In the original sense, as a figure of rhetoric, prosopopoeia consists in “putting speech into the mouths of others”. Therefore, Quintilian defines it as a resource that allows us to “present the ...

A French-Moroccan man considers his conflicting thoughts on religion, in the aftermath of his brother’s death from an Aids-related illness By Farid Tali and Aditi Machado for Translation Tuesdays by ...

‘Prosopopoeia’ is a term usually associated with literature and denotes a rhetorical device in which an imaginary, absent or deceased person is represented as speaking or acting. Without it, the story ...