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allegories (literary genre) (<genres for literature>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Literary works that employ allegory to express complex abstract ideas, for example works that employ symbolic, fictional figures and actions to express truths or generalizations about human conduct or experience. May be extended to refer to visual works or other creative works that have allegories as subject matter. |
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allegories (literary genre) (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,PN)
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allegory (literary genre) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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allegorieën (literair) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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allegorie (literair) (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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Allegorien (Dokumentengattungen) (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Allegorie (Dokumentengattung) (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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alegorías (género de documentos) (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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alegoría (género de documentos) (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Dutch ..... Literaire werken waarin met behulp van fictionele, symbolische figuren en handelingen waarheden of generalisaties omtrent menselijk gedrag of menselijke ervaringen worden gedebiteerd. |
German ..... Literarisches Werk, Kunstwerk oder anderes künstlerisches Werk, das allegorische Darstellungsformen benutzt, um komplexe abstrakte Ideen auszudrücken, zum Beispiel ein Werk, das symbolhafte, fiktionale Bilder und Handlungen verwendet, um Wahrheiten oder Verallgemeinerungen über menschliches Verhalten oder Erfahrungen zum Ausdruck zu bringen. |
Spanish ..... Obras literarias que emplean personajes y acciones ficticias simbólicas para expresar verdades o generalizaciones acerca de conductas o experiencias humanas. |
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involves .... |
allegory (artistic device) |
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(symbolism (artistic concept), artistic devices, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300055866] |
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Allegorien (Dokumentengattungen)............ |
[IfM-SMB-PK] |
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Duden [online] (2011-) http://www.duden.de/node/698094/revisions/1317273/view |
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