1. LITERATURE AND FABLES
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2. 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.
3. 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.
5. y
Some things you should
know about Fables…
Early form of story telling
Believed to be originated in India
Aesop – Greek Slave, 620 B.C.
6. AESOP
Credited for most of the known
fables heard today.
His fables include “The Ant and the
Grasshopper,” and “The Tortoise
and the Hare.”
7. What are some
characteristics of
fables?
Features animals, plants & forces
of nature with human qualities
Handed down generation after
generation
8. Fables teach a lesson,
can relate to everyone,
and connects us with
other cultures.
9. Fables of Different cultures
Involve animals found in that culture
Reflects cultural beliefs
10. Fables can have more than
one lesson.
Another lesson for the
tortoise and the Hare is
“Slow and Steady wins the
race”
11. Cultural Fables
Native American’s use a lot of wolves
Wolves to them symbolize what a fox does
to Europeans.
Animals used are reflective of culture
