what is the difference between a novel and a fable?

Answer 1

A novel is usually a fictitious story with no real point...a fable is a also a fictitious story however, there is a hidden moral or lesson to be learned from it...like the tortoise and the hair and the like

Answer 2

Fable Novels

Answer 3

Fable

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For other uses of the term or its plural, see Fable (disambiguation).
In its strict sense a fable is a short story or folk tale embodying a moral, which may be expressed explicitly at the end as a maxim. "Fable" comes from Latin fabula (meaning 'conversation', 'narrative', 'tale') and shares a root with faber, "maker, artificer." Thus, though a fable may be conversational in tone, the understanding from the outset is that it is an invention, a fiction. A fable may be set in verse, though it is usually prose. In its pejorative sense, a fable is a deliberately invented or falsified account.

A fable often, but not necessarily, makes metaphorical use of an animal as its central character. Medieval French fabliaux might feature Reynard the fox, a trickster figure, and offer a subtext that was mildly subversive of the feudal order of society. A familiar theme in Slavic fables is an encounter between a wily peasant and the Devil. But the device of personification may be extended to anything inanimate, such as trees, flowers, stones, streams and winds.

In some usage, "fable" has been extended to include stories with mythical or legendary elements. The word "fabulous" strictly means "pertaining to fables," although in recent decades its metaphorical meanings have been taken to be literal meanings, i.e. "legendary," "mythical," "exaggerated," "incredible." An author of fables is called a fabulist.


Novel

A nouvelle (from French nouvelle Italian "novella", "new") is an extended fictional narrative in prose. Until the eighteenth century, the word referred specifically to short fictions of love and intrigue as opposed to romances, which were epic-length works about love and adventure. Since its appearance, the novel has become one of the major literary genres, and today it is the object of discussions demanding artistic merit, a specific literary style and a deeper meaning than a true story of the same content could claim to have. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel

Answer 4

A fable is like a folk tale or something and a novel is usually fiction, and it most often is about different subject matter than a fable would be. Fables are shorter... A fable has a moral, and a novel doesn't (normally, or it's not as obvious). i guess a novel can be a fable but a fable can't be a novel. get it?

Answer 5

listen to Arthur Q. he knows what he is talking about