ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Animals are often the main characters in what types of literature? (Select more than one)
A
Fairytales
B
Fables
C
Myths
D
Legends
E
Tall Tales
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Fables, which usually feature animals with human characteristics, contain a moral lesson.

Detailed explanation-2: -Animals have held an important place in written literature for thousands of years; hence animal fiction comes to mean a fictional work where an animal plays an integral part of the story to make it complete. In most works of literature throughout the ages, animals function only in service to humans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the time, fables feature animals as characters. The animal characters are anthropomorphized, meaning they think, talk, and act like humans rather than animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the landscape of literature, there are four major genres: poetry, drama, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Detailed explanation-5: -Drama. Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action. Fable. Fairy Tale. Fantasy. Fiction. Fiction in Verse. Folklore. Historical Fiction. More items

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