Extra Reading - Week 12

(Image taken from Baby's Book of Fables)

Aesop's fables touch a wide array of contemporary thought, from Gods to animals. The style of the writing is also something that is hard for me to match in this class because most of his stories are quite concise and in a poetic form that does not stray more than around 70 words. The first several lines of the stories are generally used to set up the story, the setting, and the plot whereas the last two lines general reveal a surprise or twist ending. This kind of structure is interesting, but also gets extremely repetitive the more I read it. I think these stories may have been condensed and formed like poetry because it would have been easier to memorize and share with the audience.

Bibliography: The Fables of Babrius translated by James Davies and available to read on Mythfolklore blog.