Sentence examples for a didactic fable from inspiring English sources
Mr. Singleton's work is a didactic fable with a precisely honed sociological thesis that African-American men are systematically prevented from assuming adult responsibilities by their mothers, who insist on smothering them with affection.
Kirk Jones's well-meaning comedy, Nanny McPhee, is a didactic fable adapted by Emma Thompson from a series of children's stories by Christianna Brand, a writer better known for her detective novels.
Creangă's contribution to literature also covers a series of didactic fables written as lively dialogues, among them "The Needle and the Sledge Hammer", in which the objects of traditional metalworking scold the byproducts of their work for having forgotten their lowly origin.
Many fabliaux carry mock morals, inviting comparison with the didactic fables.
Anything worked, from didactic fables to absurdist novels (my favourite part in Saltykov-Schehdrin's Tale of a Town features a mayor who has a hurdy gurdy for a brain).
The fable has a didactic and accusatory tone, and some people were both shocked and excited by the heartlessness of it, which they interpreted as an attack on American insensitivity.
Alfonso's nephew, Don Juan Manuel (died 1348), authored many works, including El Conde Lucanor; o, el libro de Patronio (1328-35; "Count Lucanor; or, The Book of Patronius", a collection of fables and folk tales with a didactic intent) and the Libro de los estados (a treatise on social classes).
This wasn't a didactic exercise.
Made up of Indian-style Aesop's fables, religious parables and biographies of historical figures, they taught him about the great, and lesser-known, stories of India in a didactic format meant for young audiences.
She also has a didactic streak.
