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Who Cares About Literary Prizes?

2023/12/20
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Alexander Menchel: 文学奖项对书籍的阅读量、教学和研究具有显著影响，获奖作品的影响力更大。一项研究表明，获奖书籍的Goodreads评分和大学课程采用率显著高于未获奖书籍。虽然销售数据难以获得直接证据，但获奖作品的读者参与度更高。此外，文学奖项对电影和电视剧改编有显著影响，获奖或入围作品更容易被改编成影视作品，从而进一步提升作品的知名度和影响力。1987年国家图书奖的评选结果引发巨大争议，托妮·莫里森的《宠儿》败给拉里·海涅曼的《帕科的故事》被认为是重大失误。关于1987年国家图书奖评选结果的争议，主要围绕评委Gloria Naylor是否投票反对《宠儿》展开，最终导致50位黑人作家、评论家和学者联名抗议。35年来，普利策奖评委中一小部分人对文学声望的影响力巨大，其中一些评委多次担任评委。近年来，普利策奖和国家图书奖的评委群体日益多元化，这与获奖作者的多元化趋势相对应。评委的多元化与获奖作者的多元化之间存在关联，但并非简单的因果关系；当评委全部为白人时，获奖者也总是白人。评委的多元化能够带来更广泛的文学视角，从而促进更多元化的作家获得认可。评委的多元化重要性在于其能够带来更广泛的文学品味和读者视角，而非简单的身份认同。评委的决策并非简单的平均值，而是复杂的谈判和辩论过程，评委的社会关系和背景也会影响决策。珀西瓦尔·埃弗雷特的《涂抹》小说及其改编电影《美国小说》讽刺地展现了文学奖评委的群体动态和对多元化的复杂理解。珀西瓦尔·埃弗雷特的经历和作品反映了文学奖评选的复杂性和对作家职业生涯的影响。许多有色人种作家为了获得商业成功而创作关于创伤经历的作品，这反映了对畅销书和文学作品的刻板印象。 Brooke Gladstone: 引导访谈，提出问题，并对Alexander Menchel的观点进行回应和补充。

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Alexander Manshel discusses the undeniable influence of literary prizes, citing studies showing a significant increase in readership and teaching presence for award-winning books.

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This holiday season, book store displays — and Christmas stockings — will be filled with novels minted with gold and silver medals. Those gilded stamps denote recognition by literary prizes like the National Book Award, which was announced just last month. Alexander Manshel) is the author of *Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon)**. *With Melanie Walsh), he recently wrote a piece about how literary prizes have changed over the past few decades, leading to the recognition of more authors of color, for one. This week, Brooke asks Manshel how much these prizes actually matter. And according to another study) he co-authored (with J.D. Porter and Laura B. McGrath, titled "Who Cares About Literary Prizes?)"), the influence of literary awards is undeniable...

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