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Fantastique
What is distinctive about the fantastique is the intrusion of supernatural phenomena into an otherwise realist narrative. It evokes phenomena which are not only left unexplained but which are inexplicable from the reader's point of view. In this respect, the fantastique is somewhere between fantasy, where the supernatural is accepted and entirely reasonable in the imaginary world of a non-realist narrative, and magic realism, where apparently supernatural phenomena are explained and accepted as normal. Instead, characters in a work of fantastique are, just like the readers, unwilling to accept
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Many of the best fantastic stories begin in a leisurely way, set in commonplace surroundings, with exact, meticulous descriptions of an ordinary background, much as in a 'realistic' tale. Then a gradual - or it may be sometimes a shockingly abrupt - change becomes apparent, and the reader begins to realize that what is being described is alien to the world he is accustomed to, that something strange has crept or leapt into it. This strangeness changes the world permanently and fundamentally.
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― The Fantasy Book: An Illustrated History From Dracula To Tolkien
― The Fantasy Book: An Illustrated History From Dracula To Tolkien
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Où nos héros arrivent à Münsterberg lors d’un tournoi de chevalerie très européen. Pour Reynevan, ce contact avec l’Europe s’avère triste. Bah ! Douloureux même.
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― La Tour des Fous
― La Tour des Fous
Inspiré au départ par le Printemps de l’Imaginaire Francophone (PIF) de la blogueuse Zahardonia …more
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The group name could be Fantasy Aficionados from India.
All genres of fantasy including but not …more
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LE GROUPE EST MAINTENANT SUR DISCORD !! Ne loupes pas la suite de l'aventure, ça se passe ici: h…more
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