LITERATURE AND FABLES

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What is literature?
Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. It is used to describe anything from creative writing

to more technical or scientific works.

Most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.

Why do we read literature?

Literature represents a language or a people: culture and tradition.

It introduces us to new worlds of experience.

Literature is important to us because it speaks to us, it is universal, and it affects us.

Fables

Some things you should y Fables know about

Early form of story telling

Believed to be originated in India Aesop Greek Slave, 620 B.C.

AESOP
Credited for most of the known fables heard today.

His fables include The Ant and the Grasshopper, and The Tortoise and the Hare.

What are some characteristics of fables?

Features animals, plants & forces of nature with human qualities Handed down generation after generation

Fables teach a lesson, can relate to everyone, and connects us with other cultures.

Fables of Different cultures

Involve animals found in that culture Reflects cultural beliefs

Fables can have more than one lesson. Another lesson for the tortoise and the Hare is Slow and Steady wins the race

Cultural Fables
Native Americans use a lot of wolves Wolves to them symbolize what a fox does to Europeans. Animals used are reflective of culture

Animals Used in Fables

Lion Strength, Big Ego

Fox Sly

Animals Used in Fables

Wolf Greed, Dishonest

Lamb Shyness

Aesops Fables
The Ant and the Grasshopper The Tortoise and the Hare
The lion and the mouse