The prose form of Aesop's fable is "Fox and Grapes." Aesop, Freud, Krylov

What does Relate to Socrates and Aesop? Some researchers doubt that such people were in the world. Unfortunately, neither the works of Socrates nor Aesop left authoring works. Their writings have reached us in a retelling of other people. But nevertheless, both of them had a significant impact on our culture. However, the first anthropologist, poisoned by the poison of Cikuta, we will leave aside and talk about the fabulist and his heirs: IA Krylov and Z. Freud.

Aesop

Ancient Greek poet composed fables in prose. The product, which is considered in this article, is not an exception. The form of Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Grapes" is prosaic.

Let's recall the plot. The fox was hungry and suddenly saw a ripe bunch of grapes, and when she could not grab it, she told herself that there was nothing to regret, for "the grapes are green" (IA Krylov). The fable of Aesop occupies a little more space than our paraphrase, and it is written, of course, in a more remarkable language.

Each fable of the ancient Greek contains a certain very precise observation about people and human nature in general, packed into a capacious formulation. What did Aesop ("Grapes and fox") want to tell us? The moral of the work is this: if people do not achieve success in a life in some business, they sin on the circumstances, but leave their own person without proper attention.

What is Aesopian Language?

The ancient Greek is so remembered by all mankind that it lives in its collective memory to this day. And the full responsibility for this is not so much the form of Aesop's fable "Fox and Grapes", but its content. Although, probably, the form and content of the essay should equally share the laurels for the immortal fame of the fabulist.

However, let's talk about the specifics of the "Aesopian language". In the ordinary sense, this stable expression means allegory. However, not every such wording can be considered worthy of the name of the ancient fabulist. Only one is valued, which can shine with enormous semantic content on a small amount of printed or oral communication.

IA Krylov

Among the numerous Aesop fans, there was also a remarkable Russian author IA Krylov. He became acquainted with the ancient Greek when reading the Frenchman - Lafontaine. IA Krylov liked the plot so much that he decided to compose his version of what he had read. It seems that Ivan Andreevich, as well as modern man, admired the form of Aesop's fable "Fox and Grapes," but nevertheless he decided to set forth the same plot in verse. In this case it was not just a banal retelling. In the version of Krylov, the fox has a character, a picture looms, the scene revives in the imagination, acquiring volume.

Z. Freud

For the father of psychoanalysis, not the form of Aesop's fable "Fox and Grapes" was important, but its meaning: a person inclined to absolve himself of responsibility and blame everything for circumstances. In general, Freud owes much to his ability to sensitively read the meanings of the ancient heritage, projecting them onto modern reality. That is why, probably, in his psychological theory there are so many Greek roots ("Oedipus King" by Sophocles, for example).

What does Aesop teach us in his works? "Fox and Grapes" is a fable that can be used as an illustration of one of the psychological defense mechanisms discovered by Freud, namely rationalization: we justify ourselves in such a way that our self-esteem does not suffer at the same time. Of course, we do it completely unconsciously.

A person can not afford to buy a thing, for example, an expensive coat, and begins to convince himself that this kind of clothing has many shortcomings or it has cheaper analogs, and in general, "it did not really hurt at all". It's familiar, right? This is what Aesop wanted to show us. "Fox and Grapes" - a fable, which became popular and immortal.