Arnold Lobel's Fables and Traditional Fable Features
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One of the most noticeable aspects of the modem study of folklore is its lack of clear and precise genre boundaries and definitions. It is not altogether certain that these are the necessity that some would have us believe. After all, a great deal of folkloristics is being done today in haughty disregard of this lack. Still, most of us agree that some such boundary markers would be a help. In no case—save perhaps that of "emerging legends"—is this lack more clearly demonstrated than in the fable and in the various forms that members of fable sets take. Arnold Lobel's fables present a specific case in point. This small collection of fables is clearly a literary collection, yet it owes much to traditional materials. This article will approach the traditional aspects of Lobel's Fables as an investigation into the nature of the intertextual relationships of highly personal literary creation and folklore.
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