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Meeting between Species. Nonhuman Creatures from Folklore as Characters of Fantasy Literature
Traditiones, 2011 Many folklore creatures live new lives in fantasy literature. In this article, I will discuss two Finnish fantasy books, Else Lassila’s Hyväntuulenlaakso and Johanna Sinisalo’s Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi.
Merja Leppälahti
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Transformation of Arthurian theme in fantasy literature
, 2022 This diploma thesis attempts to map the transformation of the Arthurian myth in selected works of fantasy literature. The trilogy of Merlin the magician by Mary Stewart, followed by the novel The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and finally ...
HŘEBEJKOVÁ, Aneta
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Characteristics of the Fantasy Genre in Modern English Literature [PDF]
, 2022 Today, many educators and parents complain that we, modern teenagers, do not read fiction, replacing this fascinating process with reading fashionable youth magazines.
Ikhtiyorovna, Karimova Guzal
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha +4 more
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Speculative Mimesis in Fantasy Literature
With perceptions of reality in the 21st-century increasingly seen as pluralistic and a matter of interpretation, this open access book identifies fantasy literature as a uniquely and highly effective form of storytelling for engaging with our ...
Kraatila, Elise
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette +5 more
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Bricks, knots, and bodies: Material encounters and the affective making of masculinity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines how creative research methods do not just capture boys' experiences of masculinity, but actively materialise them. Drawing on two arts‐based activities used in school‐based fieldwork (a mannequin‐based exercise with one participant and a Lego‐building workshop with a small peer group), the paper analyses how materials ...
Huw Berry‐Downs
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European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020 Abstract Divergent thinking (DT) is an important constituent of creativity that captures aspects of fluency and originality. The literature lacks multivariate studies that report relationships between DT and its aspects with relevant covariates, such as cognitive abilities, personality traits (e.g. openness), and insight. In two multivariate studies (N
S. Weiss +6 more
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Tópicos de la fantasía épica en la literatura infantil y juvenil. Un recorrido por la construcción narrativa de Mago por casualidad de Laura Gallego /Topics of epic fantasy in children’s and youth literature. The narrative construction of the book Mago por casualidad by Laura Gallego [PDF]
Tejuelo: Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura, 2015 : The aim of this article is to approach from an educational scope the intricate world of fantasy and the imagination which form part in the production of contemporary literature.
Mari Cruz Palomares Marín +1 more
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The folklore and mythological basis of the women’s quest in the Russian-language fantasy novel: To the statement of the problem [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Филология, ЖурналистикаIn the history of culture and literature, women have always played an important role. Numerous myths, folklore and literary works show the importance of female characters in the content, functional and artistic solution of various problems.
zolotova, tatiana Аркадьевна +1 more
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