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The specificity of the way-road motif implementation in domestic urban fantasy
Philological Sciences Scientific Essays of Higher Education, 2023The article analyzes the implementation’s variations of the fairy-tale motif the way-road in modern domestic fantasy on the example of its urban variety, which is characterized by the obligatory presence of dual world principle (the world of reality ...
E. A. Safron
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Plot-building motifs in turkish urban fantasy (as exemplified by Sadik Yemni's novel, Solvent)
Vostok. Afro-aziatskie obshchestva: istoriia i sovremennost, 2022The paper looks at Solvent (2003), a novel by the prominent modern science fiction author Sadik Yemni, to study the predominant motifs of Turkish urban fantasy.
M. M. Repenkova
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Young Adult Appeal and Thematic Similarity in Urban Fantasy
The New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 2016R. Krul
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This paper examines how representations of everyday life in urban fantasy, insofar as they lie outside the utopian and the dystopian, reflect real anxieties, but also desires and needs, related to urban development and life in cities. Fantasy excellently
Džana Mehmedović
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This paper examines how representations of everyday life in urban fantasy, insofar as they lie outside the utopian and the dystopian, reflect real anxieties, but also desires and needs, related to urban development and life in cities. Fantasy excellently
Džana Mehmedović
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Children’s Folklore (Scary Stories) in Lena Obukhova’s Urban Fantasy
Humanitarian VectorThe relevance of the study is that children’s folklore (“horror stories”) is actively being introduced into literature – both in children’s, and in the more “adult” fantasy genre, and in other texts by modern writers.
E. Kulikova
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THE CITY TOPOS AS A SUBJECT IN THE GENRE OF URBAN FANTASY
Bulletin of Toraighyrov University Philology seriesThis article is devoted to the study of the urban fantasy genre, in which the city acts not merely as a backdrop but as an active subject of the narrative, influencing the plot and character development.
C. K. Baran +3 more
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African urban fantasies: dreams or nightmares?
Environment and Urbanization, 2013Labelled as the “last frontier” for international property development, sub-Saharan Africa’s larger cities are currently being revisioned in the image of cities such as Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore, which claim top positions in the world-class city leagues.
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Governance Challenges in African Urban Fantasies
2020Satellite settlements are recently booming around major African cities, often as comprehensively planned and self-contained new towns. These large-scale projects are influenced by the visions of global, smart, and sustainable cities, and are funded largely through international real estate investments aimed at the middle- and upper-income markets.
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2018
This chapter examines the origins of the post-war Plans as a means to interrogate a number of historical stereotypes about Britain after the Second World War. In 1945 Hull and Manchester, in common with many other British towns and cities, produced comprehensive, detailed redevelopment plans.
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This chapter examines the origins of the post-war Plans as a means to interrogate a number of historical stereotypes about Britain after the Second World War. In 1945 Hull and Manchester, in common with many other British towns and cities, produced comprehensive, detailed redevelopment plans.
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