Acquaintance of a person with a fable takes place at school. It is here that we first begin to understand its deep meaning, draw the first conclusions from what we read and try to do the right thing, although this does not always work out. Today we will try to understand what it is and find out what the fable’s speech form is.
What is a fable
Before you find out what the fable’s speech form is, we’ll figure out what it is. A fable is a small fairy tale written in a moralizing manner. Her characters are animals and inanimate objects. Sometimes the main characters of the fable are people. May have a poetic form or be written in prose.
Fable - what is the form of speech? We will find out about this later, and now let's talk about its structure. The fable consists of two parts - the narrative and the conclusion, which is considered a specific advice, rule or directive, "attached" to the narrative. Such a conclusion is usually located at the end of the work, but can be filed at the beginning of the composition. Some authors present it in the form of the final word of one of the characters in the tale. But no matter how hard the reader tries to see the conclusion in a separately written line, he will not be able to do this, since he is registered in a hidden form, as a matter of course in connection with the events and conversations. Therefore, to the question: "What is a fable?" - You can answer that this is a literary work with a reasonable and instructive conclusion.
Fables Speech Form
Continuing to study this genre of literature, let us dwell on the following question. What is the form of speech of the fable? Most often, the authors of the work turn to allegory and direct speech. But there are also works in the genre of didactic poetry, in a short narrative form. But it is obligatory this work, plot-finished and subject to allegorical interpretation. There is necessarily a morality that is veiled.
The original form of speech of Krylov's fable. The Russian writer, of course, relied on the work of his predecessors - Aesop, Fedra, Lafontaine. However, he did not try to imitate their works, translate them, but created his original fables. As a rule, he used direct speech and allegory, dialogues.
Famous fabulists
A fable came to us from the time of Ancient Greece. From here we know such names as Aesop (the greatest author of antiquity), the second largest fabulist - Fedr. He was the author of not only his own works, but also was engaged in translations and alterations of Aesopian works. In ancient Rome, what a fable was, was known to Avian and Neckam. In the Middle Ages, tales with instructive conclusions were written by such authors as Steingvel, Nick Pergamen, B. Paprotsky, Erasmus of Rotterdam and many other authors. He became famous for works in this genre and the French poet Jean Lafontaine (seventeenth century).
Fable in Russian literature
In the 15-16 centuries in Russia, those fables that came from the East through Byzantium were successful. Although before that time, readers already had some opinion about what it is. A little later, people had already begun to study Aesop's works, and in 1731 Cantemir even wrote six fables. True, in this he markedly imitated the works of the ancient Greek author, but still the works of Cantemir can be considered Russian.
Chemnitzer, Sumarokov, Trediakovsky, Dmitriev worked diligently to create their own and translate foreign fables. In Soviet times, the works of Demyan Poor, Mikhalkov, Glibov were especially popular.
But the most famous Russian fabulist was and remains Ivan Andreevich Krylov. The heyday of his work came at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The heroes of the works most often were animals and inanimate objects. They act like people, but by their behavior ridicule the vices of human nature. Many animals represent a character trait. For example, a fox symbolizes cunning, a lion - courage, a goose - stupidity, an owl - wisdom, a hare - cowardice, and so on. Original, brilliant and perfect fables of Krylov are translated into many European and Eastern languages. The fabulist himself made a significant contribution to the development of this genre and literature as a whole in Russia. Perhaps that is why his sculpture, among other outstanding personalities, took its place on the monument "Millennium of Russia" in the ancient city - Veliky Novgorod.
Summarize
So, we figured out what a fable is, how it happened, where they lived and what the creators of this genre were called. We found out who the best fabulists in the world were, and studied the features of their works. And we also know what the structure of this literary masterpiece is and what it teaches. Now the reader knows what to say, having received the task: "Open the concept of fable." The form of speech and the special language of these works will not leave anyone indifferent.