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• Greek word allegoria, which means “speaking otherwise”. Allegory is a story either in verse or in prose with a double meaning: surface meaning—a story, and under-the-surface meaning—a hidden truth.
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Allegory, Fable和Parable
相同点:不直接说明一个道理。 不同点:1. 寓言(Allegory)是建立在假借过去或别处 的事例与对象之上,传达暗示,影射或者讥讽现世各种 现象的含义。
2. 言浅意深的寓言(Fable), 是大师级的儿童 文学家李欧.李奥尼 最惯用的创作语言,是「隐喻」却浅 显得连幼儿都看得懂的手法.
10Biblioteka • In allegories, names of the characters and places are often symbols of certain qualities. In Banyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, from the names of the characters “Christian”(基督徒,信徒 ), “Mr. Blind-man”, ‘Mr. No-good”, the names of places “Vanity Fair(浮华世界 )”, “Celestial City (天国 )”, we can easily understand the meaning behind these names.
• The principal technique of allegory is personification, whereby abstract qualities are given human shape, as in public statue of Liberty or Justice. The most famous religious allegory in English is Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress.