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| :Although trend-spotting in literature that is still being written can be dangerous, the recent emergence of fiction by members of minority groups has been striking. Here are only a few examples. [[Native American]] writer [[Leslie Marmon Silko]] ([[1948]]- ) uses colloquial language and traditional stories to fashion haunting, lyrical poems such as ''[[In Cold Storm Light]]''. [[Amy Tan]] ([[1952]]- ), of Chinese descent, has described her parents' early struggles in [[California]] in ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]''. [[Oscar Hijuelos]] ([[1951]]- ), a writer with roots in [[Cuba]], won the 1991 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his novel ''[[The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love]]''. In a series of novels beginning with ''[[A Boy's Own Story]]'', [[Edmund White]] ([[1940]]- ) has captured the anguish and comedy of growing up [[gay]] in America. Finally, African-American women have produced some of the most powerful fiction of recent decades. One of them, [[Toni Morrison]] ([[1931]]- ), author of ''[[Beloved]]'' and other works, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, only the second American woman to be so honored. | :Although trend-spotting in literature that is still being written can be dangerous, the recent emergence of fiction by members of minority groups has been striking. Here are only a few examples. [[Native American]] writer [[Leslie Marmon Silko]] ([[1948]]- ) uses colloquial language and traditional stories to fashion haunting, lyrical poems such as ''[[In Cold Storm Light]]''. [[Amy Tan]] ([[1952]]- ), of Chinese descent, has described her parents' early struggles in [[California]] in ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]''. [[Oscar Hijuelos]] ([[1951]]- ), a writer with roots in [[Cuba]], won the 1991 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his novel ''[[The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love]]''. In a series of novels beginning with ''[[A Boy's Own Story]]'', [[Edmund White]] ([[1940]]- ) has captured the anguish and comedy of growing up [[gay]] in America. Finally, African-American women have produced some of the most powerful fiction of recent decades. One of them, [[Toni Morrison]] ([[1931]]- ), author of ''[[Beloved]]'' and other works, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, only the second American woman to be so honored. | ||
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American literature refers to written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. It owes a debt to European literature and British literature but has a unique American style and its own epic, the Great American Novel. Central to this wiki are Edgar Allan Poe, the lost generation (American expatriates in Paris of the 1920s and 1930s), the beat generation (1950s literary movement), Grove Press, the Partisan Review and New York intellectuals, black science fiction and the corpus of Dalkey Archive Press.
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Minority focuses in American literature
- Although trend-spotting in literature that is still being written can be dangerous, the recent emergence of fiction by members of minority groups has been striking. Here are only a few examples. Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko (1948- ) uses colloquial language and traditional stories to fashion haunting, lyrical poems such as In Cold Storm Light. Amy Tan (1952- ), of Chinese descent, has described her parents' early struggles in California in The Joy Luck Club. Oscar Hijuelos (1951- ), a writer with roots in Cuba, won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. In a series of novels beginning with A Boy's Own Story, Edmund White (1940- ) has captured the anguish and comedy of growing up gay in America. Finally, African-American women have produced some of the most powerful fiction of recent decades. One of them, Toni Morrison (1931- ), author of Beloved and other works, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, only the second American woman to be so honored.
See also
- Minority focuses in American literature
- Southern literature
- African American literature
- Jewish American literature
See also
- Western fiction
- American literary criticism -
- Bartleby the Scrivener (1853) - Herman Melville
- World literature
- Culture of the United States
- Love and Death in the American Novel by Fiedler
- Wonderfreaks (2001) - Jan Wildt
People
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