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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Controversy erupted after winners for this year’s Nobel Prize i...
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Controversy erupted after winners for this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature were announced on Oct 10. 1. was different was that two prizes were given, one for the 2. (cancel) 2018 award and the other for 2019. The choice for 2018 — Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk, who also 3. (win) the Man Booker International Prize in 2018, was well-received. The 2019 winner, however, caused quite a stir. Peter Handke, from Austria, has 4. (previous) been accused of defending war crimes.
In 2008, French-American writer Jonathan Littell said this about Handke: “He might be a fantastic artist, but 5. a human being he is my enemy.” Hari Kunzru, a British-Indian novelist, was so outspoken as 6. (call) giving Handke the Nobel “a troubling choice” in the Guardian.
But the Swedish Academy didn’t think the 7. (accuse) was relevant. “It is not in the Academy’s mandate (权限) to balance literary quality against political considerations,” Mats Malm, the Swedish Academy’s secretary, told The New York Times.
When it comes to the literary quality of Handke’s work, there’s no argument. “Handke is a great German prose stylist (散文作家), 8. has spent his career 9. (explore) both the natural world and the world of human consciousness with precision, humor, and courage, ” Jonathan Galassi, president of the Farrar, said in a statement.
So in the end, these controversies come down to a simple question: Should a person’s morals and political views 10. (take) into consideration when we evaluate literature?
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