2-IT03Satire, Tale, Allegory – Fable & Parable.

SATIRE

Satire Definition

• Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony exaggeration or ridicule.

• Usually, a satire is a comical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or a society to expose its stupidity and shortcomings.

• A writer in a satire uses fictional characters, which stand for real people

• The writer hopes that those he criticizes will improve their characters by overcoming their weaknesses.

TALE

A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively

recounted.

synonyms: story, narrative, anecdote, report, account, history, legend, fable, myth, parable, allegory, saga.

Tale Definition

• A series of events or facts told or presented.• A story about imaginary events : an exciting or

dramatic story.

• A story about someone's actual experiences.• A report of a private or confidential matter * dead

men tell.

• Something told.• A piece of harmful gossip.

Tale Types & Examples

Fairy Tale• A Fairy Tale is a

type of short story that typically features folkloric fantasy characters, such as dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, mermaids, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.

Tall Tale

• Tall Tales are stories that use exaggeration and have characters with super-human abilities.

• A problem that is solved in a funny way.

Folk Tale.

• A tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk. Any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.

ALLEGORY

Allegory is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures

and events.

It can be employed in prose and poetry to tell a story with a purpose of teaching an idea and a principle or

explaining an idea or a principle. The objective of its use is to preach some kind of a moral lesson

Similarities• A succinct story• In prose or verse

• Has a moral lesson at the end

Parable• A usually short fictitious story

that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle

• Generally feature human characters

Fable• A legendary story of supernatural

happenings• Falsehood, lie• A narration intended to enforce a

useful truth• especially: one in which animals

speak and act like human beings

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