Die struktuur van die allegorie
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J L Coetser, Johan Coetser (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 29-40 |
| Publication date | 1986-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564718608529791 |
| OpenAlex | W2043174822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This discussion focuses on three aspects in the development of allegory. As a result of its religious origin, the most important allegorical codes are travel and battle. The date of origin, however, is undeterminable. Fulgentius's use of the Aeneas as basic pattern for his sixth century Continentia Vergiliana marks a further milestone in the development of allegory. During the Middle Ages, Good and Evil in allegorical moralities are portrayed ethically and didactically by symbolic characters. Ethymologically, the prefix allos in the word allegory inverts the sense. The allegory thus says one thing which means something else (allos). Allegory is therefore primarily a modus operandi which is characterised by its infrastructure (root pattern, threshold text, the reaction of the recipient). Three types of allegory may be distinguished according to their manner of origin: personified, parallel and vertical allegory
Allegory · Art · Literature · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Medieval Literature and History
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 1991 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |