| Fabliaux were characterized by vivid detail and realistic observation and were usually comic, coarse, and often cynical, especially in their treatment of women. |
| The French dits and fabliaux teem with allusions to this custom. |
| In spite of the exaggeration, hyperbolism, and excessiveness, the fabliaux embody an authentic, deep sense of realism. |
| Literary history aside, these anti-establishment, anti-ecclesiastical fabliaux are pure, unadulterated fun. |
| Most are of fewer than 500 lines and involve a handful of characters acting out plots similar to those of the fabliaux. |
| Stories of witty cheats were an integral part of the European novella with its tradition of fabliaux. |
