Robert Escarpit, the Glossary

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1. 40 relations: Advocacy group, Algerian War, Arcachon, Bateaux Mouches, Bordeaux Montaigne University, Columnist, Communication studies, Communicology, Doctor of Letters, Eastern Bloc, English literature, Enver Hoxha, Fiction, France, French Communist Party, French people, French Resistance, French Section of the Workers' International, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Gironde, International Comparative Literature Association, Langon, Gironde, Le Canard enchaîné, Le Matin (France), Le Monde, Literary criticism, Médoc, Mexico, Party of Labour of Albania, People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Perestroika, Popular Front (France), Ramiz Alia, Saint-Macaire, Satire, Sociology, Sud Ouest (newspaper), UNESCO, University of Belgrade, World War II.

Advocacy group

Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimate public policy.

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Algerian War

The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence)الثورة الجزائرية al-Thawra al-Jaza'iriyah; Guerre d'Algérie (and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November) was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France.

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Arcachon

Arcachon is a commune in the southwestern French department of Gironde.

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Bateaux Mouches

Bateaux Mouches are open excursion boats that provide visitors to Paris with a view of the city from along the river Seine.

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Bordeaux Montaigne University

Bordeaux Montaigne University (French: Université Bordeaux Montaigne; formerly Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3) is a public university in Pessac, France, approximately 8 kilometres (5 miles) southwest of the city centre of Bordeaux.

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Columnist

A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions.

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Communication studies

Communication studies (or communication science) is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in different cultures.

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Communicology

Communicology is the scholarly and academic study of how people create and use messages to affect the social environment.

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Doctor of Letters

Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., Latin: Litterarum Doctor or Doctor Litterarum) also termed "Doctor of Literature" in some countries is a terminal degree in the arts, humanities and social sciences that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Doctor of Science (Sc.D.

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Eastern Bloc

The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).

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English literature

English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world.

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Enver Hoxha

Enver Hoxha (16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who was the ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.

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Fiction

Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary or in ways that are imaginary.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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French Communist Party

The French Communist Party (Parti communiste français,, PCF) is a communist party in France.

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French people

The French people (lit) are a nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France.

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French Resistance

The French Resistance (La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy régime in France during the Second World War.

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French Section of the Workers' International

The French Section of the Workers' International (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière, SFIO) was a political party in France that was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the modern-day Socialist Party.

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Georges-Eugène Haussmann

Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann (27 March 180911 January 1891), was a French official who served as prefect of Seine (1853–1870), chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks and public works in Paris commonly referred to as Haussmann's renovation of Paris.

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Gironde

Gironde (US usually,; Gironda) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France.

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International Comparative Literature Association

The International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA) (French: Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée—AILC) is an international organization for international research in comparative literature.

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Langon, Gironde

Langon (Lengon) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Le Canard enchaîné

Le Canard enchaîné (English: "The Chained Duck" or "The Chained Paper", as canard is French slang meaning "newspaper") is a satirical weekly newspaper in France.

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Le Matin (France)

Le Matin was a French daily newspaper first published in February 26, 1884, and discontinued in 1944.

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Le Monde

Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.

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Literary criticism

A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.

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Médoc

The Médoc (Medòc) is a region of France, well known as a wine growing region, located in the département of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, northwest of Bordeaux.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Party of Labour of Albania

The Party of Labour of Albania (PLA), also referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP), was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991).

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The People's Socialist Republic of Albania (Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë), officially the People's Republic of Albania from 1946 until 1976, and from 1991 to 1992 as the Republic of Albania, was the one-party communist state in Albania from 1946 to 1991.

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Perestroika

Perestroika (a) was a political reform movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s, widely associated with CPSU general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning "transparency") policy reform.

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Popular Front (France)

The Popular Front (Front populaire) was an alliance of left-wing movements in France, including the French Communist Party (PCF), the socialist SFIO and the Radical-Socialist Republican Party, during the interwar period.

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Ramiz Alia

Ramiz Alia (18 October 1925 – 7 October 2011) was an Albanian politician serving as the second and last leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1985 to 1991, serving as First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania.

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Saint-Macaire

Saint-Macaire (Sent Macari) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.

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Sud Ouest (newspaper)

Sud Ouest (South West) is a daily French newspaper, the second largest regional daily in France in terms of circulation.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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University of Belgrade

The University of Belgrade (Универзитет у Београду / Univerzitet u Beogradu) is a public research university in Belgrade, Serbia.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Escarpit

Also known as Escarpit, Robert.