Home > Terms > Spanish, Latin American (XL) > alegoría

alegoría

A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities.

0
Improve it
More
Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

More

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Related terms

El Código Da Vinci
Literature; Bestsellers; Fiction

Author Dan Brown wrote this book , that should have been a movie in the first place, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code was the best seller of the decade when a film adaptation hit ...

el tono
Literature; Fiction

The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work.

sinécdoque
Literature; Fiction

A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole. An example: Lend me a hand. See Metonymy.

sintaxis
Literature; Fiction

The grammatical order of words in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue. The organization of words and phrases and clauses in sentences of prose, verse, and dialogue

tema
Literature; Fiction

The idea of a literary work abstracted from its details of language, character, and action, and cast in the form of a generalization."

cuento
Literature; Fiction

A story that narrates strange happenings in a direct manner, without detailed descriptions of character.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

michael.cen
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 13

    Followers

Industry/Domain: People Category: Musicians

Bob Dylan

Cantautor y poeta estadounidense, famoso desde los años 60 cuando se combirtió un una figura del descontento cambión a través de sis canciones ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

The Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World

Category: Travel   2 14 Terms

Top 10 Best Nightclubs In Beijing

Category: Entertainment   1 10 Terms

Browers Terms By Category

TERMS

SOCIAL

EXTRAS

SOLUTIONS