Question

Read the claim from Anna North's editorial "Why Bob Dylan Shouldn’t Have Gotten a Nobel."

Answer 1

Answer:

B. "When the Nobel Committee gives the literature prize to a musician, it misses the opportunity to honor a writer."

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

The claim is:

"He is a wonderful musician, a world-class songwriter and an enormously influential figure in American culture."

"When the Nobel committee gives the literature prize to a musician, it misses the opportunity to honor a writer."

"By honoring a musical icon, the committee members may have wanted to bring new cultural currency to the prize and make it feel relevant to a younger generation."

"Bob Dylan does not need a Nobel Prize in Literature, but literature needs a Nobel Prize."

The answer is: "When the Nobel committee gives the literature prize to a musician, it misses the opportunity to honor a writer."

Explanation:

Anna North argues that awarding a musician with an Nobel Prize in literature undermines what it means to be an author. A writer communicates through words on paper, involving much more creativity and imagination. Whereas music combines words with melodies and instruments. What she's trying to say is, music and literature appeal to different centers of the brain, the two are entirely different form of art. And, so, both should be regarded individually.