The Common Aims of Fantasy & Realism, by Apostolos Υiannaras
E. Apter, in the beginning of her book Fantasy literature : an approach to reality, makes a provocative statement: “The aim and purpose of fantasy in literature are not necessarily different from those of the most exacting realism” (1982, p. 1). Before analysing those aims, a definition of what we mean by fantasy must first […]
