Fairy Tale and Fantasy: From Archaic to Postmodern
2003; Wayne State University Press; Volume: 17; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/mat.2003.0014
ISSN1536-1802
Autores Tópico(s)Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
ResumoThe essay discusses the ontological, structural, and epistemological differences between fairy tales and fantasy literature, two genres often treated together in critical works. Using contemporary theories of the fantastic, it is argued that unlike fairy tales, with their origin in archaic thought, fantasy literature is firmly anchored in twentieth-century science and philosophy, especially the postmodern concepts of uncertainty, intersubjectivity, heterotopia, and heteroglossia. The characteristic features of postmodern fantasy literature are illustrated by the works of Diana Wynne Jones, Philip Pullman, Susan Cooper, and Russell Hoban.
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