ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

FOLK LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Bre’r Rabbit, The Tortise and The Hare, Alice in Wonderland, Curious George, are examples of what type of American Folklore?
A
fables
B
myths
C
legends
D
epics
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"The Tortoise and the Hare” is a folktale. It is actually a specific type of folktale called a fable. Fables are stories which have animal characters who are often personified.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Once upon a time a Tortoise and a Rabbit had an argument about who was faster. soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ. The rabbit woke up and realized that he’d lost the race.” The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fable Summary ’The Tortoise and the Hare’ is a fable about a cocky Hare and a slow moving Tortoise that challenge each other to a race. A fable is a fictitious story, usually with animals as characters, that relays a moral or lesson at the end.

Detailed explanation-4: -The tortoise continues to move very slowly but without stopping and finally it wins the race. The moral lesson of the story is that you can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.

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