Fantasy is one of those genres which, on the surface, appears easy to define, but is decidedly multifaceted with a deeper glance. But, if it must be defined, the one factor that binds all fantasy together is an element of unexplainable otherworldliness, especially outside the realm of science. Most often, such extraordinary occurrences are controlled by a of system of some kind, a system has an unexplainable element--the "fantasy" of Fantasy. Thus, one can have urban fantasy, Christian fantasy, magical realism, and any other number of subgenres, their name and nature determined by each subgenre's unique 'flavor' of unexplainable.
Examples:
American Gods, Neil Gaiman
Fables, Bill Willingham
Lord of Light and The Amber Chronicles, Roger Zelazny
Galazy Express 999, Leiji Matsumoto
All of Hayao Miyazaki's body of work, espeically post-My Neighbor Totoro
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment