ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Fable is a short story typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. In fables, animals and even inanimate objects (like the wind or the sun) are the main characters of the story and are given human qualities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fables are short and have few characters. Characters are often animals with human attributes. They have strengths and weaknesses and are in some sort of conflict. Fables are just one story.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to our ancient sources, the fable’s use of animals primarily serves to underscore the fictionality and lightness of the stories. The risibility of the humanized animal allows the fable to make its point without boring or insulting an addressee.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fables do not have to have animals, although many of them do. When animals are included in fables they are often personified, which means that they have some of the characteristics of people. Fables are short tales that are used to teach a life lesson.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.