Urban fantasy

Folklore, Myths and Fantasy: A Case Study based on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series Abstract Fantasy is a genre of literature which gives flexibility and scope to the writers to explore their thoughts. Fantasy depends upon the imagination and creativity of the writer. We can define fantasy as a genre of literature that is far removed from reality, set in a world beyond our thinking such as house on moon or any other planet, a place in the middle of ocean etc. The characters of fantasy are often uncanny

Why is a Fantasy & Science Fiction Class Useful? In Michigan, the legislature has a history of questioning the purpose and value of university courses. For example, a University of Michigan course called “How to be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation,” was put under scrutiny in 2003, claiming it goes against “family values.” Michigan legislature is now questioning courses based on fantasy and science fiction, claiming it is not useful to sit around imagining and fantasizing about one thing or

Watership Down is a novel filled with many varieties of writing tropes and genres. However the main genre of the book is fantasy, due to its inspiration from mythology and folklore being a constant theme throughout the story. One theme of mythology noted consistently during the text is the character Fiver’s psychic abilities being used as foreshadowing of future events. At the beginning of the story Hazel mentions that his brother Fiver “can often tell when there’s anything bad about, and [he has]

of the most famous fantasy tales in history - The Hobbit, the first of J.R.R. Tolkien’s many works, and the introduction to the fantastic world known as Middle Earth. The Hobbit was a revolution of fantasy, and sparked an interest in fantasy not widely seen since the days of myths and legends. This spark -this revolution- brought forth not only its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, but also such famous works as Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s The Wheel of Time series. Fantasy is defined by its

create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay,” American author Lynda Barry said this. A fantasy film commonly involves a fantastical, imaginative, fairy tale based world with elements of magic, supernatural, escapism, or myth. Two films that showcase each aspect of the fantasy genre are: Guilermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth and Henry Selick’s Coraline. Pan’s Labyrinth and Coraline, share universal fantasy tropes such as the fantasy world that exist in both films. Fantasy films

High Fantasy is a genre filled with imagination where people dream of things that are only possible in the imaginary world, not in the real world. Most high fantasy genre novels have specific aspects such as the inclusion of a hero, an advisor, and a villain in a dreamland world that can attract the reader’s attention through the creation of an action scene. In addition, these types of characters often immerse the audience into the novel and develop the curiosity for the reader. In The Hobbit, J

The Romance Narrative is rife with traditional literary tropes. If you’ve read such tales as swashbuckling wandering knights facing magic dragons and other such impossible odds, then you have an idea of what this genre is about. The tradition dates back to the epic, and can be seen in early mythological tales such as the Illiad, or the Odyssey, and early English stories like Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or the Arthurian tales. They include adventure and fantastical elements; heroes

Throughout my childhood, and extending into my highschool reading career, I have enjoyed reading books that focus on complex issues that are omnipresent in our society, though reading about them through a fantasy setting is much more appealing and fascinating to me. One prominent example is the children’s fantasy book The Amber Spyglass, the third and final book in the “His Dark Materials” series written by Philip Pullman. This book analyzes in depth issues such as moral ambiguity, the pitfalls of power, and

Fantasy has no limits or boundaries making it unique and unpredictable. “The difficulty in finding material that is both new and true increases drastically”. C.S Lewis highlights fantasy’s ability to be unpredictable in The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland. Near the end of the novel Alice is about to be decapitated by the Queen of Hearts when she shouts out, “‘Who cares for you? . . . You’re nothing but a pack of cards!”. Fantasy’s ability to be unpredictable is a especially important because

forget to live”. Though this quote originally comes from a children’s book, the idea of fantasy being used to escape from a harsh reality is something found in numerous fictional works. The film Pan’s Labyrinth and the novel The Little Friend by Donna Tartt both incorporate the theme of escapism through fantasy as a method of coping with tragedy and show, through this theme, both the positive side of fantasy as well as the darker side. Both pieces share many similarities that are obvious from the