Essays on Fantasy

Over the years, there have been many arguments about whether Avatar is science fiction or fantasy. My first reaction would be that Avatar is both science fiction and fantasy. The movie opens with pure science fiction, with humans space travelling many years to another planet to mine the very unusual and valuable ore called Unobtainium...

Introduction A great way to explore a popular culture is through fantasy literature because the nature of imagination ‘the real world[footnoteRef:1]” that works around issues that are mostly limited to race. But, this does not mean that the imaginary world and the reality are not relatet. Those two concepts are just separated by a long...

According to Kotarba (2003:5) genre can be defined as grouping books with similar content. A genre provides learners and teachers with a range of books with ease. Fantasy is an imaginative story with unusual characters and settings. Generally, fantasy involves characters with supernatural powers in an impossible world, and the events in the story are...

Everybody likes to escape from the real world. Some find it difficult while others live in their imagination. This imaginative dreamworld lifestyle is best escaped to within the fantasy genre. Another description of fantasy, is any work that contains magic or unrealistic settings, normally set in an alternate universe, or involving mythical creatures and supernatural...