Social Protest Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Social Protest


  1. Germinal portrays the sufferings of workers in the French mines. [Fr. Lit.: Zola Germinal]
  2. Jungle, The novel exposed harrowing moral, economic, and hygienic conditions in the meat-packing industry. [Am. Lit.: Upton Sinclair The Jungle]
  3. Tin Drum, The Grass’s surreal novel of 20th-century madness. [Ger. Lit.: Magill IV, 1220]
  4. Weavers, The textile workers revolt against their employer and wreck the factory. [Ger. Drama: Haydn & Fuller, 792]