Fables, Parables, and Fairy Tales

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Fables, Parables, and Fairy Tales

• Mrs. Bonifay
• OCS English I

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Genre

• Different types of stories can be classified
  according to genre.
• Genre is a particular type or category of
  literature.
• Examples of genre include fairy tales, science
  fiction, biographies, legends, and fables.

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Fables

• Fables are short stories, many times using
  animals as characters (anthropomorphism).
• Fables illustrate a lesson or moral.
• The Lion and the Mouse and The Tortoise and the
  Hare are examples of fables. Both were written by
  Aesop, a famous author of fables.

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Fables
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Parables

• Parables are stories that teach a basic truth or
  religious principle.
• Parables usually involve ordinary people who are
  faced with a moral decision.
• Many folktales from all cultures are in the
  category of parable.
• Examples of a parable are The Boy Who Cried Wolf
  and The Good Samaritan.

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Parables
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Fairy Tales

• A fairy tale is a story, usually for children,
  involving fantastic forces and beings (such as
  fairies, wizards, and goblins) in which
  improbable events lead to a happy ending.
• Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are examples of
  fairy tales.

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Fairy Tales
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Modern Day Fables

• Many of Dr. Seuss books are considered
  modern-day fables. For example, Yertle the
  Turtle would be a fable about the right to
  freedom for all creatures.
• George Orwells Animal Farm is a more complex
  fable-like book, also about freedom, specifically
  independent thought, truth, and justice.
• Both use animals as the main characters. The
  animals are given human qualities
  (personification).

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Modern Day Fables