Literary Awards Research Articles

«Новый реализм» как объект идеологических стратегий

“New realism” is a specific phenomenon of the beginning of the 21st century, which has repeatedly attracted the attention of researchers as a literary trend and method, as well as as a literary and journalistic project. This article attempts to consider “new realism” as a phenomenon of the literary and publishing process. The concept “literary and publishing process” is revealed: it is the interrelated functioning of fiction and artistic book publishing; the role of literary and publishing institutions in the promotion of “new realism” is characterized. The organizers of the project sought to promote serious literature, more or less tendentious, with socially significant issues, addressing the past, present and future of the country and the state, carrying a patriotic charge even through nihilism and denial. Special events aimed at reviving and promoting ideologically significant literature were organized, such as the Forum of Young Writers of Russia and the Debut literary prize. The works of the participants of these events were published by “thick” literary magazines, articles periodically appeared there to support readers’ interest in “new realism” and its authors, whose composition continued to be replenished at the annual Forum. The project was implemented in printed periodicals and nonperiodicals. Books following the results of the award were published in several publishing houses: AST, O.G.I., Izdatel’stvo R. Elinina, Svetlye Golovy, etc. Information about young writers appeared on the websites of literary publications and literary awards. The authors appeared on television; there were news stories about the events related to the Forum, and in 2004 a film was made based on the work of one of the nominees. The analysis of the complex of measures aimed at creating, publishing and promoting the works of the authors of “new realism” allowed expressing the following idea: the intentions of the coordinators and participants in this project are ideological and partially fall under the definition of publishing strategies given in a monograph by Lyubov Zimina, who described academic, nonconformist, traditionalist, etc. strategies. The author declares no conflicts of interests.

Ne rien avoir ou ne rien être, au gré des variations : une analyse de l’œuvre Nous qui n’étions rien de Madeleine Thien (trad. Catherine Leroux) en tant que « nouveau » roman historique

Various Variations from Having Nothing to Being Nothing, an Analysis of Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing (and its French Version) as a “New” Historical Novel
 Traditionally, historical novels have been subjected to various negative preconceptions and have often been categorized as lowbrow. Despite their popular and commercial success, authors of such novels rarely win prestigious literary awards. However, 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing,' a historical novel by Madeleine Thien published in 2016, was critically acclaimed and received high praise, winning two major Canadian prizes— the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction. It was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Its French translation, 'Nous qui n’étions rien,' also gained significant recognition, as Catherine Leroux, Thien’s translator, was awarded a Governor General’s Literary Award for the French version in 2019. The novel has been translated into thirteen other languages, another significant sign of consecration. In this paper, two questions will be explored. Firstly: what characteristics of 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing' (and of its French translation 'Nous qui n’étions rien') explain its critical success? Secondly: do these characteristics match those of the 'new' historical novel? 'New' historical novels are here understood as well-documented, complex, and intertextual works that started to appear in the 1980s and tend to break away from the tradition of historical novels based on bewildering action and detailed descriptions, often written in plain language. A general finding is that the appreciations of the juries of two important English-language literary prizes in Canada, as well as many reviews published in different journals and magazines, mention that the book’s complexity and the reflections it prompts are two major positive aspects of the novel. As for the writing itself, whereas Thien’s style has been deemed 'simple,' consistent with traditional historical novels, Leroux’s version does not appear to be as accessible. Nevertheless, it was lauded by critics and the Governor General’s Literary Awards jury. It is worth asking if this more formal and literary style was not seen as an additional strength by the French institution and reviewers. A brief analysis of fiction works winning major prizes in Canada in the years prior to and following 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing' has also been conducted and seems to indicate that historical novels tend to win more prizes in English Canada than in French Canada.

