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Making mention of Aesop: Henryson's fable of the two mice.

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From: Yearbook of English Studies
Date: 20060101
Author:Rudd, Gillian

ABSTRACT

Translation occurs not only between languages, but also between states and species. Animal fables are sites of this kind of translation as they amalgamate human and animal worlds, shifting their characters between animal and human identities in ways designed to make the reader reflect upon human quirks and morals. Henryson's rendition of the fable of the town mouse and the country mouse demonstrates the variety of translation available to an expert fabulist, but his dexterity with the form leaves him with a problem to resolve as he must return to the strictly human ...

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