Fables
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Fables is a collection of medieval verse tales by Marie de France that adapt and moralize traditional animal stories and folktales.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fables canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
beast fable collection
ⓘ
collection of verse tales ⓘ medieval literary work ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Marie de France ⓘ |
| author | Marie de France ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Aesop's fables
ⓘ
surface form:
Aesopic fables
folktales ⓘ traditional animal stories ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Anglo-Norman literature ⓘ |
| feature |
allegorical characters
ⓘ
animal protagonists ⓘ didactic prologues and epilogues ⓘ explicit morals ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| form | verse ⓘ |
| genre |
beast literature
ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ fable ⓘ moral literature ⓘ |
| hasMoralizingFunction | true ⓘ |
| hasPart |
animal fables
ⓘ
exempla-like moral tales ⓘ individual verse tales ⓘ |
| influenced |
Middle English fable literature
ⓘ
later medieval fable collections ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aesop's fables
ⓘ
surface form:
Aesop
Latin fable collections ⓘ |
| language |
Anglo-Norman
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Norman French
Old French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | octosyllabic rhymed couplets ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important example of medieval French fable literature
ⓘ
major work of Marie de France ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | medieval French fable tradition ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalAudience | courtly and clerical audiences ⓘ |
| purpose |
entertainment
ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ |
| setting | various allegorical and rural settings ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ethical conduct
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human behavior represented through animals ⓘ prudence and wisdom ⓘ social hierarchy and power ⓘ vice and virtue ⓘ |
| usesAllegory | true ⓘ |
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