…