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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, YOUTH AND SPORTS OF UKRAINE
IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

LINGUISTIC PECULARITIES OF ENGLISH-AMERICAN FABLE

Graduation paper presented by
Patskal Natalia a fifth year student of the English department

SUPERVISED BY
N. Nera a lecturer of the English department

Lviv 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………...3
Part I. Theoretical background of fable as a genre ………………………………….6
1.1. Genre of fable in literature and its history…………………………………………..6
1.2. Form and content of fables.......................................................................................11
1.3. The main characteristics of fables ………………………………………………...15
1.4. History of English and American fable……………………………………………18

Part II. Means of actualizing irony in English-American fable of 18th and 19th centuries ……………………………………………………………………………
2.1. Satirical irony of English-American fables of 18 century……………….……24
2.2. Humorous irony of English – American fables of 19 century ……………….36
2.3. Comparative table of English – American fables of 18-19 century ………….45

Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………….48
Summary ……………………………………………………………………………….52
References ………………………………………………………………….……….. 53

Introduction
Fable is a short tale that illustrates universal truth, and is one of the simplest of narratives. It sketches a setting, describes an action, and shows the results. It often involves a characters who face a moral dilemma, or make a questionable decision and then suffer from the consequences. A fable generally relates a single, simple, consistent action, without extraneous detail or distracting circumstances [19; 113-131].
Fables have been used in a variety of social contexts, such as pedagogical, therapeutic or religious, usually for the purpose of teaching or reaffirming a moral value. The close study of the internal structure of such type of texts is therefore a valuable aid to teachers,



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