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The video introduces the text type 'parable', classifying it under the category of epic literature. Parables primarily serve as a rhetorical device to support and clarify a particular viewpoint in political speeches.
Parables almost always contain a simile and require strong interpretation as their content is not immediately apparent. Through interpretation, a lesson is derived, which should always be related to personal life. This is why parables are frequently used in political speeches, to emphasize arguments and personally convey to the listener why a certain opinion is held.
The term 'parable' refers to its ability to be divided into an 'image level' (Bildebene) and a 'thought level' (Gedankenebene). The reader or listener's task is to transfer the parable from the image level to the thought level, meaning to extract the personal life-related lesson from the actual story heard.
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