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“Babbitt” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. “Babbitt” is a satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis, about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the...

Seventeenth century Russia, New Jerusalem Monastery. The recently deposed Patriarch Nikon, whose reforms lead to a schism in the Orthodox church, employs a French dramatist to stage the New Testament and hasten the Second Coming of Christ. Jacques de Sertan’s troupe consists of untrained and illiterate peasants. The actors are divided into roles, whole families play different social or ethnic groups...

Zdaniem socjologów, rodzina to najważniejsza grupa społeczna, która jest podstawowym budulcem wszelkich społeczeństw. Temat rodziny pojawia się wszędzie, zarówno w social mediach, jak i w książkach. Któż nie zna arystokratycznej rodziny Łęckich z ,,Lalki” Bolesława Prusa, dworku Korczyńskich z ,,Nad Niemnem” czy Sopliców z ,,Pana Tadeusza”. Współczesna literatura również proponuje...