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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Summary
allegory is a literary genre[1]. allegory ranks in the top 0.62% of literary genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,896 views/month, #3 of 487).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: trope[3], stylistic device[4]
- Commons category: Allegories[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Allegory[6]
- Depicted by: Poetry and History Celebrate Rome's Warlike Exploits[7], Allegoric scene[8]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], Pauly–Wissowa[10], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[14], Kościelna encyclopedia[15], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[17], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[19]
- Native label: ἀλληγορία[20]
Why It Matters
allegory has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] allegory is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]