영어영문학21 제36권 4호 https://doi.org/10.35771/engdoi.2023.36.4.010 Literature as a Road to Peace —Nonviolent Communication in Blue Jasmine Jocelyn Wright (Associate Professor, Mokpo National University) Ⅰ. Introduction The world needs peace which, according to peace studies pioneer Johan Galtung, is a response to actual or potential violence, whether direct (individual), indirect (structural), or via institutions that legitimize or justify it (cultural) at different levels from the micro to the macro. For him, negative peace refers to processes of reducing or eliminating forms of violence while positive peace orients towards fostering health and well-being, equity, harmony, freedom, and justice. To achieve the ultimate aim, comprehensive peace “by peaceful means” (title), ongoing efforts need to be made to creatively and nonviolently transform conflict. One potential road to peace in relationships is nonviolent communication (NVC). According to Vedabhyas Kundu, although Indian traditions of nonviolence and NVC can be traced to ancient times, more recently, Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent praxis, rooted in a quest for both truth (satya) and justice, and ahimsa, the practice of not