I really was not able to give a good definition of fantasy when I was trying to write it down in class. By "not able to give a good definition" I mean this is my exact quote..."I suppose fantasy is any writing that deals with the supernatural, scary or cool. Well, but that definition the Bible is fantasy too. Although that makes sense. Also, magic and mystical creatures or whatever...that is fantasy too."
I was under pressure. Also, I'm pretty new to the genre. I signed up for the class because I am obsessed with Harry Potter. Obsessed. And with Twilight too. Outside of those and the occasional "fantasy" movie, and reading the Chronicles of Narnia about a million years ago, I'm a total newbie to the genre.
So there's my disclaimer to everyone. Oh, and hopefully the videoconference equipment will all be up and running by class on Wednesday. We are working on it tomorrow - sorry to all about last week!
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I don't think you are as much of a newbie as you think. Just because a book or source of media isn't primarily fantasy, there are many "fantasy-like" elements in all sorts of literature and the like that I'm sure you've read.
ReplyDeleteAnd the videoconference thing is nothing to apologize for. It was the first, no one blames you silly. You did very well getting what you did done.
Haha, thank you, Natalie, for all of your encouragement. Like that's going to help the fact that you beat me up earlier...
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm pretty sure GossipGirl doesn't contain anything fantasy-like. Except I suppose life on the Upper East Side is indeed fantasy-like...