Utspelas ofta i en fantasivärld

• Utspelas ofta i en fantasivärld

• Kan också utspela sig i två världar som är förenade med varandra: en verklig värld och en fantasivärld

• Fantasivärlden kan t ex vara i en annan tid – ofta medeltid i ett land långt borta på en planet ett land under vatten

• Man kan ta sig till den magiska världen genom en port, t.ex. genom ett: klädskåp, en ring av stenar, vatten, en grotta, ett kaninhål, eller en spegel

• Den magiska världen befolkas av traditionella sagofigurer men de har inte samma roller.

• Magiska föremål, t.ex. ringar, stenar och svärd förekommer och de kan ofta tas med in i den verkliga världen.

• Tiden står ofta still när man är i den magiska världen.

• Det finns många karaktärer, både onda och goda.

• Vanligtvis brukar de onda försöka ta över världen i början av berättelsen, medan hjälten/huvudpersonen gör allt för att skydda den.

• Oftast vinner hjälten(som ofta är ett barn) till slut.

• Huvudpersonen, hjälten, har ett uppdrag, ofta något eller någon den söker efter.

• Det är vägen dit, hur hjälten löser detta, som är berättelsens handling.

• Man får följa hur utmaningar och prövningar blir lösta, och hur målet eller gåtans lösning kommer närmare.

• Både hjälten och hans fiender använder magi för att försvara sig och för att attackera andra.

• Kända författare:

• C. S Lewis

• J.R.R Tolkien

• J. K Rowling

• Lewis Carroll

• Lloyd Alexander

• Robert Jordan

• Ursula LeGuin

• Michael Ende

• Kända författare:

• Terry Pratchett

• David Eddings

• Philip Pullman

• Neil Gaiman

• Astrid Lindgren

• Niklas Krog

Joanne Kathleen Rowling

• "I am an extraordinarily lucky person,

doing what I love best in the world.

I'm sure that I will always be a writer.

It was wonderful enough just to be published. The

greatest reward is the enthusiasm of the readers.”

• J K Rowling was born in the summer of 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow.

• She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London King’s Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the

plotsfor each book and began writing the first novel.

• She married in October 1992 and gave birth to her daughter Jessica in 1993. When Rowlng got divorced she moved to Edinburgh.

• Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone was completed in 1996. The following summer the world was introduced to Harry Potter.


• Jo married Dr. Neil Murray in 2001, and a brother for Jessica, David, was born in 2003. A second sister, Mackenzie, followed in January 2005.

• Rowling has been awarded several times for her Harry Potter novels. In 1999 she was voted author of the year at the British Book Award.


The novels about Harry Potter

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter

• The seventh and final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published in the UK, US and other English speaking countries on 21st July 2007. The book is the fastest selling book in the UK and USA and sales have contributed to breaking the 375 million copies mark worldwide.

• The Harry Potter books are distributed in over 200 territories and are translated into 65 languages.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)

J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, poet and university professor.

He is best known as the author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

He was a close friend of C. S. Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia.

They were criticized for stealing ideas from each other’s books and also for their ”childish” books when they first were published.


At age four Tolkien with his mother and younger brother, settled down near Birmingham, England, after his father, a bank manager, died in South Africa.

He could read by the age of four, and could write fluently soon afterwards.

His mother allowed him to read many books. He liked reading Fantasy books and Fairy tales.

He got married in 1916 and had four children.

He started writing about the myths and legends of Middle-earth, which became The Silmarillion.


Around 1933, Tolkien first began telling his children of a funny little creature named Bilbo. Tolkien got the idea for The Hobbit from these stories, and in 1936, he completed the book. In 1945, Tolkien became Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford.

He completed the sequel (fortsättningen) to The Hobbit in 1948. The first two parts were published in 1954, under the titles The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. A year later, the third part, The Return of the King was published.


The lands of Middle-earth are populated by Men (humans) and other humanoid races (Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs), as well as many other creatures, both real and fantastic (Ents, Balrogs…)

The story is about the struggle between good and evil.

The story's main antagonist is The Dark Lord Sauron, who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power and to rule all of Middle-earth. Saruman is the evil leader of Middle Earth.

In the three books/films you can follow the young hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and a Fellowship try to destroy the One ring and The Dark Lord Sauron.

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963)

C. S Lewis was a northern Irish author and literay critic, among other things.

He prefered to be called Jack Lewis.

He was a close friend of J. R. R Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings.

To us he is best known as the author of the fantasy works about Narnia.

Narnia, is a place where animals talk, magic is common, and good battles evil.


His friends, his publisher and J.R.R. Tolkien in particular, criticized Lewis's first Narnia book, ”The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”.

Thankfully, Lewis didn't listen to any of them and it was published in 1950.

He wrote six more books about Narnia until 1956.

In ”The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe” Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy find their way through an old wardrobe into the world of Narnia.

There, they helped Aslan, the Lion, to fight the White Witch and save Narnia from Darkness.


The Narnia books have since sold more than 100 million copies and are among the most beloved books of classic children's literature.

In December 2005 the first film about Narnia was released and it was a success. It won many rewards. There are also older films which have been sent on TV .

Prins Caspian, the sequel, was released in 2008.

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