| The Ghost of RubangB said: I think the point is that America lets immigrants bring other cultures into our melting pot of diversity, but outside of that, we don't really look to other countries at all. I know soooo many people who hate foreign films because they can't stand subtitles. It's stupid shit like that that makes me think Americans are culturally insulated and retarded. |
That's not just the US. That's everyone everywhere. Aside from which Europeon authors don't really look outside of Europe. Outside of random exiles. (same with exiles who come to the US.)
Pretty much everyone writes about where they come from and what they know
Also i'd say it's a big deal. There is no real "american" culture... and that each area is as different as each area in europe. (language excluded.)
Which is fair considering the similar sizes.
As stated in the rebuttel. America is still the big talk and influence on literature. Europe takes on more American styles at times because they have to, because America is still the center of literature and the big inovater...
which is a problem for the Nobel Prize people because they HATE big names, and what's popular. (As in good literture even not like Dr. Phil books or some crap.)
The Nobel prize winner is always someone even a lot of really well read people have barely heard of.
There like the Anime nerd who picks there favorite anime as something nobodys ever heard of just so they can feel elite when the other person doesn't know what it is... because it would be horrible if they new... or heaven forbid if it was their favorite too.
