Social Allegory in Literature

The Power of Allegory: Social Critique Encoded in Ink Images

Aristotle had defined allegory as a “continuous metaphor.” Allegory is a rhetorical figure, used so that the reader or listener deciphers a concept different from the literal meaning of the words or narrated actions. Many authors use allegory to oppose the dominant currents of their time: they use it against the absolute power of the monarch (such as La Fontaine’s Fables) or as a subtle critique of socio-economic abuses (as in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol). This new issue of Informarse presents allegories used by four authors from different eras and nationalities.

Keywords:

Fables, La Fontaine, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Cervantes, Licenciado Vidriera, social critique, poverty, Saint Augustine.

Articles:

• Fighting against the single thought. La Fontaine’s Fables. By Benoît Terrenoir, L.C.
• Who is Scrooge? A discussion of A Christmas Carol.  By John Studer, L.C.
• The Crystal of Vidriera and the Color of Society. By Antonio Herrero Serrano, L.C.
• The Search for the Poor in a Society Full of Poor. By Bruno do Espírito Santo, L.C

 

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