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Is there a term for the kind of story where... [View all]
... the point is some abstraction and the characters and scenery work toward that end? Something on the spectrum of Pilgrim's Progress and The Trial? I need to critique a short story and I want to ask the author if their intention is to create a realistic story or to illustrate an abstract point.
TIA
LAS
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