EDU 298 Lecture 6: Children's Literature Notes 3-27
20 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Hannah Cheyney
Children’s Lit
In Class Notes
March 27, 2017
Fantasy
Fiction genre
Often have wizards, dragons, uniforms, elves
Fantasy: Imaginary, make-believe, pretend
Differs from other fiction because contains unreal things that could never be real, break
rules of what we know
Might be set in completely made up world
Can still make connections to our own lives
Many people use it as an escape
Often set in the future and involve technology
Fairy tales: short (sometimes shorter version of fantasy piece)
oLack specificity (of characters & settings)
Realistic settings: primary worlds, fantasy settings: secondary worlds
Usually some kind of opening or portal between worlds
oExp: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe wardrobe
oExp: Peter Pan magical flight
Types
1 Begin & end in fantasy world
a. Exp: The Hobbit
2 Story starts in real world, moves to fantasy
a. Exp: Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland
3 Set up in real world with elements of magic intruding
a. Exp: Mary Poppins
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Document Summary
Differs from other fiction because contains unreal things that could never be real, break rules of what we know. Might be set in completely made up world. Can still make connections to our own lives. Many people use it as an escape. Often set in the future and involve technology. Fairy tales: short (sometimes shorter version of fantasy piece: lack specificity (of characters & settings) Realistic settings: primary worlds, fantasy settings: secondary worlds. Usually some kind of opening or portal between worlds: exp: the lion the witch and the wardrobe wardrobe, exp: peter pan magical flight. 1 begin & end in fantasy world: exp: the hobbit. 2 story starts in real world, moves to fantasy: exp: peter pan, alice in wonderland. 3 set up in real world with elements of magic intruding: exp: mary poppins. Opens up possibilities: not confined to boundaries of real world. Different way of apprehending existence (still true, just not factual)
