The first element that turns a work into
fantasy is the presence of elements belonging to the unreal and mystical which
defies reality like magic, mythical creatures, characters or object possessing
powers we know them not to possess in reality. He states that “any narrative
which includes as a significant part of its make-up some violation of what the
author clearly believes to be natural law – that is fantasy” (Attebery, 1980).
He also describes fantasy as texts which push the writers and readers to
consider the possiblity of the impossiblity of the elements that make a
standard fantasy story. In other words, in order for a fantasy to work, “a
story [must] treat an impossibility as if it were true” (Abberty, 1980).
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