Short Story is a small continent of the Novel. The novel normally have
many characters but a short story has a few characters whose actions
centers arround a single event and would still enjoy a sense of
completeness. E.g. Ngugi's 'The Return' in his short story collection,
Secret Lives (1975).
Fable
It is a narrative which posses the twin attribute of straight and
surface meaning (denotation) and deeper and metaphorical meaning
(conotation). It points out moral truth in a civilized manner.
Characters in Fable are usually Animals which are meant to talk and
dialogue among themselves as if they were human beings. E.g. Animal
Farm by George Orwell (1945).
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