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La symbolique animale dans les Fables de Phèdre
In his from Aesop translated fables, Phaedrus shows animal figures which noticeably differ from those of his Greek model. If these changes can partially be due to the versifying of the Aesopian fables, they above all attest
Sara Cusset
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The British press played a significant role by influencing public debates following the publication of Mandeville’s The fable of the bees. Between 1714 and 1732, British newspapers published over three hundred reports on the Fable that circulated in the
Matteo Revolti
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Murdoch and Margaret : Learning a Moral Life
Reading the moral philosophy of Iris Murdoch alongside film enables us to see Murdoch's notions of practical moral good in action. For Murdoch, moral philosophy can be seen as “a more systematic and reflective extension of what ordinary moral agents are ...
Lucy Bolton
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Lapsley’s (1993) “New Look” model for the interpretation of adolescent egocentrism, as an alternative to the classic cognitive one formulated by Elkind (1967), was tested in this study.
Evangelia P. Galanaki +1 more
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Den obarocka fabeln – eller den barocka?
As a contribution to the discussion on the relevance of the baroque concept in Swedish literary history, the article conducts a case study by testing the concept on the history of a specific genre: the Aesopic fable.
Erik Zillén
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‘But Who Will Bell the Cat?’: Deschamps, Brinton, Langland, and the Hundred Years’ War [PDF]
This essay investigates the mutual use of the ‘belling the cat’ fable in Langland’s Prologue to Piers Plowman, in Thomas Brinton’s sermon from 1376, and in a cluster of poems about the Hundred Years War by Langland’s French contemporary, Eustache ...
Strakhov, Elizaveta
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According to UNESCO estimates, there are approximately one billion people in the world who can neither read nor write. One sixth of the world population has never seen a schoolbook.
Baldzuhn, Michael
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This article examines how Jonathan Safran Foer's novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, stages the links between fable and trauma, with the postulate that the former is capable of producing a salutary distortion of the latter.
Loïs Vioque
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"Med Flid opdigtet"? Om bruken av fabler i Avis for Børn (Kbh. 1779‒1782)
This essay is an investigation into the use of the fable genre in a Danish children’s magazine, Avis for Børn (Journal for the children), published in Copenhagen 1779‒1782 by the philanthropist and editor Emanuel Balling.
Harald Bache-Wiig
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„Though the bird had plenty of everything in its cage, it would be glad to be free” – comments on the manuscript about the kidnapping of a maiden, about slavery and freedom in animal fairy tales ---- The aim of presented article is to discuss the ...
Monika Szafrańska
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