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Worlds at Play: Space and Player Experience in Fantasy Computer Games
The relationship between the fantasy genre and the medium of computer games has always been a very tight-knit one. The present article explores the close connection between fantasy and computer games through different media, arguing that the fantasy ...
Toft-Nielsen Claus
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Notes Towards Gritty Fantasy Medievalism, Temporality, and Worldbuilding
This article discusses gritty fantasy, a fantasy subgenre, which was established in the early 2000s and has since gained a lot of traction. In previous research, gritty fantasy has often been understood as a deconstructive form of fantasy that draws on ...
Anna Bark Persson
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Literatura Niewidocznego — wizje i rewizje urban fantasy
A discussion Literature of the Unseen—Visions and (Re)visions of Urban Fantasy collects theoretical reflections upon the subgenres of urban fantasy and paranormal romance, along with a brief commentary on the body of text representative for both ...
Stefan Ekman +4 more
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The use of components and elements horror fantasy in the novel Madina al-Mauta [PDF]
The use of components and ways of creating horror fantasy in the novel Madina al-MawtaExtended AbstractIntroduction: Fantasy in literature is a literary work that is freed from the limitations of the present world and depends on an imaginary world.
Fatemeh Dehghan pour, maryam jalilian
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Fantasy w Polsce i problem wykluczenia [PDF]
Fantasy jest obecnie jednym z najpopularniejszych gatunków literackich. W artykule przeanalizowano wykluczenia występujące wokół tego nurtu. Refleksja ta dotyczy płaszczyzny akademickiej (pomijanie fantasy w naukowym dyskursie), autorskiej (wykluczanie ...
Sebastian Tauer
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How to define fantasy - fantastic and other theories of fantasy
The aim of this paper is to define fantasy through juxtaposing, comparing and sorting existing definitions. Taking into consideration elements of fantasy, such as ambiguity and insecurity, a crack in everyday life and the anxiety of the indefinable, the ...
Małgorzata Niziołek
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This article is an attempt to discuss the issue of Primary World fantasy, fantasy set in the world we can identify as ours, which has so far been mostly absent in academic discourse. At the same time another type of fantasy, Secondary World fantasy, has
Rafał Dąbrowski
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La fantasy dystopique : aux limites de l’antagonisme [PDF]
Résumé : La fantasy, en tant que genre littéraire, représente un champ d’investigation propice en matière d’imaginaire, de mythe et de religieux. Ainsi, cet article a pour tâche de concevoir en quoi ces matières deviennent des éléments effervescents dans
Dounia DJEROU
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Connecting the Literature of Children and Adult: Socio-Political Commentary in Fantasy Tales like The Little Prince and Animal Farm [PDF]
Genres of fantasy tales, inclusive of allegories, animal fables and fairy tales can provide cutting insight and clarity about the complexities of society and the intricacies of human nature.
Dr. Paromita Mukherjee
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The Role of Literary Artists in Environmental Movements: Minamata Disease and Michiko Ishimure
By offering new fantasies, perspectives and representations, artists have the power to make people aware of social issues and inspire them to action. This paper describes how artists can offer a vision of environmental resistance by employing fantasy and
Orika Komatsubara
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