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Author: Paul Tenngart Publisher: ISBN: 9781501382154 Category : Literary prizes Languages : en Pages : 0
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An exploration of the history, ambitions, and impact of the Nobel Prize in literature as it gained a central position in 20th-century global literary culture. Few scholars would deny that the Nobel Prize is the most prestigious literary award in the world. But what mechanisms made it possible for 18 Swedish intellectuals to become the world's most influential literary critics? Paul Tenngart argues that the Nobel Prize in literature has become a special kind of international canonization: exerted from a non-central, semi-peripheral position, the award sometimes confirms and reinforces hierarchical relations between literary languages and cultures, and sometimes disturbs established patterns of dominance and dependence. Drawing from a wide range of contemporary theories and methods, this multifaceted history of the Nobel Prize questions how the Swedish Academy has managed to keep the prize's global status through all the violent international crises of the last 120 years; how the selection of laureates shaped the idea of 'universal' literary values and defined literary quality across languages and cultures; and what impact the prize has had on the distribution and significance of particular works, literatures and languages. The Nobel Prize and the Formation of Contemporary World Literature explores the history and impact of the Nobel Prize in literature from the first award in 1901 through recent controversies involving Bob Dylan and #MeToo, arguing that the prize is a unique performative act that has been - and still is - central in our continual and collective construction of world literature.
Author: Paul Tenngart Publisher: ISBN: 9781501382154 Category : Literary prizes Languages : en Pages : 0
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An exploration of the history, ambitions, and impact of the Nobel Prize in literature as it gained a central position in 20th-century global literary culture. Few scholars would deny that the Nobel Prize is the most prestigious literary award in the world. But what mechanisms made it possible for 18 Swedish intellectuals to become the world's most influential literary critics? Paul Tenngart argues that the Nobel Prize in literature has become a special kind of international canonization: exerted from a non-central, semi-peripheral position, the award sometimes confirms and reinforces hierarchical relations between literary languages and cultures, and sometimes disturbs established patterns of dominance and dependence. Drawing from a wide range of contemporary theories and methods, this multifaceted history of the Nobel Prize questions how the Swedish Academy has managed to keep the prize's global status through all the violent international crises of the last 120 years; how the selection of laureates shaped the idea of 'universal' literary values and defined literary quality across languages and cultures; and what impact the prize has had on the distribution and significance of particular works, literatures and languages. The Nobel Prize and the Formation of Contemporary World Literature explores the history and impact of the Nobel Prize in literature from the first award in 1901 through recent controversies involving Bob Dylan and #MeToo, arguing that the prize is a unique performative act that has been - and still is - central in our continual and collective construction of world literature.
Author: Paul Tenngart Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1501382144 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 265
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An exploration of the history, ambitions, and impact of the Nobel Prize in literature as it gained a central position in 20th-century global literary culture. Few scholars would deny that the Nobel Prize is the most prestigious literary award in the world. But what mechanisms made it possible for 18 Swedish intellectuals to become the world's most influential literary critics? Paul Tenngart argues that the Nobel Prize in literature has become a special kind of international canonization: exerted from a non-central, semi-peripheral position, the award sometimes confirms and reinforces hierarchical relations between literary languages and cultures, and sometimes disturbs established patterns of dominance and dependence. Drawing from a wide range of contemporary theories and methods, this multifaceted history of the Nobel Prize questions how the Swedish Academy has managed to keep the prize's global status through all the violent international crises of the last 120 years; how the selection of laureates shaped the idea of 'universal' literary values and defined literary quality across languages and cultures; and what impact the prize has had on the distribution and significance of particular works, literatures and languages. The Nobel Prize and the Formation of Contemporary World Literature explores the history and impact of the Nobel Prize in literature from the first award in 1901 through recent controversies involving Bob Dylan and #MeToo, arguing that the prize is a unique performative act that has been – and still is – central in our continual and collective construction of world literature.
Author: Agneta Wallin Levinovitz Publisher: World Scientific ISBN: 9814338052 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 248
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The Nobel Prize, as founded in Alfred Nobel's will, was the first truly international prize. There is no other award with the same global scope and mission. The Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences (from 1969) have not only captured the most significant contributions to the progress of mankind, they also constitute distinct markers of the major trends in their respective areas. The main reason for the prestige of the Prize today is, however, the lasting importance of the names on the list of Laureates and their contributions to human development. In celebration of the centennial of the Nobel Prize in 2001, this book offers a clear perspective on the development of human civilization over the past hundred years. The book serves to present the major trends and developments and also provide information about the life and philosophy of Alfred Nobel, the history of the Nobel Foundation, and the procedure for nominating and selecting Nobel Laureates. Contents:Introduction (M Sohlman)Life and Philosophy of Alfred Nobel (T Frängsmyr)The Nobel Foundation: A Century of Growth and Change (B Lemmel)Nomination and Selection of the Nobel Laureates (B Lemmel)The Nobel Prize in Physics (E B Karlsson)The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry (B G Malmström & B Andersson)The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (J Lindsten & N Ringertz)The Nobel Prize in Literature (K Espmark)The Nobel Peace Prize (G Lundestad)The Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969–2000 (A Lindbeck) Readership: General. Keywords:Reviews:“This wonderful book gives a comprehensive review of the Nobel prizes awarded since 1901 … Reading the book is like reading a compressed history of humankind in the twentieth century. It shows how by and large the Nobel prizes have indeed tracked the epoch-making events in this turbulent century.”M Veltman Nobel Laureate in Physics (1999), Emeritus Professor of Physics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Author: Publisher: Jose Americo Paiva Moreira ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 337
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The Nobel Prize in Literature is the highest honor a writer can achieve, elevating laureates to literary geniuses. Established by Alfred Nobel, this international award recognizes remarkable contributions to literature. Over the years, it has celebrated diverse voices from around the world, creating a pantheon of literary giants from various cultures. This book invites readers on a fascinating journey through contemporary world literature, exploring the lives and works of Nobel laureates from 1901 to the present day.
