American Canons, Southern Fiction, and the Institution of Literary Prizes

Jordan J. Dominy
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This chapter examines Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man in the context of their winning of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, respectively. While considering the authors’ resistance to reading overt political commentary in their work, favoring a moral reading instead, the chapter argues that their insistence dovetails with the purpose of such large, national literary prizes: to reward works that best demonstrate the values important to the nation. Therefore, literary prizes such as the Pulitzer and National Book Award, as well as other cultural prizes (such as the Grammys, Academy Awards, Tonys, and Emmys) reveal themselves in the context of the Cold War to be awards that reinforce and reward correct ideological perspectives in the guise of good, democratic art.
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美国经典,南方小说,和文学奖项制度
本章考察罗伯特·佩恩·沃伦的《国王的仆人》和拉尔夫·埃里森的《看不见的人》分别获得普利策奖和国家图书奖的背景。虽然考虑到作者们拒绝在他们的作品中阅读公开的政治评论,而倾向于道德解读,但该章节认为,他们的坚持与这种大型全国性文学奖的目的相吻合:奖励那些最能体现对国家重要价值观的作品。因此,普利策奖和国家图书奖等文学奖项,以及其他文化奖项(如格莱美奖、奥斯卡奖、托尼奖和艾美奖)在冷战的背景下显示出它们是在优秀、民主艺术的幌子下加强和奖励正确意识形态观点的奖项。
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