Fable is a fount of wisdom

Aesop - the first fabulist. Fable is a kind of literary genre, having a lyric-epic direction. Usually it is performed in the form of a short verse story, which depicts human relationships and deeds in an allegorical form. The main actors in the fables can act as people and animals.
It is believed that the ancient Greek fabulist Aesop was the founder of such a direction as a fable. But the "fable of Aesop" is, rather, a collective image attributing to the ancient Greek poet all conceivable satirical subjects. Historically, these subjects were collected from the 15th to 10th centuries. And ending 4-3 centuries. BC.

"Aesop's Fable" is not only a storehouse of plots, it is also the basis for creating a special "Aesopian language", which was formed relatively late. This term indicates that the story contains some kind of disguised meaning, which the reader must guess the fable. Initially, the fables did not know the subtext. They were written for the people by simple folk language. The first fables in Russian were written in a primitive syllable with the use of non-normative vocabulary. IA Krylov is considered the first Russian fabulist. It was he who acquainted the readers with the works of Aesop, Lafontaine and Martial. Their creations, he not only translated into Russian, but also ennobled. IA Krylov raised a low genre of fables to the court. In 1808 the first collection of the writer was published. He survived a lot of reissues. Only 30 plots the author borrowed, the rest belong to his own pen. Many subjects, in which the national color was shown, were translated into different European languages.

Fable is the teacher of life

The main characters of fables are animals that bear human qualities. Not only human actions performed by animals, but also the personification of human types, clearly expressed by the character to which the people attribute certain characteristic features, expresses the main idea of the work. "Do not be stubborn, like an ass, stupid, like a turkey, restless and light-minded, like a monkey," says the fable. This is an element of education, carried out through the image of the animal. This is the main characteristic feature of the fable. The school curriculum included works by IAKrylov, KD Ushinsky, LN Tolstoy, S. Mikhalkov and some other writers. Many expressions have become used as proverbs. "And Vaska listens, but eats", "I did not notice the Elephant", "And the chest just opened" - the most famous of them.

Fables for children have great educational value, because with the help of emotions and artistic expression, exert a strong influence on the child, they form high social and moral principles.

Fables for children. Learning role

From simple to more complex, from the easiest to the difficult, from the known to the unknown, she leads the child. These are the basic principles of didactics.

A fable is a treasure not only in terms of language work, but also in the upbringing in the child of morality, the ability to deeply comprehend the material read, the ability to make generalizations and conclusions, as well as the ability to transfer the content of the fable into real reality.