Fantasy

• a genre steeped in imagination and wonder, transports readers and viewers to realms where magic intertwines with reality.

  Fantasy
• a type of imaginative fiction featuring beings, places, and events that could never occur in real life.

  Fantasy
• The 1800s marked a pivotal era with the publication of German-inspired fairy tales by The Brothers Grimm and Scandinavian-influenced stories by Hans Christian Andersen, introducing iconic characters like Cinderella and The Little Mermaid.
•  imagery deeply rooted in the enduring legacy of medieval poetry and legends like Beowulf and King Arthur.
• Scottish author George MacDonald, whose novel Phantastes (1858)
• Englishman William Morris, who’s known for medieval fantasy and specifically his novel The Well at the World’s End (1896)
• A high fantasy story always takes place in a fictional setting that is very different to our own world.
• Set in a magical environment that has its own rules and physical laws, this subgenre’s plots and themes have a grand scale and typically center on a single, well-developed hero or a band of heroes

  High Fantasy
• takes place in a real-world setting – although that doesn’t mean it has to be any less fantastical!

  Low Fantasy
• Set in the real world, low fantasy includes unexpected magical elements that shock characters

  Low fantasy
• encapsulates gritty, realistic tales as well as those filled with magic and creatures such as dragons, orcs, or white walkers.

  Epic Fantasy
• Using personified animals and the supernatural

  Fables
• This subgenre has its roots in High Fantasy. They tend to involve competent heroes who cut and blast their way to glorious victory.

  Sword and sorcery
• Featured characters may be anti-heroes or have moral flaws, with the setting being quite grim and gritty

  Grimdark
• This sub-genres sees something of a fusion between Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Technology tends to feature heavily, as does magic.

  Science fantasy
• tends to focus on creating a creepy, intense atmosphere. It can feature fantastical creatures like werewolves, or supernatural elements too.

   Dark Fantasy
• Lewis Carroll - His real name is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, England and he died on January 14, 1898 in Guildford, England. He was an English logician, mathematician, photographer, and novelist, especially remembered for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
• L. Frank Baum - His real name is Lyman Frank Baum. He was born on May 15, 1856 in Chittenango, New York, U.S.A—he died on May 6, 1919 in Hollywood, California. He was an American writer known for his series of books for children about the imaginary land of Oz.
• J.M. Barrie - His real name is Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet. He was born on May 9, 1860 in Kirriemuir, Scotland and he died on June 19, 1937 in London, England. He was a Scottish dramatist and novelist who is best known as the creator of Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up.
• J.R.R. Tolkien - His real name is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. He was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa and he died on September 2, 1973, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. He was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
• J.K. Rowling - Her real name is Joanne Kathleen Rowling. She was born on July 31, 1965, Yate,England. She is a British author, creator of the popular and critically acclaimed Harry Potter series, about a young sorcerer in training.
• C.S. Lewis - His real name is Clive Staples Lewis. He was born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Ireland and he died on November 22, 1963 in Oxford, England. He was an Irish-born scholar, novelist, and author of about 40 books. His works of greatest lasting fame may be The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven children’s books that have become classics of fantasy literature.
• It is a story about a girl named Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and lands into a fantasy world that is full of weird, wonderful people and animals.

   

  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
• It is a story about Four siblings who embarked on a magical journey through a wardrobe into the enchanting world of Narnia. There, they must battle the evil witch and restore the rightful ruler to the throne.

  The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• The story begins with 18-year-old Sophie Hatter, who seems condemned to a lifetime of drudgery at the family hat shop. But when she’s aged several decades by a witch’s curse, a suddenly geriatric Sophie finds her way to a moving castle ruled by the eccentric wizard Howl, whose fire-demon servant holds the key to restoring her youth.

  Howl's Moving Castle
• Beowulf tells of the tale of a Scandinavian hero in lands that would become what is now Denmark and Sweden: A monster, Grendel, has arrived in the kingdom of the Danes, devouring its men and women for 12 years until Beowulf arrives to save them.

  Beowulf
• It is said that the author of Beowulf was an anonymous Anglo Saxon poet referred to by scholars as “Beowulf poet.”
• The novels follow the adventures of an 11-year-old boy, Harry Potter, a lonely orphan who discovers that he is actually the son of famous wizards and enrolls in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

  Harry Potter Series
• It is a story about a mischievous boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang, the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Native Americans, fairies, pirates, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland.

  The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up