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Literature for children and adolescents. Modern fantasy.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Books and reading--Study and teaching.
- Children.
- Teenagers--Books and reading--Study and teaching.
- Teenagers.
- Juvenile literature.
- Fantasy--Juvenile fiction.
- Fantasy.
- Genre:
- Lectures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (58 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, IL : Governors State University, 1999.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Discusses modern fantasy as the natural outgrowth of folk and fairy tales. The lesson identifies essential qualities of fantasy, including impossible occurrences, characters that cannot exist, self-contained logic, and wholeness of conception. Viewers are introduced to the five major themes of modern fantasy: Talking Animals, Toys, Strange and Curious Worlds, Little People, and Time Warps. Highlights include a discussion on Science Fiction as a popular form of fantasy. Featured author: Jane Yolen.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 8, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1237667602
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