Navigating Linguistic Boundaries in Mozambican Literature: Translanguaging and Identity Formation in the Works of Paulina Chiziane

Translanguaging, a dynamic process involving the creative blending of languages, varieties, registers, and diverse semiotic modalities in communication, has increasingly gained attention in the study of multilingualism and identity. This article examines the role of translanguaging in the expression of identity within the works of Mozambican author Paulina Chiziane, winner of the most prestigious Portuguese literature award in 2021. By analyzing 15 instances of translanguaging across five of her novels, this research seeks to contribute to the enrichment of translanguaging conceptualization within the post-colonial context that pervades the African continent. Moreover, it highlights the importance of engaging with linguistic diversity and the role of authors in shaping the understanding of complex cultural and national identities in contemporary literature. The findings reveal that Chiziane’s use of translanguaging effectively communicates her identity as a woman, a Mozambican, a plurilingual individual, and a member of post-colonial society. Moreover, this study demonstrates that translanguaging is a common feature in Mozambican literature and contributes to the construction of a distinct Mozambican identity, or Mozambican-ness. As one of the first investigations into translanguaging phenomena in Chiziane’s novels and within the broader context of postcolonial literature, this article provides a novel angle for exploring Mozambican literary works and advances the theory of translanguaging by highlighting its relationship with identity expression.

Inter-American Destiny in Guillermo Verdecchia’s Fronteras Americanas

The article scrutinizes the issue of inter-American destiny in the dramatic world of the Argentinian-born Guillermo Verdecchia (b. 1962), whose work was awarded with the prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award (est. 1937) in Canada. Verdecchia deals with a subjective cultural history that shapes various destinies through an inter-American space and given time periods. The thespian plot in his Fronteras Americanas (1993) is an idiosyncratic story that does not count communal dates or anniversaries but, instead, focuses on the lived experience and the destiny of the individual. Verdecchia’s play has a peculiar political relevance in being conceived as a subjective inter-American history lesson on the issue of Latin diaspora in North America and, as such, presents an idiosyncratic history of a Canadian Latinx, created as a monologue reminding one of an oral storytelling of a destiny that is bound in the history web of the Americas.

Making Home, Unmaking Domesticity: Love, Joy, and Other-than-Human Worlds in Kamloopa

Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story by Kim Senklip Harvey (Syilx and Tsilhqot’in) which won the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language drama, has been discussed by critics and scholars especially regarding Harvey’s decision not to invite critics to write formal reviews of the recent production in Toronto and to only invite “love letters” from Indigenous women for the premier production in Vancouver. This article offers a reading of Kamloopa that unpacks how Harvey’s refusal and radically different kind of invitation to engage is in continuation with the world of Kamloopa. It focuses on celebrations of love and joy as assertions of cultural and bodily sovereignty rooted in Indigenous women’s love for each other and their relationships with the more-than-human world. Following the three women characters who leave their “white” apartment in East Vancouver to go on a road trip to the largest powwow on the West Coast, the article studies how Kamloopa disavows the politics of the colonial domestic as it relates to the history of violence on Indigenous women in residential schools and the MMIWG2S crisis. It discusses how the women in Kamloopa also reject confinement in colonial narratives of violence that are tied with the material confinement of domesticity. The article argues that Harvey’s refusal of formal theatre reviews is in continuity with the play’s resistance of settler colonial “domestication” of Indigenous women’s lives, relations, and art.

Pearl S. Buck, Her Nobel Prize, and the Nazis

Abstract In 1938, Pearl S. Buck was decorated with the highest literature award possible: the Nobel Prize. In most cases an award like this leads to a high increase in the symbolic capital for the author and raises the value of their books, but not for Pearl S. Buck. Looking closer at the global reception of Pearl S. Buck’s books before and after the awarding reveals that giving the Nobel Prize to her was for several reasons one of the most discussed decisions by the Swedish Committee. In the following, I will look exemplarily at the constellation of USA, China, and Nazi-Germany to reconstruct how her books were received in different national contexts before and after 1938 to investigate the global and national effects of her awarding.

