1. David Walker
Abraham's A Glossary of Literary Terms adherents to the school of didactic literature follow certain conventions: "[The work] expound[s] a branch of theoretical or practical knowledge, or present[s] in an impressive and persuasive imaginative form, a moral, religious or philosophical thesis or doctrine [Turner 39]. ... Consequently, it is Walker's work alone that emerges as the mantra of the enslaved, so that it is he and not Harriet Beecher-Stowe, the white abolitionist, who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin that sets the agenda for change, with an awesome African-created deconstruct...
- Word Count: 1406
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: Undergraduate
