Social Commentary
-writing or speech that offers insights into society
-can be unconscious, as when a writer points to a problem caused by social customs without explicitly challenging those customs
-can be conscious, as when a writer directly attributes a problem to social customs
-usually about an aspect of humanity
Persuasive Techniquies
-appeals to logic based on sound reasoning
-appeals to readers’ sense of morality
-appeals to emotion, addressing readers’ feelings
Jane Austen
-rights and sensibility of women (legal and social standings)
-love and marriage
-wrote On Making an Agreeable Marriage
Charles Dickens
-Industrial Revolution and Education
-social and economic pressures
-wrote Hard Times
James Joyce
-national identity
-history and culture
-morals
-fruitless journey and idealization
-wrote “Araby” in Dubliners
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