Fable and Fabliau
In urban literature, fables and fabliaux were also popular. Fable is a short tale or prolonged
personification with animal characters intended to convey a moral truth; it’s a myth, a fiction, a falsehood. It’s a
short story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents. Fabliaux are funny metrical short stories
about cunning humbugs and the unfaithful wives of rich merchants. These tales were popular in medieval
France. These stories were told in the dialects of Middle English. They were usually comic, frankly coarse and
often cynical. The urban literature did not idealize characters as the romances did. The fabliaux show a practical
attitude to life.
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