DarkAngelBGE Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Hey is there anybody of you aware of a fable moderne that plays in Paris somehow and a prison belongs to its plot?I will write my French exam on Friday and my teacher told us that we will get something like that. So I might as well read it beforehand. Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufinwe Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 nope ... do you know the Author's name of somethings that could give me a hint? fable moderne ... Paris ... prison ... no, that does not ring a bell ... I am really sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 nope, no idea, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 Well, how about Les Miserables? Not quite modern, but definately has prisons and definately has France! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 Tim told me he had to compare it to the Fables de Lafontaine...dunno if "Les misérables de Victor Hugo" can be compared to that... plus, it's not "une fable". (someone care to give me the translation of "fable" in english ? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufinwe Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 (The word fable exists in English, but I do not know if it has the same meaning as in French ...*checks his dictionary*......yes, it is the same ...as modern, did she/he mean written in the 20th century?if so, I really cannot think of anything ... otherwise, I thought of Peau de Chagrin by Balzac, which is definitely a fable ...Modern writers have stopped writing fables as such, with non-human characters, like De La Fontaine ... they set up their scene into reality ... Ah, I am thinking of a 20th century writer who wrote fables ... Dino Buzatti (Italian, but wrote in French) ... he wrote le K, a compilation of short-stories, many of which are fables.Apart from that, I am afraid you will have to rely upon yourself And whatever happens, post the test in here on Friday evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 thx Curu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 I thought he meant "story" by fable, because fable really seems to connotate a fairy tale in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av_nefardec Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Not quite, fables are stories that are written with the intent of communicating a moral message.Some fairy tales are fables, but not all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 I know that's not the exact definition, but they do seem strongly linked in how I've heard the word used. And, all fairy tales (real fairy tales... not Shrek) have some sort of moral as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 In French, "fable" is closely linked to "fabulation". This is the main part. Fables aren't only stories to pass a moral message. All sorts of story can do such. What's different in the "fable" is that the story, even somewhat logic, isn't possible. In a "fable", you "fabulate", you imagine some non-sensical things in order to pass your message. Those non-sensical things are there to ease the understanding of the meaning of your "fable". Hence, with Lafontainre, we have "La Cigale et la Fourmi", for a procratinator and a daily worker, or "Le Lièvre et la Tortue", for two people, one that goes fast, but only when you reach the end, and one that goes slow, but steadily follows the way each second...But, you'll never see such story, hence, "Fable".[Fairy Tales = Contes de Fées, fantastic stories] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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