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'''Allegory''' (from Greek: αλλος, allos, "other", and αγορευειν, agoreuein, "to speak in [[public]]") is a figurative mode of representation conveying a [[meaning]] other than the literal. Allegory teaches a lesson through [[symbolism]]. Allegory [[communicates]] its message by means of symbolic figures, [[actions]] or symbolic representation. Allegory is generally treated as a figure of [[rhetoric]], but an allegory does not have to be expressed in [[language]]: it may be addressed to the eye, and is often found in realistic [[Paintings|painting]], [[sculpture]] or some other form of mimetic, or representative art.
Simply put, an allegory is a device that can be presented in literary form, such as a poem or [[novel]], or in visual form, such as in painting or sculpture. As a literary device, an allegory in its most general sense is an extended [[metaphor]]. As an artistic device, an allegory is a visual symbolic representation. An example of a simple visual allegory is the image of the grim reaper. Viewers understand that the image of the grim reaper is a symbolic representation of [[death]]. Nevertheless, images and fictions with several possible [[interpretations]] are not allegories in the true sense. Furthermore, not every fiction with general application is an allegory.
The etymological meaning of the word is broader than the common use of the [[word]]. Though it is similar to other rhetorical comparisons, an allegory is sustained longer and more fully in its details than a [[metaphor]], and appeals to [[imagination]], while an [[analogy]] appeals to [[reason]] or [[logic]]. The fable or parable is a short allegory with one definite [[moral]].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Frye Northrop Frye] discussed what he termed a "continuum of allegory", ranging from what he termed the "naive allegory" of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene The Faerie Queene], to the more [[private]] allegories of modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_(literature) paradox literature]. In this [[perspective]], the characters in a "naive" allegory are not fully three-[[dimension]]al, for each aspect of their individual personalities and the events that befall them embodies some moral [[quality]] or other abstraction; the allegory has been selected first, and the details merely flesh it out.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory]
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'''Allegory''' (from Greek: αλλος, allos, "other", and αγορευειν, agoreuein, "to speak in [[public]]") is a figurative mode of representation conveying a [[meaning]] other than the literal. Allegory teaches a lesson through [[symbolism]]. Allegory [[communicates]] its message by means of symbolic figures, [[actions]] or symbolic representation. Allegory is generally treated as a figure of [[rhetoric]], but an allegory does not have to be expressed in [[language]]: it may be addressed to the eye, and is often found in realistic [[Paintings|painting]], [[sculpture]] or some other form of mimetic, or representative art.
Simply put, an allegory is a device that can be presented in literary form, such as a poem or [[novel]], or in visual form, such as in painting or sculpture. As a literary device, an allegory in its most general sense is an extended [[metaphor]]. As an artistic device, an allegory is a visual symbolic representation. An example of a simple visual allegory is the image of the grim reaper. Viewers understand that the image of the grim reaper is a symbolic representation of [[death]]. Nevertheless, images and fictions with several possible [[interpretations]] are not allegories in the true sense. Furthermore, not every fiction with general application is an allegory.
The etymological meaning of the word is broader than the common use of the [[word]]. Though it is similar to other rhetorical comparisons, an allegory is sustained longer and more fully in its details than a [[metaphor]], and appeals to [[imagination]], while an [[analogy]] appeals to [[reason]] or [[logic]]. The fable or parable is a short allegory with one definite [[moral]].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Frye Northrop Frye] discussed what he termed a "continuum of allegory", ranging from what he termed the "naive allegory" of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene The Faerie Queene], to the more [[private]] allegories of modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_(literature) paradox literature]. In this [[perspective]], the characters in a "naive" allegory are not fully three-[[dimension]]al, for each aspect of their individual personalities and the events that befall them embodies some moral [[quality]] or other abstraction; the allegory has been selected first, and the details merely flesh it out.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
