George Steiner 人物介绍.pptVIP

Francis George Steiner Biography Born April 23, 1929? Occupation Author,?essayist,?literary critic,?professor Nationality French,?United States Ethnicity Jewish Genres Essay,?history,?literature, literary fiction Subjects Language,?literature,? the Holocaust Notable work After Babel?(1975) Notable award The?Truman Capote Lifetime Achievement Award?(1998) views George Steiner is regarded as a?polymath?and often credited with recasting the role of the critic by exploring art and thought unbounded by national frontiers or academic disciplines. He advocates generalization over specialization, and insists that the notion of being literate must encompass knowledge of both arts and sciences. Steiner, who is?Jewish, rejects?Jewish nationalism?and is a critic of?Israel. works George Steiners career spans half a century and he has published ground-breaking essays and books that address the anomalies of contemporary?Western culture, issues of language and its debasement in the post-Holocaust?age. His field is primarily?comparative literature and his work as a critic has tended toward exploring cultural and philosophical issues, particularly dealing with translation and the nature of language and literature. Awards and honors A?Rhodes Scholarship A?Guggenheim Fellowship Chevalier de la Légion dHonneur?by the?French Government? An honorary fellow of?Balliol College?at the?University of Oxford? The?Truman Capote Lifetime Achievement Award?by?Stanford University The?Prince of Asturias Award?for Communication and Humanities? Fellowship of the?British Academy * * *