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English term or phrase:
morality play
Spanish translation:
lección moral teológica
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Luximar Arenas Petty
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English term
morality play
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
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This drama [in Genesis 3] has long been read in our churches as a theological morality play about obedience, freedom, power, and/or sex. But it can also be understood as an archetypal explanation of the "break" in human consciousness that inaugurated our long history of alienation from the creation. In this reading, the "forbidden fruit" symbolizes the ancient human conceit that we, by employing our ingenuity, our technology, and our social organization, can improve on a world pronounced "good" by Creator (Genesis 1), but apparently not good enough for us.
This drama [in Genesis 3] has long been read in our churches as a theological morality play about obedience, freedom, power, and/or sex. But it can also be understood as an archetypal explanation of the "break" in human consciousness that inaugurated our long history of alienation from the creation. In this reading, the "forbidden fruit" symbolizes the ancient human conceit that we, by employing our ingenuity, our technology, and our social organization, can improve on a world pronounced "good" by Creator (Genesis 1), but apparently not good enough for us.
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Luximar Arenas Petty
United States
United States
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lección moral teológica
Así lo diría: "...como una lección moral teológica acerca de la obediencia, la libertad, el poder y/o el sexo".
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Rebecca Breekveldt
Austria
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una moralidad teológica
A morality play is a genre that also exists in Spanish (una moralidad).
Apparently, the purpose of all morality plays is to instruct listeners on the means of receiving redemption - something that corresponds to "the drama of Genesis 3".
That's why I would use the Spanish word for this kind play or something that explains it, like 'una obra teológica y moral'
Apparently, the purpose of all morality plays is to instruct listeners on the means of receiving redemption - something that corresponds to "the drama of Genesis 3".
That's why I would use the Spanish word for this kind play or something that explains it, like 'una obra teológica y moral'
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Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Uruguay
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Uruguay
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obra [teológica] de moralidad
sobre la obediencia, la libertad, el poder ...
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franglish
: obra de moralidad, sin teológica
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Gracias, franglish.
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JohnMcDove
: "Obra de moralidad" CON teológica, pues está en el contexto justo delante. Pero sí, "morality play" "obra de moralidad" (o moralizante, como apunta luego Beatriz), y hay que añadir "teológica", pues está ahí en el original... :-)
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Rose Marie Vargas
: obra teológica de moralidad
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Gracias, Rose Marie.
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Pablo Cruz
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Gracias, Pablo.
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alegoría moral
Morality play, also called morality , an allegorical drama popular in Europe especially during the 15th and 16th centuries, in which the characters personify moral qualities (such as charity or vice) or abstractions (as death or youth) and in which moral lessons are taught. [...]
https://www.britannica.com/art/morality-play-dramatic-genre
[...] el auto sacramental, como subgénero dramático, es propio de nuestro teatro del Siglo de Oro; es cultivado por varios autores y llevado a su plenitud por don Pedro Calderón de la Barca; presenta unas determinadas formas en el Texto Literario y en el Texto Espectacular, exigidas por su carácter alegórico y general, pero tiene unas relaciones estrechas con el teatro anterior, concretamente con un tipo de teatro religioso medieval inglés, el morality play, según podemos comprobar al comparar El gran teatro del mundo con Everyman1 Ambas obras utilizan la alegoría en la fábula y proponen personajes generales [...]
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/abstraccion-y-sim...
See also: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/religion/625171...
https://www.britannica.com/art/morality-play-dramatic-genre
[...] el auto sacramental, como subgénero dramático, es propio de nuestro teatro del Siglo de Oro; es cultivado por varios autores y llevado a su plenitud por don Pedro Calderón de la Barca; presenta unas determinadas formas en el Texto Literario y en el Texto Espectacular, exigidas por su carácter alegórico y general, pero tiene unas relaciones estrechas con el teatro anterior, concretamente con un tipo de teatro religioso medieval inglés, el morality play, según podemos comprobar al comparar El gran teatro del mundo con Everyman1 Ambas obras utilizan la alegoría en la fábula y proponen personajes generales [...]
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/abstraccion-y-sim...
See also: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/religion/625171...
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Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
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representación moral
Mi propuesta.
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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relato/representación moralizante/moralizadora
En este contexto el adjetivo "morality" encaja perfectamente con la definición de "moralizante" o "moralizador" que da la RAE:
moralizante
1. adj. Que moraliza o intenta moralizar.
http://dle.rae.es/?id=PmN8aaI
moralizar
1. tr. Reformar las malas costumbres enseñando las buenas. U. t. c. prnl.
2. intr. Discurrir sobre un asunto con aplicación a la enseñanza de las buenas costumbres.
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Por supuesto, no se puede prescindir de "teológico": "relato teológico moralizante sobre la obediencia, la libertad, el poder o el sexo"
moralizante
1. adj. Que moraliza o intenta moralizar.
http://dle.rae.es/?id=PmN8aaI
moralizar
1. tr. Reformar las malas costumbres enseñando las buenas. U. t. c. prnl.
2. intr. Discurrir sobre un asunto con aplicación a la enseñanza de las buenas costumbres.
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http://dle.rae.es/?id=PmNsRnG
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Note added at 7 hrs (2017-05-17 22:38:00 GMT)
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Por supuesto, no se puede prescindir de "teológico": "relato teológico moralizante sobre la obediencia, la libertad, el poder o el sexo"
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JohnMcDove
: Sí, relato u obra moralizante creo que funciona bien, también. :-)
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Gracias John - Bea
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