Romantic Primitivism and Literary Neocolonialism in Camara Laye’s Novel L’Enfant Noir

The article examines the depiction of romantic primitivism in Camara Laye’s novel L’Enfant noir (The Dark Child) and the phenomenon of literary neocolonialism behind its publication. L’Enfant noir is a novel published when Guinea was still under French colonization in the 1950s. It tells the story of a happy black child growing up in the middle of a beautiful Guinean countryside, that was completely untouched by the atrocities of colonialism. Upon its publication by Plon, a French publishing house, the novel received different responses from African and European readers. In Africa, it was perceived as turning a blind eye to the cruelty of colonialism. However, in Europe, it was showered with praise and it even received a prestigious literary award. To examine this phenomenon, this article analyzes the novel both intrinsically and extrinsically. Intrinsically, it uses the theory of romantic primitivism to analyze how the novel romanticizes the lives of African indigenous people constrained by colonialism. Extrinsically, it discusses the phenomenon of literary neocolonialism behind the publication of L’Enfant noir. The discussion about literary neocolonialism is divided into two parts. Firstly, it addresses the historical analysis of Plon’s publishing house, its relations with the French power, and the political interests underpinning the novel’s publication. Secondly, it highlights the strategy the publisher uses to accentuate exoticism in the novel’s peritext to market the book in Europe. The novelty of this article lies in its discovery of the elements of romantic primitivism found in the novel while it also proves that literary neocolonialism towards L’Enfant noir persists to this day.

Pir Hussamuddin Rashidi's Urdu Literary Services

Pir Hussamuddin Rashidi was a famous journalist, historian, scholar and political analyst of his time. He was born on 20th September 1911 in Behman village Near Nusrat Railway Station Taluka Rattodero District Larkana. He was founder member of Sindhi Adabi Board, Urdu College Karachi, Urdu Trust Karachi, Institution of Central and West Asian Studies, Karachi University, Idara-e-Yaadgaar-e-Ghalib etc. He had also been the Chairman of Advisory Council of Sindh University, member of Syndicate of Sindh University. Pir Hussamuddin was basically a historian and it was with reference to history that he viewed other Sciences and Arts.Today Sindhi new generation is treading the path of Scholarship and research in the light of Pir Sahib’s work. Pir Sahib introduced the tradition of modern research in Sindh. The Government of Pakistan, in 1964, conferred on him the literary award Sitaara-e-Imtiaz for his meritorious services in the fields of literature and history. He expired on 1st April 1982. He is buried in the historical graveyard of Makli, Thattaa, Sindh, Pakistan

Representation in Children’s Book Council of Australia Early Childhood and Picture Book Awarded Books (2018-2020)

The call for more diversity in children’s literature has increased over the past decade. Many researchers draw on Rudine Sims Bishop’s theory of Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors (1990) to argue that children need to be able to see their lives reflected in the media they consume, not just as caricatures or tokenistic characters, but as protagonists and everyday people. The prizing of children’s literature acts as a stamp of approval for what is considered quality literature, and often results in an undiscerning market that purchases texts simply because of their awarded prize. The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year award is one of the most prestigious literary awards available in the country, particularly for younger readers. This critical content analysis examines the winners, honoured, and short-listed texts for the Book of the Year awards in the Picture Book and Early Childhood categories for the years 2018-2020. The analysis found that the majority of the texts reinforce the current social and cultural discourse of the straight, white, cis-gendered, able-bodied male. Given the social and cultural impact of the CBCA awards, it is essential that the discourses and ways of being that are represented in the awarded texts are critically investigated to ensure they are representative of their readership and do not perpetuate a damaging message to readers about their or others’ identity.

Root Values in Works with Balkanika Literature Awards: The Sample of Sarı Kahkaha

Bu çalışmanın amacı, 2016 yılında Balkanika Edebiyat Ödülü alan Murat Özyaşar’ın “Sarı Kahkaha” adlı eserini 2019 Türkçe Dersi Öğretim Programı’nda yer alan on kök bağlamında incelemektir. Çalışma, “Sarı Kahkaha” adlı eseri kök değerler açısından inceleyen ilk çalışma olması bakımından ayrı bir öneme sahiptir. Çalışmada nitel araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada veriler, doküman incelemesi tekniğiyle elde edilmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında incelenen eserde yer alan kök değerlerin analiz edilmesinde ise nitel veri analiz tekniklerinden betimsel analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda “Sarı Kahkaha” adlı eserde 2019 Türkçe Dersi Öğretim Programında yer verilen 10 farklı değerin tamamının yer aldığı tespit edilmiştir. Eserdeki değerlerin toplam kullanım sıklığı 192’dir. Eserde en fazla sevgi (f=38) yardımseverlik (f=38), sabır ve sorumluluk (f=26), dostluk (f=22) değerlerinin, en az ise adalet (f=2) ve vatanseverlik (f=2) değerlerinin işlendiği tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda eserde 2019 Türkçe Dersi Öğretim Programı’nda yer alan on kök değerden sekizinin önemli ölçüde işlendiği belirlenmiştir. Bu bağlamda eserin kök değerlerin aktarımında faydalı olabileceği düşünülmektedir.

