1, Jean Delafontaine
Jean de La Fontaine's Challenge (162 1 July 8th-1695 April 13) is one of the representative writers of French classical literature and also an allegorical poet.
His works were sorted into La Fontaine's Fables by later generations, and they are called three fables in the world together with Aesop's Fables by the famous ancient Greek fable poet Aesop and krylov's Fables by the famous Russian writer krylov. His main works include fable poems, story poems and the love between Puxuhe and Kubid.
He was praised as "Homer of France" by famous French literary critic Tanner in the19th century. Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris and The Life of Mo Bosang both mentioned that he was a famous poet among French classical writers.
2. Aesop
Aesop (about 620 BC-560 BC), a famous philosopher and writer in ancient Greece, is called the four fables in the world together with krylov, La Fontaine and Lessing.
He may be Ethiopian, and later he was a slave of the Yademon family in Samos Island, and was resold many times. However, due to his profound knowledge and wisdom, he was finally free.
Aesop traveled around the world and told people his philosophical fables. He was later killed by the Delphi people.
By the end of the 5th century BC, the name Aesop was well known to the ancient Greeks. All the ancient Greek fables at that time belonged to him, and his fables were deeply loved by the ancient Greek people.
The existing Aesop's Fables, formerly known as Esop's Fables, is a collection of poems or essays collected by later generations according to the fables collected by Byzantine monk Planudus. As well as the ancient Greek fables and ancient Roman fables that people have discovered one after another, are all under Aesop's name.
3. krylov
Krylov (1769 February 13- 1844 65438+ October 2 1) died at the age of 75. He comes from Russia and is a world-famous fable writer. His full name is Ivan andreyevich krylov. Representative works include: Gun and Sail, Eagle and Chicken, Favored Elephant, etc.
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Fable works of three fables:
1, La Fontaine fable
The Fables of La Fontaine are mostly based on the fables of ancient Greece, Rome and India, as well as the folk stories of the Middle Ages and17th century. It has successfully shaped the typical images of nobles, priests, judges, businessmen, doctors and farmers, involving all walks of life and profoundly describing all kinds of human beings. Therefore, it is a mirror that vividly reflects French social life in the17th century.
A French writer once made such a beautiful metaphor: "La Fontaine's fable is like a basket of cherries. If we want the most beautiful, the basket will be empty. "
2. Aesop's fables
Aesop's Fables is said to be a collection of fables written by Aesop, an ancient Greek slave who was released in the 6th century BC. There are 357 stories about India, Arabia and Christianity.
There are more than 30 fables in Aesop's Fables, most of which are related to animals. The stories told in the book are short and pithy, and the images portrayed are vivid and vivid. Every story contains philosophy, or exposes and criticizes social contradictions, or expresses understanding of life, or summarizes daily life experience.
This collection of fables shows the social relations at that time by describing the relations between animals, mainly the unequal relations between the oppressor and the oppressed. Fable writers condemned the oppression of people by society at that time and called on the bullied people to unite to fight against the wicked. ?
Aesop's Fables had a great influence on the creation of later European fables. It is not only a model of western fable literature, but also one of the most widely circulated classic works in the world.
3. krylov's fable
This book collects 203 fables written by krylov in his life. These fables mainly reflect three categories: exposing the tsar, reflecting exploitation and reflecting phenomena.
These fables are extremely popular and realistic, including all his life wisdom and practical experience passed down from generation to generation from his parents.
His fables are all written in poetic style, with beautiful language and profound meaning. They often use the images of animals and plants to reflect a wide range of social life, portray the complex personalities of various people in society and express their democratic ideas, which has special appeal.
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