ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -FANTASY – highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life A. Low fantasy – setting and characters seem realistic except something.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fiction. Narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mendlesohn posits four categories of fantasy-portal-quest, immersive, intrusion, and liminal-that arise out of the relationship of the protagonist to the fantasy world.

Detailed explanation-4: -a type of story or literature that is set in a magical world, often involving traditional myths and magical creatures and sometimes ideas or events from the real world, especially from the medieval period of history: Characters in children’s fantasy fiction often cross between worlds by magic.

Detailed explanation-5: -The genre typically has no basis in scientific fact or speculation. It includes implausible supernatural and magical elements, such as the wizards of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, or the dragons, giants, and White Walkers of George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones.