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Recent Examples of exemplum
In 2013, the Italian playwright Stefano Massini turned this exemplum into The Lehman Trilogy, an epic five-hour play that was adapted and condensed last year by the director Sam Mendes and playwright Ben Power for the National Theatre in London.
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Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exemplum
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Jameson seeks accounts of its daily life instead of parables of repression, and finds them in long novels by Günter Grass and Uwe Tellkamp.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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Bathed in a pink-pop glow, its pastiche of romance and horror collide in a viciously mischievous parable of technology and control that speaks to these most anxious times.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Brad Pitt, 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2020) In Quentin Tarantino’s alt-history fable, Pitt plays a steely stunt double equally adept at fixing TV antennas or dealing with the Manson Family, all with a grin on his weathered face.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Its surrealistic elements blend with realistic properties and a unique video-game-like computer animation to create something remarkable: a cautious environmental fable and a testament to the power of working together to achieve a common goal.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The story—Franklin had appreciatively sung back to her a line from the performance—might have been the lead anecdote in a profile of Erivo that sought to place her in a lineage of distinguished vocalists.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Distefano's comedy routines have previously mentioned his children, including anecdotes from their family life.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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This difference in perception can create friction with white women, who may frame these struggles through a lens of personal failings, a narrative that imposter syndrome encourages.—
Shari Dunn,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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The expansion's narrative will focus on Lea, the legendary Stalker, and explore her connection to Pinocchio.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Exemplum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exemplum. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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