allegory
narrative, whether in prose or verse, in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences
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allegory
Summary
allegory is a literary genre[1]. allegory ranks in the top 0.62% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,786 views/month, #3 of 487).[2]
Key Facts
- allegory's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
- allegory is a type of trope[4].
- allegory is a type of stylistic device[5].
- allegory's Commons category is recorded as Allegories[6].
- allegory's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Allegory[7].
- allegory's depicted by is recorded as Poetry and History Celebrate Rome's Warlike Exploits[8].
- allegory's depicted by is recorded as Allegoric scene[9].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[11].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Kościelna encyclopedia[16].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[19].
- allegory's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[20].
- allegory's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'ἀλληγορία'}[21].
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Definition and Type
allegory's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include trope[4] and stylistic device[5].
Why It Matters
allegory ranks in the top 0.62% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,786 views/month, #3 of 487).[2] allegory has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] allegory is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]