A history of the use of Aesop’s fables as a school text from the classical era through the nineteenth century [thesis]

I. Introduction - 1 II. Fable in the Roman Period - 6 Organization ofRoman Schools; Goals; Fable Enters the Curriculum: Fable in the Ludus Litterarius; Fable in the Schola Grammatici; Fable in the Schola Rhetorici; Principles of the Fable Component; Fundamentals of Instruction III. Fable in the Early Medieval Period - 65 Introduction; Historical Background; Schools and Curriculum; Fable in the Medieval School; Structure and Content of the Latin Curriculum; The Fable Component in the Medieval Curriculum; Analysis of the Fable Component in the Curriculum; Fable and Instruction; Interpretation: Curriculum and the Fable Component; Interpretation: Instruction IV. Fable in the Late Medieval Period - 119 Introduction; Background; Curriculum, Old and New Aspects; Pupil Ages; Late Medieval-Early Humanist Instructional Practices; Interpretation: Fable Curriculum; Interpretation: Fable Instruction V. Fable in the Modern Era - 164 Introduction; Background; Fable in the Latin Curriculum; Fable and Instruction; Interpretation: Fable in the Curriculum; Interpretation; Fable Instruction VI. Summary and Conclusion - 201 Bibliography - 205