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Historicizing Childhood
Fantasy
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What are some characteristics of the Romantic Child?
Innocence; Virtuousness; Associations with nature; Tabula RASA
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What are some different types of the Fantastic? (at least 3)
Anthropomorphic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Fantasy that inhabits our world, fantastic realism and magic realism
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What is realism?
Artistic and Literary movement that characteristically has a story that could "actually happen." There is no magic or absurdity, often has some amount of violence.
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Wee Free Men is an example of _______. 1) Magic Realism 2) High Fantasy 3) Fantasy in the Real World 4) None of the Above
Ans: None of the above. It is a parody of High Fantasy.
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Name 2 examples of the Developing Child?
Wendy in Peter Pan; Tiffany Aching in Wee Free Men
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What are primary and secondary worlds?
Secondary worlds are magical worlds that run parallel to our world. Primary worlds are the "real" worlds that we inhabit.
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What is a problem novel?
Novel (usually for children and young adults) where the plot, characters, and even the language is characterized by a single problem or set of problems.
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Who are the main persons to whom recording and/or writing of fairy tales have been credited?
Perrault, Anderson, and the Grimm Brothers.
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Explain "miniature adult" with an example.
Child has adult like qualities (Sport in Harriet the Spy)
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What is magic realism? Give at least one example.
Magic realism represents a matter-of-fact world, where magical elements coexist with the "real." Usually political in nature. Eg: Haroun and the Sea of Stories.
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Why would Bridge to Terabithia be classified as a Problem Novel?
Main point of the story is Leslie and Jess' friendship, and the focus is on the former's death.
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What is intertextuality? Give examples.
Intertexts are literary references in texts that contribute to our understanding of the text. Eg: Haroun/ Wee Free Men
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Give at least one example of a Sacred child in children's fiction.
Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Explain some key features of High Fantasy with a suitable example.
1. Protagonist who is ordinary, whom readers can associate with, but who must perform heroic acts in the course of the story, which usually has a quest structure. 2. Must never convey within the text that the fantasy world is unreal or that the hero's experience is utrue. 3. Creation of a world in which forces of good and evil clash, and evil is (at least temporarily) defeated. EG: LOTR; Chronicles of Narnia.
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What does violence do in a realist text? Give an example.
Violence reinforces the idea that the fiction is showing life "as it really is," rather than a happy ending. Eg: Harriet the Spy.
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What is metatext? Give examples.
Metatext is a text within a text that contributes to our understanding of the text. Examples: Princess Bride; Neverending Story; Wee Free Men
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How does our understanding of the model of childhood influence our understanding of a text?
Tells us more about the social/political/economic situation at the time the text was written Tells us about the ideologies of the author/nation/society.
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What are the different types of fantasy that inhabit our world? Explain any 2 briefly with examples.
Fantastic realism - where the fantastic creature comes into the "real" world. Liminal fantasy - where the magic hovers at the corner of our eyes Magical realism - real and magical worlds exist side by side
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Differentiate between Realism, Fact and History
Realism is fiction that demonstrates things that happen in the "real" world. History is an account of events/occurrences that already happened, usually from the perspective of the victor. Fact is a thing that is indisputably the case, usually considered to be scientific.
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What is the social role of the fairy tale?
1. Unite families and communities 2. Expression of fears 3. Expression of fantasies 4. Morals/ Values 5. Political/social commentary