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Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
In 1963, while jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, during anti-segregation protests, King penned the famous words, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Biographer and author of ...
Violence in literature refers to the recurrent use of violence as a storytelling motif in classic and contemporary literature, both fiction and non-fiction. [1] Depending on the nature of the narrative, violence can be represented either through graphic descriptions or psychological and emotional suffering.
The social novel, also known as the social problem (or social protest) novel, is a "work of fiction in which a prevailing social problem, such as gender, race, or class prejudice, is dramatized through its effect on the characters of a novel". [1]
Injustice is a quality relating to unfairness or undeserved outcomes. The term may be applied in reference to a particular event or situation, or to a larger status quo . In Western philosophy and jurisprudence , injustice is very commonly—but not always—defined as either the absence or the opposite of justice .
10. "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." — James Baldwin 11. "Protest is not the end of progress; it is the beginning ...
Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature which focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways. [ 1 ]
List of feminist literature; List of fiction works made into feature films (0–9, A–C) List of fiction works made into feature films (D–J) List of fiction works made into feature films (K–R) List of fiction works made into feature films (S–Z) Lists of works of fiction made into feature films; List of fictional towns in literature