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Fantasy

Fantasy. Genre Study Emily Van Wagoner ENGL 2330/Kilpatrick. Research Questions. What makes Fantasy work? Who responds better, children or adults? What are some common themes we see while reading Fantasy Literature ?. Themes and Characteristics . Good Vs. Evil Magic Overcoming Adversity

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Fantasy

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  1. Fantasy Genre Study Emily Van Wagoner ENGL 2330/Kilpatrick

  2. Research Questions • What makes Fantasy work? • Who responds better, children or adults? • What are some common themes we see while reading Fantasy Literature?

  3. Themes and Characteristics • Good Vs. Evil • Magic • Overcoming Adversity • Importance of Family • Sacrifices • Transition through the stages of life • Responsibility • Becoming of Age • Growing up • Independence • The QUEST • Life Lessons • Losing family • Real and mythical creatures • Worlds different from ours

  4. “Fantasy appeals to fans ages 2-92, writing it just requires our understanding of different comprehension levels.” – Marnie Brooks • “Anything worth reading when you are 5 is worth reading when you’re 50.” – C.S. Lewis Who Responds better, children or Adults?

  5. Who responds better? Children Adults Prefer to live in the magical worlds created. Acts as an escape from the real world. Sometimes when you read a book as a child it seems more exciting, then by reading it as an adult. ,,,Narnia lost some of magical memories it held when reading it as a child. • Children will accept the story at face value and not question it as much as adults do. • The power of belief is stronger in children. • Fantasy can help children through the growing up transition and make it seem less scary.

  6. What makes Fantasy work?Why do we love it and respond so well to it? • Best selling author Terry Practchettsaid, “Fantasy IS escapism…” • Whether fantasy is set in our world or a secondhand world where magical creatures or people exist they share a constant theme: the exploration of human condition. • The common quest popularized by Tolkien readers can: • Exercise a sense of wonder • Explore a wondrous world • Battle evil • Restore justice • Take you to a world you have never seen before

  7. Why do we love it? • Australian author Margo Lanagan said, “…I can use the kinds of thoughts and ideas that are normally dismissed from practical human minds because they don’t knit with reality in anything more than a dream-logical, symbolical way.” • The fantasy genre gives writers the freedom to explore ideas unfettered by the restrictions of writing stories set in the real world.

  8. Ursula K. Le Guin • In 2004 Ursula K. Le Guin spoke at the Children’s Literature Breakfast "Fantasy is a literature particularly useful for embodying and examining the real difference between good and evil. In an America where our reality may seem degraded to posturing patriotism and self-righteous brutality, imaginative literature continues to question what heroism is, to examine the roots of power, and to offer moral alternatives. Imagination is the instrument of ethics. There are many metaphors beside battle, many choices besides war, and most ways of doing good do not, in fact, involve killing anybody. Fantasy is good at thinking about those other ways.”

  9. What makes Fantasy work? • “I can honestly say that I personally adore this image, I just get lost in it.”- Lev Grossman • Grossman is an author who wrote The Magicians and The Magician King, which were both New York Times bestsellers. He also writes about books and technology for Time magazine. Newest book in the process….

  10. Does EVERYONE have positives to say about Fantasy? • Art Markman • Ph. D • Professor of Psychology and Marketing at The University of Texas • Tell stories to Educated children • Study NO FANTASY

  11. GET LOST IN THE WORLD OF FANTASY TODAY!

  12. Works Cited Conan, N. (Performer) (2005). Children's lit in the modern world [Radio series episode]. In Talk of the Nation. Washington: Retrieved from NPR.org Rothfuss, Patrick. Interview by Mark PAWLYSZYN. "Fanlit Chats with the Reverend Patrick Rothfuss."The Kingkiller Chronicles . 13 Aug 2008. Aug . Web. 14 Nov 2013. Daniells, Rowena Cory. "Fantasy: Why is the genre so popular?." The Australian Literature Reveiw. WordPress.com, 17 Jun 2010. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. Grossman, Lev. "Post Haste." Lev Grossman. N.p., 29 Nov 2013. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. Markman, Art. "Fables May Fail to Help Children." Huffington Post. N.p., 06 Nov 2013. Web. 14 Nov 2013. Mork, Rachel. "12 Most Common Themes in Literature." Life 123. IAC Company. Web. 5 Dec 2013.

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