The rule of tome? Longer novels are more likely to win literary awards

The rule of tome? Longer novels are more likely to win literary awards

On the Translation of the Australian Miles Franklin Literary Award in China

This article attempts to explore the introduction of the Miles Franklin Literary Award from Australia in China, with a focus on its impact on the Chinese literary scene and cultural exchange. By analyzing relevant literature and research findings, this article summarizes the process, impact, and limitations of introducing Australian literary awards in China, as well as their role in Sino-Australian cultural exchange. Additionally, this article discusses how to further promote the dissemination and understanding of Australian literary awards in China to enrich cross-cultural exchange and cooperation.

Writing (with) the body: the case of Kim de l’Horizon’s Blutbuch

ABSTRACT In recent years, narratology has yielded innovative views on how certain narratives create and convey meaning through embodied processes. Such ‘embodied narratives’ have increasingly been considered to reflect the way human perception itself functions: by drawing upon corporeal impressions before mental cognition, and physical sensation before language. This article suggests that Kim de l'Horizon's Blutbuch offers further productive insight regarding the nature and function of the embodied narrative. The novel – an auto-fictional tale that deals with non-binary identity – shot to fame in the winter of 2022 after winning prestigious literary awards in the German-speaking world; and it has been lauded, in particular, for the pride of place it offers to the author-narrator’s embodied perspectives on gender identity. As this article will argue, however, Blutbuch also foregrounds a biopolitical worldview in which all boundaries – and not just those of gender – are seen as superfluous. In doing so, not only does the novel allows its author-narrator to create a narrative body that reappropriates for itself the agency that cisnormative discourse would traditionally deny it, but it also proposes an expanded understanding of the embodied narrative: one that conceives of such forms of writing as metaphors for the body itself.

Loss of identity in T.S. Eliot's poems selected poems

T. S. Eliot is often regarded as one of the best writers of the 20th century. The realities and pain of modern civilization after war are embodied in his creative works dealing with the aftermath of war and loss of identity, which earn him the Nobel prize in literature. There are several poems by this author that capture the experience of the contemporary man. There are three parts to this paper. The first part of this essay discusses the life and work of T. S. Eliot, the critical acclaim that his works have received, and the prestigious literary award that he has won. In the second part, we look at what makes contemporary poetry distinct. How T. S. Eliot enhances the characteristics that current poets employ to produce their poetry. The third section is a collection of Eliot's poems that reflect on and depict modern human life and the modern man's loss of identity, including "The Hollow Man," "The Waste Land," and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," all of which were written after World War II. The poem "Prelude," which alludes to a musical overture to a contemporary day, is a perfect example. Eliot's poetry as a whole reflects the reality and sorrow of contemporary man's identity crisis. The study's conclusion summarizes its findings, which focused on how T.S. Eliot's poetry deals with themes of identity loss, the hardship of living, and solitude in the years after World War II.

New northern voices: Black British writing and the devolving politics of prize culture

ABSTRACTRepresentations of Black British life have long been concentrated in London. The capital occupies the centre of Britain’s post-imperial imaginary and its literary economy, with Manchester at the fore of attempts to address cultural inequalities, from George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse agenda to regional outposts of the BBC and major publishers. Amidst increasing decentralizing momentum, this article proposes that literary awards are key in what James Procter and Corinne Fowler call the “devolution” of Black British writing. Focusing on Manchester’s Portico Prize for the book that “best evokes the spirit of the North of England”, I trace the award’s approach to “racial diversity” and “the North” since 1985, identifying a creative economy framework in which a “placed” literary northernness exists in tension with the centralized Black British discourse. Overall, this article suggests that literary awards articulate in new ways the spatial imbalances within Britain’s literary and political economies.

