21st century world literature., Study Guides, Projects, Research of History

Download 21st century world literature. and more Study Guides, Projects, Research History in PDF only on Docsity! Overview of Selected Writers from World Literature English World Literature Father of English Literature, Poetry, Language - Geoffrey Chaucer Father of English Essay - Francis Bacon Father of English Mystery Plays, Short Story - Edgar Allan Poe Father of English Tragedy -Christopher Marlowe English World Literature Father of English Novel - Henry Fielding Father of English Sonnet - Sir Thomas Wyatt Bard of Avon, Father English Drama, The Bard - William Shakespeare English World Literature William Shakespeare - (England) poet and playwright considered - the father of the “modern English language”. -couplet and the Shakespearean sonnet style. Image Credit: https://covers.openlibrary.org/w/id/405165-M.jpg "One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes." French World Literature Antoine de Saint- Exupéry was an aristocrat, pilot, poet and writer whose novella The Little Prince is now a much loved classic extolling the virtues of love, inner beauty and friendship. This novella is the source of the famous quote: "One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes." Asian World Literature Rabindranath Tagore (India) was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his book anthology of more than a hundred Bengali verses, the Gitanjali (Song Offerings). It is incomparable for the beauty of its imagery as a form of devotion to God and in appreciation for the wonders of nature. Image Credit: https://laxminarayanweb.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/gitanjali.jpg Rabindranath Tagore - born in Calcuta, India into a wealthy Brahmin family - briefly stayed in England to study law but returned to India. Mexican World Literature Octavio Paz was a diplomat, poet and writer who won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1980) and the Nobel Prize (1990) for literary excellence. Piedra del Sol (Sunstone) -circular poem based on the circular “Aztec” calendar. -584 lines and the first six lines are repeated at the end of the poem. American World Literature Ernest Hemingway - a popular short story writer and novelist who as a war journalist wrote firsthand accounts of both WW1 and WW2. American World Literature Wives: • Hadley Richardson (1921-1927) • Pauline Pteiffer (1927-1940) • Martha Gellhorn (1940-1945) • Mary Welsh Hemingway (1946-1961) American World Literature WORKS • The Sun Also Rises • A Farewell to Arms • For Whom the Bell Tolls