O.O I didn't realize there were so many.
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| Author: | Seer of Endor [ July 28th, 2011, 2:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Sub-genres of Fantasy |
So, let's see how many sub-genres of fantasy us crazy HWers can list and describe...Go!!! |
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| Author: | The Bard [ July 28th, 2011, 3:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sub-genres of Fantasy |
The only ones I can think of are. High fantasy, Urban, sword and sorcery, dark fantasy, and Arthurian Fantasy. |
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| Author: | Neil of Erk [ July 29th, 2011, 10:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sub-genres of Fantasy |
We could divide fantasy by two different standards: literary style, or genre conventions. If we divide based on genre conventions, we first have to divide into two groups. Endofantasy (fantasy that deals exclusively with a fantasy world) and Exofantasy (fantasy that deals with Earth as well as a fantasy world) Endofantasy could be said to contain to sub-conventions, High Fantasy (referring to an epic plot scale, not necessarily Tolkien-esque), and Dark Fantasy (referring to genre conventions that tend to the sorcery and horror side of things). Exofantasy, of course, contains two sub-conventions, the Portal Fantasy, where characters move between our own and another world, and the Overlay World, where another fantasy world somehow exist within, or overlays, our own (as in Faerie tales or Harry Potter). If we want to divide into literary styles, we basically get: High Fantasy (here referring to Tolkienesque fantasy) Dark Fantasy (here referring to a dark, disturbing story carrying heavy hints of sorcery and generally necromancy) The Fae Story (a story carrying traits of older stories about the Fae, sometimes with twists of horror, as in "Phantastes") The Fairy Story (think C.S. Lewis, a sort of modern take on old stories) I think a post about what makes a story Tolkienesque may be in order. Let me work on that. |
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| Author: | Airianna Valenshia [ July 30th, 2011, 8:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sub-genres of Fantasy |
O.O I didn't realize there were so many.
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| Author: | Varon [ July 31st, 2011, 1:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sub-genres of Fantasy |
Revisionist History (the only type I really write) Some superhero stories (like Shazam where the super-powers have magic origins) |
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| Author: | Riniel Jasmina [ September 28th, 2015, 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sub-genres of Fantasy |
I would elect that paranormal qualifies as fantasy. The boundary between science-fiction and fantasy can be rather blurred, if not a gradient. C.S. Lewis stated in an essay that science fiction ought to deal with the specific mechanics of the items or world that make it unique if it qualifies as scientific. If it is for the sake of having a story set far away or in a fantastic enough background, it still qualifies as fantasy. |
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