- An
apologue or
apolog (from the Gr**** ἀπόλογος, a "statement" or "account") is a
brief fable or
allegorical story with
pointed or
exaggerated details,...
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Fifteen Dogs: An
Apologue is a
novel by
Canadian writer André Alexis.
Published by
Coach House Books in 2015, the
novel was the
winner of the 2015 Scotiabank...
- need not be in the latter. An
apologue is
generally dramatic, and has been
defined as "a
satire in action." An
apologue differs from a
parable in several...
- The
boiling frog is an
apologue describing a frog
being slowly boiled alive. The
premise is that if a frog is put
suddenly into
boiling water, it will...
-
Prince of Abissinia: A Tale,
though often abbreviated to R****elas, is an
apologue about bliss and
ignorance by
Samuel Johnson. The book's
original working...
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distinguished from
similar narrative types, such as the
allegory and the
apologue. A
parable often involves a
character who
faces a
moral dilemma or one...
- Children's
literature portal Allegory Animal tale
Anthropomorphism Apologia Apologue Fabel Fables Fairy tale
Fantastique Ghost story Parable Proverb Wisdom...
- with a calumny, a
scurrilous and
bitter jest, a libel, a pasquil, satire,
apologue, epigram, stage-play or the like, as with any
misfortune whatsoever." After...
-
influence highly likely. Similarly, in 1971,
Alistair Campbell stated that the
apologue technique used in
Beowulf is so rare in epic
poetry aside from
Virgil that...
- Malayalam, the
lingua franca of the
Indian state of
Kerala and the
union territories of
Lakshadweep and Puduchery, is one of the six
classical languages...
