Umfang:
IX, 207 S
ISBN:
9780786478583
Inhalt:
"Comparing various fantasy fiction stories, this book shows that it is not the tropes and clichés that make a story good or bad but how the author applies them. The book also explores the concept of text versus meta-text--when the story's world and character actions contradict the reader's expectations based on the tropes being used"--
Inhalt:
"Comparing various fantasy fiction stories, this book shows that it is not the tropes and clichés that make a story good or bad but how the author applies them. The book also explores the concept of text versus meta-text--when the story's world and character actions contradict the reader's expectations based on the tropes being used"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
PrefaceIntroduction -- Changing the story -- A matter of perception -- The power of stories -- Magic of fantasy, fantasy of magic -- Not what you think it is -- Heroes and protagonists, villains and antagonists -- No man is an island -- Fairies and dragons and dwarfs, oh my! -- Through the looking glass -- The fundamentals.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781476618364
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Anglistik
Schlagwort(e):
Fantastische Literatur
;
Tropus
;
Stereotyp
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