Understanding Fables and Their Morals
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Fable
Class of teacher Vivianne
The fable is atextbasically
fictional whose characters, for the most part
sometimes, they are animals. Another
characteristic of thisgenderit's just about
always presents a moral lesson,
alluding to behaviors
humans through constructions
metaphorical or symbolic. In this way,
the animals, metaphorized from the
human behaviors represent our
virtues or vices.
Born from oral tradition (studies indicate that
in the East, around the 5th century BC), the
the name itself refers to stories told and
passed down from generation to generation (fabulare
means story, game, narrative). The animals,
what are characters, they have characteristics
humans, such as greed, laziness, the
envy, wisdom, cunning, etc. Through
of these characteristics, the characters
they move and the story unfolds,
leading to the construction of a teaching.
Considering that the fable was told
Orally, we know that there are different versions.
of the same story, what does not
compromises your role: that of taking the
people reflecting on behavior
in society. The titles usually make
reference to the characters, and the time and the
space relates to their habitat. The
language is simple, objective and direct,
The importance of fables in moral education
the size of the societies is such that, in
Middle Ages, the moral lessons of the texts were
copied with red or gold letters,
to highlight a behavior
"wrong" or "right".
The fable sets up a structure that
it is necessary to present the fabrication process
or fabrication, that is, manifestation of the
moral that the text wants to convey. For what
this effect is well established, the fable
Characteristics has some relevant characteristics:
fable tactics
• Anarrativeit needs to be allegorical and can
to be written inproseoto verse.
• Animals exhibit behaviors
anthropomorphic, that is,
human behaviors.
• The virtues, qualities, and defects of character
two human beings are represented by
through the behavior of animals.
• It can have multiple themes (for example: the
victory of intelligence over ignorance.
• There is a manifestation of 'typical characters', as
the characters represent attitudes of a
set of people (example: the ant
can represent hard-working people; the
cicada can represent people
irresponsible, etc.)
• There is a moral lesson at the end of the story.
Although the fable navigates through genres
literary, it is a short text in
that the characters establish a
reflection on a moral issue.
Structure of
One can use various
fable figures of speech, however, it is necessary
always choose inanimate characters
or animals to guide the plot. See the
main elements of the structure of a
fable!
• Narrator: the manifestation ofnarratorin 3rd
a person tends to be more common.
• Characters: animals with behaviors
humans.
• Time and space: in many of the fables,
time is chronological. Space is usually
manifested through forests, woods, etc.
• Moral: the fable can be structured in prose
or inverse. But remember: it is necessary
to present a moral, explicit or
implicitly.
Authors of fables
famous
Jean de La Fontaine
The French writer Jean de La
Fontaine is the author of very fables.
famous, such as:
• The hare and the tortoise
• The wolf and the lamb
• The lion and the mouse.
Aesop
Aesop's Fables are a collection of
fables attributed toAesop(620—560 B.C.)
aroundslavethe storyteller who lived
Ancient [Link]'s fables have become
it is a generic term for collections of
fables, usually involving animals
personified. There are many stories included
in Aesop's fables:The fox and the grapes,
The Cicada and the Ant, The turtle and the hare, The
The Wolf and the Lamb are well known for
whole world.
Fedro
Fedro was a fabulistRoman(
1st century ADborn inMacedonia,
Greece. Son ofslaveswasalforriado
hairRoman emperor Augustus. Your
full name was Caio Júlio Fedro.
Some fables by Phaedrus are
extremely well-known, such as: "A
the frog and the ox; the fox and the grapes; and the
The wolf and the lamb.
Monteiro Lobato
In Brazil, we have the writer.
Monteiro Lobato, who wrote a
volume only of fables. From
Lobato's productions stand out:
• The owl and the eagle
• The golden egg-laying hen
• The Fox and the Grapes