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FANTASY AND FAIRY TALES

MYTH AND FOLKLORE IIDEPEW AND FONTANAROSA

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Fantasy And Fairy Tales

Fantasy: a literary work that contains highly unrealistic elements

Often contrasted and associated with

science fiction, in which the unrealistic

elements are given a scientific or

pseudo-science explanation

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COMMON ELEMENTS OF

FAIRY TALES

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Elements of Fairy Tales1. Take place in an unreal world-although may

be contained in a familiar setting

2. Have incredible or unreal characters: talking or magical beasts, monsters, witches, etc.

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Elements of Fantasy3. Involve magical or fantastic events

4. Repetition of actions, phrases, and chants

5. Number 3 is especially common

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Elements of Fairy Tales

6. Reflect some important aspect our world

7. Magic charms, disguises, spells, tricks

8. A lost or abandoned child

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Elements of Fairy Tales

9. Suitor searching for a bride

10. Royalty and castles

11. Often contain symbolism/metaphorical aspects

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Elements of Fairy Tales

12. Involve some sort of lesson or universal truth

13. Good and evil clearly identified

14. Problems overcome through bravery , cleverness, or other positive virtues

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COMMON FAIRY TALE THEMES

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Common Fantasy Themes/Motifs

1. Abandoned children

2. Deception and Reality

3. Good vs. evil

4. Loss and recovery

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Common Fantasy Themes/Motifs

5. Parents who fail to protect their

children

6. The Persecuted Heroine

7. Redemption and Forgiveness

8. The Quest for Revenge

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Common Fantasy Themes/Motifs9. Three wishes for saving/aiding a

magical/supernatural being

10. Supernatural beings who “know things” or perform magical tasks

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TYPES OF FANTASY

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TYPES OF FANTASY

Heroic FantasyWhat most people associate with fantasy

○ Typically a heroic character who embodies society’s ideals and values, may possess certain gifts or strengths

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TYPES OF FANTASY

Heroic Fantasy○Usually contains a good and evil

conflict

○Often closely follows the hero’s journey

Examples?

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TYPES OF FANTASY

TYPES OF FANTASYAdventure Fantasy

○ The focus is on adventure, although story contains some fantasy elements

Example: Tarzan, Indiana Jones

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TYPES OF FANTASY

TYPES OF FANTASY

Christian Fantasy

○ Often an Allegory that contains a

message of religious value

Ex. Chronicles of Narnia

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TYPES OF FANTASY Horror/Dark Fantasy

○ When fantasy crosses the line into

horror

Evil often triumphs

Stephen King “The Dark Tower” series

Terry Brooks “Running with the Demon”

“Coraline” by Neil Gaiman

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TYPES OF FANTASY Humorous Fantasy

○ When fantasy involves parody, satire,

and slapstick

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

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Fantasy And Fairy Tales Humorous Fantasy

Satire: a literary technique which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often intended to provoke or prevent change.

Parody: a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it Examples:

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Fantasy And Fairy TalesLegends○ Unverified popular stories handed down

over time about local heroes, events, places

May contain some elements of fact

Examples: King Arthur, Robin Hood

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TYPES OF FANTASYFable○ A brief story with animal characters told

to express a moral

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Fairy TalesA subgenre of folklore, along with

myths and legends

Faiere “the realm or state in which fairies have their being”

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Fairy TalesFeature stark conflicts between good

and evil, with magic and luck determining usually happy endings

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Fairy TalesUniversal human emotions appear

throughout fairy tales○ Love, hate, courage, kindness, cruelty

Elements of themes of fairy tales alive in plays, movies, and books for all ages

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Fairy TalesUsually feature 1-dimensional

Archetypal characters and settings such as peasants, witches, royalty, small villages, castles and dark forests○ They don’t always have a moral lesson

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsFive levels of basic needsHis theory contends that as humans

meet 'basic needs', they seek to satisfy successively 'higher needs' that occupy a set hierarchy

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Physiological needsBiological needs:○ Oxygen, food, water, warmth, etc.○ Strongest needs

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Safety NeedsNeed for security○ a properly-functioning society tends to

provide security to its members○ This level is more likely to be found in

children as they have a greater need to feel safe

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Needs of Love, Affection, and BelongingnessBoth giving and receiving love,

affection, and a sense of belonging

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Esteem Needstwo versions of esteem needs – ○ the need for the respect of and

recognition by others, ○ the need for self-respect

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Self-ActualizationSelf-actualization is the instinctual

need of a human to make the most of their unique abilities

purpose, personal growth and realization of potentials. ○ An artist must paint, a musician must

make music, etc. if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

○ What a man can be, he must be.