Books

Question 1

Consider both the fantasies and realities underlying fictional and non-fictional anti-literary regimes depicted in books we’ve read.

Answer 1

FAHRENHEIT 451

-Book burning/banning both in book and in reality (holocaust).

-growth of technology.

-Authoritarianism.

-Small groups of people getting together.

-Escapism.

-Thinking for yourself/originality.

-Nature in literature- trustiest form of life.

READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN

-Authoritarianism.

-Book banning.

-Small groups of people getting together.

-Sexism.

-Society resistance.

-Iranian revolution.

-Totalitarian regime (hitler, controls everything).

-Escapism

-Thinking for yourself/originality.

THE BOOK CENSOR’S LIBRARY

-Totalitarianism.

-Society resistance.

-Heavy book censoring.

-Escapism through literature.

–Nature in literature- trustiest form of life.

BURN THIS BOOK

-Art for art’s sake.

-Thinking for yourself/originality.

-Writers role in ignoring authority (Toni Morrison).

• Banning books makes them more desirable. (Francine Prose). Gives example of Apartheid (racist) governed in South Africa. (Nadine Gordimer).

-Silencing writers makes amplifies their voice (Salman Rushdie).

• Written form surpasses pshyical form e.g., storytelling (Pico Iyer).
• Thought & emotions defy censorship because they are complex (John Updike).
• Suppressed voices find a way to be heard, they can be important to resistance movements (Ed Parker).
• Fear inspires to write more daringly (Orhan Pamuk).
• Story telling is fundamental to human identity (Paul Auster).
• Writers are journalist who remember things when people try to erase the past (David Grossman).
• Literature can not be separated from politics and society. (Russel Banks)

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