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The use of components and elements horror fantasy in the novel Madina al-Mauta [PDF]

نقد ادب معاصر عربی
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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Re‐evaluating the Rise of Anglophone Malaysian Historical Fiction in the Twenty‐First Century

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, anglophone Malaysian historical fiction has gained significant global recognition, so much so that it has become the dominant genre. However, notwithstanding this enviable evolution in the country's English‐language literature, it is not without issues, due to the genre's somewhat orientalist representation of ...
Andrew Hock Soon Ng
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Encountering the Impossible: The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema

, 2021
The first academic explanation for how spectators use their imaginations as part of the experience and appreciation of popular fantasy filmmaking.Hollywood fantasy cinema is responsible for some of the most lucrative franchises produced over the past two
Sergeant, A.
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Cultural Diversity in Who Fears Death: Teaching Representation through Fantasy Literature in the Intercultural Classroom [PDF]

Intersections, 2018
In the following discussion, the focus will be on how one can use fantasy literature to talk about representation, norms, and cultures to help students get intercultural knowledge through discussions on stereotypes and intersectionality.
Elin Isvind
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Linguo-Creativity in the Communicative Space of Fantasy Genre

Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2019
The complex structural-semantic and functional analysis is performed by the linguocreative activity of J.R.R. Martin in the communicative space of the fantasy genre. The research material is the toponyms selected from the saga of J.R.R.
Elena V. Murugova, Alena O. Pustovetova
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DEVELOPMENT OF FANTASY GENRE IN 20TH CENTURY

, 2023
Internal confusion, spiritual hopelessness, and anxious searches - these moods were characteristic of European culture in the period between the two world wars. Europe is anxiously awaiting a radical and significant change; it is looking for new ground on which to begin creative work. Escape from reality, the desire to return to the origins, the appeal
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Introduction: Charting the Evolution of English and Anglophone Writing in Asia

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This introductory article explores the history of the English language and literatures in the Asian ‘Outer Circle’ countries, or English in its ‘second diaspora’, focusing primarily on literature from its beginnings to the present. Due to space limitations, the scope is further narrowed to poetry and the novel – the two genres that, arguably ...
Mohammad A. Quayum
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POPULARIZING EPIC NARRATIVE IN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S A GAME OF THRONES

Humaniora, 2012
This research is intended to show the sustainability of epic in latest years of human history through the most phenomenal fantasy in American literature, A Game of Thrones.
Ida Rochani Adi
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Apocalyptic Visions and Ecofeminist Narratives in Three Southeast Asian Women's Fiction

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apocalypse that describes ‘end‐of‐world’ scenarios have been especially prolific in the past few decades since the climate crisis has prophesied the imminent destruction of natural and human habitats. Apocalyptic literatures present insights into the various problems that beset humanity currently and extrapolate the inevitable consequences ...
Chitra Sankaran
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METAPHORISATION AS THE TYPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF «FANTASY» GENRE WORKS

Гуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021
The article deals with individual metaphors in works of S. Lukyanenko «Dnevnoy Dozor» and «Nochnoy Dozor» which serve as typological characteristics that allow to describe the «fantasy» genre.
E. A. Lugovaya
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