Author: Annie Russell Marble Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781396007187 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 506
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Excerpt from The Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, 1901-1931 Thirty years have passed since the first awards were made from the Nobel Foundation to those persons who shall have contributed most materially to benefit mankind, in physics, chemistry, medicine, in the field of literature, and the promotion of peace. The Nobel Foundation calls these recipients laureates. In these days of fleeting interests and restless moods, it is difficult to keep public attention focused upon an nual events of an unsensational kind. Clever devices are used to gain publicity for recurring events. The Nobel Institutes have resorted to no such baits to keep interest alive; they work quietly and secretly, yet every year, for three decades, the press of every country has shown expectant interest in the annual awards, while discussion of the Laureates. Especially in literature, has become more urgent, and sometimes turbulent, in later years. Whether the choice of the Swedish Acad emy judges is approved or regretted, the interest is vital, both in speculation and in retrospect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Dr. Badal Kariye Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1477296670 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 103
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This Guideline Book is based on the facts of the Nobel Prize, and how you can contribute knowledge to humanity in order to win in any fields of the awarding Nobel Prizes from the Nobel Prize Foundation if you are a knowledge contributor in any field of the six prizes of the Nobel Prize. It's very hard to get or win the Nobel Prize easily if you're not a knowledge contributor. Wisely, if you try your best to contribute any knowledge to humanity then you can win any of the Nobel Prizes unconditionally. Let me tell you, the Nobel Prize needs special dedications in self-reliance to achieve something in any fields of knowledge, and the true concentration is the only option for your tireless efforts and ability to contribute or invent some knowledge to humanity. This guideline book will also help you if you're a true challenger, a solver or a servant to God who wants to help and contribute some knowledge to humanity because it will teach you whatever you may need to know more about the Nobel Foundation, the Nobel Founder, Nobel Prizes & The Nobel Prize Committees and how they govern the Nobel Prize? I wrote this guideline book for you to enjoy simply and learn how you can win the Noble Prize? And how you can put your name in the List of the World Nobel Laureates? It is based on how really you can win the Nobel Prize? Try it now! Following the right footsteps of your honesty and kindness for any concentrated contributions for any knowledge to humanity then you're officially the Nobel Prize Winner! Hopefully, this guideline book can help you to master how you can know the Nobel Prize? You can solve any obstacles while adjusting your new lifestyle peacefully during your research for any knowledge contributions to humanity in order to hunt and win the Nobel Prize. This is also intended for every Nobel Prize Aspirant who likes to touch and win the meaning of a true Global Prize, which you can only win if you're really a knowledge contributor of any one of the six recognized fields by the Nobel Prize Foundation and its Nobel Prize Committees. You will enjoy it as you're reading and learning something from this guideline book for the Nobel Prize that is valuable to your new or future struggle for the Nobel Prize wherever and whenever you're ready to contribute anything about knowledge to humanity.
Author: Mario Vargas Llosa Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 9781429930789 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 48
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On December 7, 2010, Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His Nobel lLecture is a resounding tribute to fiction's power to inspire readers to greater ambition, to dissent, and to political action. "We would be worse than we are without the good books we have read, more conformist, not as restless, more submissive, and the critical spirit, the engine of progress, would not even exist," Vargas Llosa writes. "Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life. When we look in fiction for what is missing in life, we are saying, with no need to say it or even to know it, that life as it is does not satisfy our thirst for the absolute—the foundation of the human condition—and should be better." Vargas Llosa's lecture is a powerful argument for the necessity of literature in our lives today. For, as he eloquently writes, "literature not only submerges us in the dream of beauty and happiness but alerts us to every kind of oppression."
Author: Elisabeth T. Crawford Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521347471 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 304
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The Nobel Prizes have long been the most prestigious awards in the world of science. Established according to the wishes expressed in the will of Alfred Nobel (1895), the annual awards began in 1901. The Nobel Archives preserve the detailed study of the inner workings of the prize committees, and the archival documents, available for historical research since 1974, open the door to important new scholarship in the history and sociology of the prizes. Elisabeth Crawford was one of the first to gain access to the Nobel Archives at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in this book she analyzes the early history of the prizes in physics and chemistry. Crawford sets out in detail the story of the intricate inner workings of the process whereby the prizewinners were selected. A fascinating picture of the contemporary international scientific establishment emerges, one shedding light on how the developing Nobel institution became enmeshed in speciality and other networks, notably those of Arrhenius and Mittag-Leffler, the two Swedish scientists who were best known internationally at the time. While the general development of disciplines and the standing of scientists in international and national communities heavily influenced the selection process, the cases presented in this book show that the specific choices of specialities, discoveries, and people to be honored were determined by the Swedish participants in the process. The question of how, after some initial uncertainties, the Nobel Prizes became synonymous with the highest achievements in science and culture is also addressed. This detailed study of the birth of what have become science's highest accolades will interest historians and scientists alike.
Author: Publisher: The New Press ISBN: 1595584099 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 306
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This is a collection in which meditations on imagination and the process of writing mingle with keen discussions of global affairs, geography and colonialism, cultural change, and the deeply lasting influences of the past.
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