Aesop's Fables

Analysis of the Aesop's Fables

Objectives

This wiki aims at analyzing Aesop's Fable in order to refine a structural model of narrative for interactive storytelling.

Content

The 20 first Aesop's Fables (V.S. Vernon Jones English translation) have been analyzed.

Each fable is analyzed as a graph of interconnected nodes. The list of node types and relation types in the theoretical model are documented GOTSECS model.

Dramatic cycles are subparts of a graph that represent paradoxes, according to Bill Nichols approach. These cycles correspond to "conflicts". A dramatic cycle is coded as a pair of two paths, the positive path and the negative path.

Réferences

Fables

The Fox & the Grapes
The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
The Cat & the Mice
The Mischievous Dog
The Charcoal-Burner & the Fuller
The Mice in Council
The Bat & the Weasels
The Dog & the Sow
The Fox & the Crow
The Horse & the Groom
The Wolf & the Lamb
The Peacock & the Crane
The Cat & the Birds
The Spendthrift & the Swallow
The Old Woman & the Doctor
The Moon & Her Mother
Mercury & the Woodman
The Ass, the Fox & the Lion
The Lion & the Mouse
The Crow & the Pitcher