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Originally Posted by beppe
Hi Ea!
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Well, I think my opinion is quite coloured by my own view point (being danish).
English: English literature has a certain lightness, 'sharpness' and elegance, a certain low-key, dry humour that tends to show up in the unlikeliest places. Even if the story is a drama, there's always a certain sense of lightness of touch to the way it's told.
American: Again the humour; it's slightly absurd and rather physical. A tendency to wrestle directly with difficult issues.
French: The language. A tendency to floridness, while still sounding rather intellectual. Sometimes they
are rather intellectual. The french do that very well. (caveat: I haven't read many French authors).
German: Again, the language. A tendency to somewhat long, complicated sentences. Intellectual, but more sombre than the French. The humour can be very absurd and decidedly strange.
Scandinavian: Gloomy, moody, dark, scary dramatics, interspersed with black humour. Or sometimes a very light, gently ironic humour. I think it may very well depend on the time of year that it was written (summer or winter). Though Scandinavian writing tend towards darkness and gloominess overall in my opinion. Even the humour.