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LITERATURE OF PROTEST: JACK LONDON’S THE IRON HEEL, A SATIRICAL PERSPECTIVE

Year 2015, Volume: 1 Issue: 3, 353 - 362, 29.12.2015
https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.44251

Abstract

Although literature of protest does not directly lead to social change, it can permanently change society during an awakening, a period of cultural revitalization that occurs during times of social stress and confusion. Because there have been so few awakenings, literature of protest has little effect on moving people in a certain direction. Though many protests have failed, many have also prevailed and led to great social change, Jack London’s utopian satire, The Iron Heel, mainly intended to manifest London’s contemporary Oligarchy, has been one of such works.

This article sheds light upon such a literature that has led to these changes through satirical comments made by the American novelist, Jack London, in his utopian satire, the Iron Heel.

Keywords: Protest, Satire, Oligarchy, Social Change

References

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Year 2015, Volume: 1 Issue: 3, 353 - 362, 29.12.2015
https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.44251

Abstract

References

  • Frye, N. (1970). Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. New York: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
  • Pizer, D. (1982). Jack London: Novels and Social Writings. New York: Literary Classics of the United States.
  • Simpson, P. (2003). On The Discourse of Satire: Towards a Stylistic Model of Satirical Humour. Amsterdom: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Hodgart, M. (1969). Satire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
  • Pollard, A. (1970). Satire. Critical Idiom Series, Vol. 7. London.
  • Ward, S. (1983). “Ideology for the Masses: Jack London’s The Iron heel.” In Critical Essays on Jack London, Edited by Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin. Boston: G. K. Hall.
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Details

Primary Language English
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Saeed Yazdani

Mohammadreza Shahbazi

Publication Date December 29, 2015
Submission Date December 27, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2015Volume: 1 Issue: 3

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EndNote Yazdani S, Shahbazi M (December 1, 2015) LITERATURE OF PROTEST: JACK LONDON’S THE IRON HEEL, A SATIRICAL PERSPECTIVE. IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 1 3 353–362.

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