Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century

1982 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Theodore Alan Sackett ◽  
Leonard S. Klein
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
World Literature

Chinese Language and Literature Reform in The Beginning of The 20th Century

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanh Nguyen Thi Mai ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Language Reform ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The 19Th Century

It is difficult not to mention language reform when referring to Chinese literature modernization between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Language played a critical role in facilitating the escape of Chinese literature from Chinese medieval literary works in order to integrate into world literature. The language reform not only laid a foundation for modern literature but also contributed considerably to the grand social transformation of China in the early days of the 20th century. Chinese new-born literature was a literature created by spoken language; in Chinese terms, it was considered as a literature focusing on “dialectal speech” instead of “classical Chinese” used in the past. In international terms, it can be named as living language literature which was used to replace classic literary language in ancient books – a kind of dead language. This article will analyze how language reform impacted Chinese modern literature at the beginning of the 20th century.

scholarly journals Nordic Modernism for Beginners

Humanities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Brantly
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Social Realism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Literary Movements ◽  
Scandinavian Literature

This essay proposes a narrative of the Nordic countries’ relationship to modernism and other major literary trends of the late 19th and 20th centuries, that situates them in conjunction with the rest of Europe. “Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature: the 20th Century” is a course that has been taught to American college students without expertise in literature or Scandinavia for three decades. This article describes the content and methodologies of the course and how Nordic modernisms are explained to this particular audience of beginners. Simple definitions of modernism and other related literary movements are provided. By focusing on this unified literary historical narrative and highlighting the pioneers of Scandinavian literature, the Nordic countries are presented as solid participants in European literary and cultural history. Further, the social realism of the Modern Breakthrough emerges as one of the Nordic countries distinct contributions to world literature.

South Slavic and World Literature in the 20th Century

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 468-474
Author(s):  
Ksenija Vraneš ◽  
Branko Vraneš
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
World Literature

Ч.Айтматовдун “Жамийла” повестин кайрадан окуганда...

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
С.И. Искендерова
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Family Education ◽  
Bright Star ◽  
Human Soul ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Story Content ◽  
Comprehensive Knowledge ◽  
Great Writer ◽  
The Relationship

Аннотация: Бул макалада адабияттын алпы, XX кылымдын залкар жазуучусу, ойчулу, кыргыз элинин уулу, дүйнөлүк адабияттын асманында жарк этип жанып, түбөлүккө из калтырган жылдызы Ч.Айтматовдун “Жамийла” повестин кайрадан окугандан кийин пайда болгон ой-пикир айтылды. Бул повесть жөнүндө көптөгөн макалалар, илимий изилдөөлөр жазылгандыгы белгилүү, ошондой болсо да Ч.Айтматовдун ар бир чыгармасын кайталап окуган сайын жаңы кырлары ачыла берет, бул жазуучунун дүйнөнүн ар түрдүү жактарын терең билгендиги, жашоонун, адамтурмушунун татаал ой-кырларын, жаратылыш менен адам баласынын карым-катышынын чырмалган байланышын өзгөчө сезе билгендиги жана аны өтө кылдат көркөм сүрөттөй алгандыгы менен, ошондой эле ар бир окурманга жеткиликтүү (кандай гана окурман болбосун) бере алгандыгы менен түшүндүрүлөт. Бул макалада келин менен кайнененин мамилеси, Жамийла менен Даниярдын сүйүүсү жөнүндөгү жаңы байкоолор жөнүндө сөз болду. Түйүндүү сөздөр: адабият, макала, сын-пикир, проза, пейзаж, повесть, мазмун, форма, үй-бүлө, тарбия,сүйүу, гумандуу. Аннотация: В этой статье говорится о мнениях и впечатлениях после повторного прочтения повести “Жамиля” выдающегося знатока литературы, великого писателя 20 века, дипломата, сына кыргызского народа, звезды мировой литературы, который засиял яркой звездой и оставил след Ч.Айтматова. По данной повести написано очень много статей, научных исследований, но несмотря на это, каждый раз повторно читая произведения Ч.Айтматова находишь все новые грани. Это говорит о всестороннем знании жизни, человеческой души,- быта, о его глубоко чувственном знании человеческих взаимоотношений, природы. В этой статьей рассмотрены взаимоотношения свекрови и снохи, новый взгляд на любовь Жамийлы и Данияра. Ключевые слова: литература, статья, критика, проза, пейзаж, повесть, содержание, форма, семья,воспитание, любовь, гуманность. Annotation: This article talks about the opinions and impressions after re-reading the story “Jamila” outstanding connoisseur of literature, the great writer of the 20th century, the son of the Kyrgyz people, the star of world literature, which shone a bright star and left a trail CH. Aitmatov. According to this story written a lot of articles, research, but despite this, each time re-reading the work of CH. Aitmatov find new faces. This indicates a comprehensive knowledge of life, the human soul,life, his deeply sensual knowledge of human relationships, nature. This article examines the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, a new look at the love of Jamila and Daniyar. Keywords: literature, article, criticism, prose, landscape, story, content, form, family,education, love, humanity.

