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Pages in category "Characters in American novels of the 20th century" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 238 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, as well as poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory. [1] As a literary theorist, Burke was best known for his analyses based on the nature of knowledge.
It also made Wright the wealthiest Black writer of his time and established him as a spokesperson for African-American issues, and the "father of Black American literature." As Irving Howe said in his 1963 essay "Black Boys and Native Sons," "The day Native Son appeared, American culture was changed forever. No matter how much qualifying the ...
The sociology of literature is a subfield of the sociology of culture.It studies the social production of literature and its social implications. A notable example is Pierre Bourdieu's 1992 Les Règles de L'Art: Genèse et Structure du Champ Littéraire, translated by Susan Emanuel as Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field (1996).
Sociological criticism analyzes both how the social functions in literature and how literature works in society. This form of literary criticism was introduced by Kenneth Burke , a 20th-century literary and critical theorist, whose article "Literature As Equipment for Living" outlines the specification and significance of such a critique.
John Milton Yinger (1916–2011), American sociologist, president of the American Sociological Association 1976–1977; Paul Yonnet (1948–2011), French sociologist; Michael Young (1915–2002), British sociologist and Labour politician; Wayland Young (1923–2009), British historian, social thinker and Labour politician
Fictional LGBTQ characters in literature (2 C, 58 P) M. Male characters in literature (20 C, 818 P) Martial artist characters in literature (2 C, 3 P)
List of Seikai characters; List of Septimus Heap characters; List of A Series of Unfortunate Events characters; List of The Shapeshifter characters; List of Shiloh characters; List of So I'm a Spider, So What characters; List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters; List of The Southern Vampire Mysteries characters; List of Star Trek: New Frontier ...