Literature of the 1970s

Literature in the 1970s The literature of the 1970s included various numbers of writers and genres. Poetry, novels and short stories are the main expressions, and these are writers all over the world. "Many books in the 1970s developed around the general theme of alienation of mankind from its mental root" (Gillis). One of the authors of the 70's was John Upy Dyke. He depicts his personality as "a spiritual cavity and trying to find meaning in a society of moral decline" (Gillis).

Since the 1970s, the African American literature has returned to the history of African Americans and has focused on the relationship within the African American community. This African-American literature shows the proliferation of women's writing and literary scholarships. Writers such as Toni Morrison (born in 1931) and Alice Walker (born 1944) contribute greatly to the field of art and literature in African American. Morrison was the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and he changed American history and literary views. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Solomon's Song" (1977) reviewed the African American folk tales through intergenerational relationships and spoke to the African group being sold as slaves in the United States, returning to Africa The novel "The Color Purple" (1982), a free Walkers-Pulitzer Prize award, amends the structure of traditional novels through a series of letters that make up the story.

Alexandre Solgenitzin received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970. This is mainly because his novel 'The whole life of Ivan Denisovich' (1962) is explained in clear and innovative terms. Experience of person "Gulag" (labor camp) in Soviet Union. Domination of Stalin This novel is based on Solzhenitsyn's own experience. George Orwell 's 1984 (1949) surprised the possibilities of the future of totalitarianism, and a deep glimpse. Orwell is a famous critic of Kestler 's friend. There is a strong political debate in this novel and the prospects for the future are leading many predictions even in modern democracies such as the United States and the UK.