The Fable as Literature

abstract action Aesopic fable allegory allusion amusing animals apologue Aristophanes Babrius beast Bidpai Brave New World bring century characters classical Clockwork Orange collection comedy comic common conception concrete conte context convention cultural Democritus device dialogue English example experience expression fairy-tale fantasy Fontaine genre Greek Gulliver Heraclitus Hitopadesa human behaviour ideas imagination incongruity Indian invented irony Jackal Jataka kind king language Latin Lion literary literature Lucian mainly Marie de France meaning ment merely metaphor mind modern moral myth narrative nature Nineteen Eighty-Four novel Odo of Cheriton parable parody particular Perry Phaedrus philosophic piece play poem poet poetic poetry proverbs purpose reader reflection represent rhetoric Roman de Renart Romulus satire science fiction similitude social Socratic Socratic dialogue story symbols tale telling theme things thinking thought tion tradition translation truth verse Voltaire voyages Wolf writer