Symbolic Space in The Magic Mountain of Thomas Mann

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (8) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Linh On Thi My
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
World Literature ◽  
German Literature ◽  
Thomas Mann ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Meaningful Life ◽  
Tuberculosis Patients ◽  
Symbolic Space

The Magic Mountain (Der Zauerberg) of Thomas Mann is one of the masterpieces of German literature in particular, of the 20th century world literature in general. In the novel, Thomas Mann created a symbolic space with the mountain in Davos and the nursing center of Davos for tuberculosis patients. The Davos Mountain influenced by sacred mountains in Grimm's fairy tales, is an experience and challenge space for the characters of the novel, especially for Hans Castorp. The nursing center of Davos for tuberculosis patients is a space to test people' patience before the hardships of life with the obsession of disease and death, pushing people to choose: stop walking, accept defeat or continue fighting for a meaningful life.

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century. I: A-F

Books Abroad ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 286
Author(s):  
Bernice G. Duncan ◽  
Wolfgang Bernard Fleischmann
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
World Literature

A lexicological commentary on the fabulous sights of Russia and especially Siberia

2021 ◽  
pp. 199-213
Author(s):  
Alexander E. Anikin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Natural History ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
World Literature ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Fossil Wood ◽  
History Of

The paper deals with the peculiarities of the “Siberian” text of Russian and world literature in the aspect of diachrony. The author provides lexicological comments to some of the data on the natural history of Russia attached to the “Grammatica Russica” by G. V. Ludolph (1696), including many of the sights of Muscovy from the flora or fauna, minerals, ores, trade items, and so on. Among others, the Chinese medicine Temzui is mentioned, the etymology discussed in the first part of the paper. However, the focus of the first part is on the two fossil objects described by Ludolph, namely, Adamovoi kost ‘Adam’s bone’ (essentially, fossil wood) and Mammontovoi kost ‘mammoth bone’, that is, the bones or “horns” of a mammoth. In this context, the author considers the origin of Even adām ‘coal’, Yakut Adām uota ‘fire wiped out of wood’ (cf. Russian dial. derev’annyi ogon’, literally ‘wooden fire’), Russian mamont, indrik, inder, endar’ ‘fabulous beast’ and others. It is especially noted that the biblical etymology of the mammoth (from the name of the behemoth), appeared in the 18th century, finally was rejected only in the 20th century. Information is given about the typology of the mammoth designations against the background of mythological ideas about mammoth among the peoples of Siberia. The second part of the paper deals with the origin of some facts absent in Ludolph’s work: three Russian (in Siberian dialects), Yakut, and other names of people of a fantastic type (headless, etc.): miravda, chuchuna, myulen.

Erotiskās prozas fenomens Latvijā un pasaulē

2021 ◽  
pp. 222-232
Author(s):  
Bārbala Simsone
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Original Fiction ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Literary Scholarship ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Erotic

The present paper “The Phenomenon of Erotic Fiction in Latvian and World Literature” is devoted to the fiction genre acquiring immense popularity in Western literature while having attracted only fragmentary attention in Latvian literary scholarship, namely the erotic fiction, which is currently among those genres of literature most widely read among Latvian readers and therefore titled as somewhat phenomenal. The first part of the paper provides insight into the history of the erotic world literature and the most common division of the genre into the three basic categories; this part also provides a short overview of the erotic aspects in the Latvian original fiction during the 20th century. It has been possible to decide that the erotic prose has had only a limited representation in Latvian literature, mainly due to historical and socio-political factors, because the common tendency was to euphemise the said aspects, which were often met with an open reproach of the more Puritan part of the society. Erotic aspects in poetry and prose somewhat flourished during the epoch of Decadence (the first decade of the 20th century) and after that, only during the turn of the 20th/21st centuries when the prohibitions invoked by the Soviet censorship were lifted. Nevertheless, even during these periods, the more free approach resulted in only a few prose works of this kind or else episodes in works of other genres. The conclusive part of the paper is devoted to four novels by currently the most popular author of erotic romance in Latvian literature, Karīna Račko, inviting at the same time the discussion about the reasons for the popularity of these novels which might proceed from their common structural characteristics. It is possible to observe that the novel’s structures are notably similar to the basic plotlines of fairy-tales that the readers recognise on an archetypal level. Consequently, this makes it possible to view these novels as a sort of fairy-tales for modern grown-ups whose attraction is multiplied by the fact that the texts include specific aspects of visualisation that make it possible for the readers to identify closely with the characters.

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century

1970 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
George A. Panichas ◽  
Wolfgang Bernard Fleischmann
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
World Literature
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