Rereading Pessimistic Tales: Aesop’s Fable : Juraeva Aziza Rakhmatovna
Juraeva Aziza Rakhmatovna
Book title : Aesop's Fables
Author : Aesop
Publisher : Boston U.S.A
Year of publication : 21 May.2015
Pages : 23
About Aesop’s Fables.
Aesop (6th century BCE) was a Greek fabulist. In manuscripts dating from the 10th to the 15th centuries CE, more than 300 of his fables have been preserved.
Aesop’s fables are ideologically marked by a spirit of pessimism and despondency. Their characters (mainly animals) are highly conventionalized, and the events are narrated concisely. The language is simple and close to everyday speech. The plots of Aesop’s fables formed the foundation of the European fable tradition..
Aesop’s each fable is a unique world of its own. For example, if we take the fable “The Fisherman and the Little Fish,” it is quite short in length, yet its meaning, plot, composition, conflict, and characters create a distinctive harmony. Only the fisherman and the little fish take part in the fable, but its ideological style and specific features make the message clear and easy for the reader to understand. Aesop has many such fables. In addition, each fable includes a concluding moral, which ensures that they are equally understandable to everyone.
As we read Aesop’s fables, we inevitably recall Gulkhani’s work Zarbulmasal. It is impossible not to compare them, because the connection between them forms a kind of “bridge” between literatures. In both works, allegory serves as the central element.
Therefore, studying them together directly and indirectly shapes the future development of the fable genre.
The simple and unique works created by Aesop about three thousand years ago, revealing the truths of life, have not lost their relevance even in our time. They still serve as some of the most valuable and instructive lessons for humanity.
(Juraeva Aziza Rakhmatovna was born on March 26, 2000, in Uzbekistan. She graduated from Kokand University in 2023 with a degree in Primary Education.)
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