ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fables include all of the following EXCEPT?
A
animals acting like humans
B
very long
C
teach a moral or lesson
D
are short
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -fable, narrative form, usually featuring animals that behave and speak as human beings, told in order to highlight human follies and weaknesses. A moral-or lesson for behaviour-is woven into the story and often explicitly formulated at the end.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is a Fable? In literature, a fable (pronounced fey-buh l) is a short fictional story that has a moral or teaches a lesson. Fables use humanized animals, objects, or parts of nature as main characters, and are therefore considered to be a sub-genre of fantasy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Animal Fables. They are the most common, where relationships are established between animals, humans, gods but really the protagonists are the animals. Human fables. Fables of the plant kingdom. Mythological. Inert things. Agonal. Etiological.

Detailed explanation-4: -Falling Action (Events resulting from the conflict) The overconfident Hare took a nap and missed the determined Tortoise passing him by and then winning. Conflict (Struggle in the Story) Moral, or lesson, of the story. Rising Action (What leads to the conflict) Characters and Setting.

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