NOBEL PRIZE AUTHORS

The focus of study for this course is a selection of authors who have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In this course, students will read and discuss award-winning literature which displays different perspectives on the nature of humanity in relation to the struggle with race relations, social class, and the human condition, in keeping with the criteria for the literature prize. In addition, students will write compositions and conduct research in which they develop a critical stance based on their own analysis as well as their understanding and application of literary criticism. After an introduction to Alfred Nobel and the process for awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature, students will sample readings from present and past Nobel Prize winners, including Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and Toni Morrison.