Genre and Animal Farm
In class, your group discussed what genre Animal Farm might be. Most of you came down on the side of fantasy, feeling that having talking animals in the novel made it a fantasy. Since that discussion, you have learned more about what George Orwell was trying to communicate about history, particularly that of the Russian Revolution.
On your four-page Animal Farm handout, please refer to page 2, "Glossary of Literary Terms", which discusses these genres: allegory, didactic literature, fable, fairy tale, parable, propaganda, and satire. Now, what genre would you say Animal Farm is? Does it fit in more than one genre? Can you make a case for still calling it a fantasy?
On your four-page Animal Farm handout, please refer to page 2, "Glossary of Literary Terms", which discusses these genres: allegory, didactic literature, fable, fairy tale, parable, propaganda, and satire. Now, what genre would you say Animal Farm is? Does it fit in more than one genre? Can you make a case for still calling it a fantasy?
I think that animal is realistic fiction because the whole book is really relating to the lack of freedom in Russia.
ReplyDeleteI think the book is realistic fiction because it relates to the russian revolution. I also think that it is fantasy because there are talking animals throughout the whole story. It's a little confusing.
ReplyDeleteI think that there isnt realy one genre for this book. This book is an allegory, witch meens that is symbolizes something. The whole book is a symbolic retelling of the Russion Revalution through animals on a farm.
ReplyDeleteI think that this book is realistic fiction because it's refering to what happened in Russia yet it's with animals so it couldn't happen like it does in animal farm.
ReplyDeleteI think Animal Farm would fall into the genre of historical fiction, because it relates to the whole story is based on the Russian Revolution, but each person is represented with talking animals.
ReplyDeleteI think that Animal Farm is realistic fiction too because the book is relating to the horrible thing that happened in Russia so the book really is just showing us that if we're not careful then this whole catastrophe could happen again
ReplyDeleteI think Animal Farm genre is historical-fantasy because it talks about the Russian Revolution and is fantasy because the animals can talk and they can rebel against humans.
ReplyDeleteI think that Animal Farm is Animal Fiction, because it has animals talking in the book but the book refers to humans.
ReplyDeleteAnimal Farm is the Russian Revolution in different words. Most animals take part as one of the people who took part or changed the war.
ReplyDeletewhy are u all saying that it is realistic or historical fiction?!? it may be an analogy for the russion revolution, but the book itself is not about the RR! it is for sure fantasy!
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