Further Interpretation of the Anti War Consciousness in Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "General"

The Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award, set in honor of the first-class Japanese literary master Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927), is not only the top award in the Japanese Pure Literature Award, but also the most authoritative one in the Japanese literary field. This indicates the position of Ryunosuke Akutagawa in the history of Japanese literature. Studying Ryunosuke Akutagawa's war novels undoubtedly has inspiring meaning for us to understand Japan's war novels. Therefore, based on previous studies, the researcher discusses "General", the first masterpiece in a series of works criticizing Japan's aggressive war after Akutagawa went to China. On the basis of the overall dynamic research method currently advocated, this paper attempts to explore the anti-war consciousness in "General" through detailed reading of the text. The main body of this article is divided into three parts. The first part sorts out the background of "General", summarizes the entire whole text and the main idea. The second part is to study the Japanese during the war. Japanese soldiers strongly admire the Mikado, and Japan has a strict hierarchical system, which are all exploited by extreme militarists. The third part analyzes the anti war consciousness and the foolish loyalty of Japanese soldiers in four independent and meaningful works, namely "The White Army", "Spy", "Performance on the Field", and "Father and Son".

امجداسلام امجد کا حمدیہ اور نعتیہ اسلوب:"اسباب" کا خصوصی مطالعہ

Amjad Islam Amjad He (1944-2023) the recipient of Presidential Award for Best Performance, Sitara-e- Imtiaz and numerous domestic and foreign awards, was not only a versatile creator but also a very reliable reference in Pakistani Urdu literature. As a poet, play writer, travel writer, columnist, critic and translator, his literary services are unforgettable. In 2019, he was awarded the highest national literary award by the President of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan. The main reference of his literary personality is poetry. He developed Urdu ghazal and poetry. In the same way, he achieved a prominent position among contemporary writers by presenting Hamd and Naʻat in the form of ghazal and poem. In this research article, an analytical study of his Hamdiya and Naʻtiya style adopted in “Asbāb” has been discussed.

The Novel “Jandar” Laments the Dying Civilization

The novel under titled “Jandar” of Akhtar Raza Saleemi was published in 2017. It’s a new addition to the fiction in Urdu literature. It’s received the UBL Literary Award for fiction 2019. In this novel the author highlighted the traditions and cultures of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, especially of district Hazara. The author is mourning over the culture lag and by the vanishing of positive sanctions and standards in the cultures of these areas. Through this article the author wants to convey the different aspects and the cultural pattern of these areas to the Urdu readers to preserve and promote it in a better way.

The Novel “Jandar” Laments the Dying Civilization

The novel under titled “Jandar” of Akhtar Raza Saleemi was published in 2017. It’s a new addition to the fiction in Urdu literature. It’s received the UBL Literary Award for fiction 2019. In this novel the author highlighted the traditions and cultures of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, especially of district Hazara. The author is mourning over the culture lag and by the vanishing of positive sanctions and standards in the cultures of these areas. Through this article the author wants to convey the different aspects and the cultural pattern of these areas to the Urdu readers to preserve and promote it in a better way.

A Glimmer of Hope for Tomorrow: Conversations with the 2022 Social Justice Literature Award Winners

AbstractAgainst a backdrop of legislation aimed at classroom book bannings and efforts to whitewash curriculum, this article draws from interviews with the winners of the 2022 International Literacy Association's Social Justice Literature Award winners to offer hope and inspiration for literacy teachers, researchers, and most importantly, young readers. Utilizing a World Cafe approach, the authors of this article talk with the award winners about their personal stories, the origins of these social justice books, and their message for students, teachers, and caregivers in these tumultuous times. It concludes with a discussion of the use of social justice texts in the classroom and the importance of the continued need for diverse representation in children's and young adult literature.