All 3 Uses
convention
in
Sula
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- Conventional wisdom agrees that political fiction is not art;
Chpt Frwd. *conventional = typical
- Against her fairly modest claims to personal liberty are placed conventional and anarchic ones: Eva's physical sacrifice for economic freedom; Nel's accommodation to the protection marriage promises; Sula's resistance to either sacrifice or accommodation.†
Chpt Frwd.
- In Sula I wanted to explore the consequences of what that escape might be, on not only a conventional black society, but on female friendship.†
Chpt Frwd.
Definitions:
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(1)
(convention as in: teacher's convention) a large conference or meeting
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(2)
(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical
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(3)
(convention as in: The Geneva Convention) a written international agreement
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)