The parable in literature

Interesting facts about the parable in literature

• The parable has been around since ancient times and it also appears in the New and Old Testaments in the Bible.
• During the Enlightenment, the parable was very popular literaturebecause this way the authors could reach their readers better.
• Probably the best-known parable in literature is the "Ring Parable" from the play "Nathan the Wise" by Lessing. The ring parabola forms the center of the work and is therefore the core of the piece.
• Even later in the 20th In the 19th century, Bertolt Brecht liked to use the parable, for example in the "Stories of Mr. Keuner". But Franz Kafka also made use of this form of literature in the play "The Trial".

How to recognize a parabola

• A parable is an instructive story of parables. In contrast to a fable, the parable is encrypted and also very indirect, which also distinguishes it from a classical parable. It also differs from an example because the parabola is not concrete.
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What are parables? - An explanation

Parables carry a hidden message. How did they come about and what are ...

• Through the literary form of the parable, the author would like to draw attention to various grievances or problems. The reader can infer from the parable himself what these are.
• The parable is usually written in the past tense and often contains imperatives, which are supposed to trigger the reader to change something.
• As a donkey bridge for the parable in literature, the parable of the mathematics be used. One branch of the parabola stands for the image plane, the other for the factual plane. The vertex in the middle connects what is told in the parable with what the author means.