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"Fantasy is real. It's just a matter of seeing everything as symbolic of our own journey through life, overcoming our own fears, and mustering the courage to face the hard truths". - Niels Sløk
"Fantasy is real. It's just a matter of seeing everything as symbolic of our own journey through life, overcoming our own fears, and mustering the courage to face the hard truths". - Niels Sløk
1.læsning: The Hero's Journey model + the elements of fantasy (Homework: read "What is fantasy?" p.8-9)
2: Stardust chp.1 (Homework: read p.1-5+19-30)
3: Stardust chp.4 (Homework: read p.127-141)
4: Stardust chp.8 (Homework: read p.236-242)
5: Stardust chp.10 (Homework: read p.283-291 + p.316-325)
6: Stardust, epilogue (Homework: read p.327-333)
7: Stardust (the movie) (no homework, bring a pen and paper)
8: Neil Gaiman: Snow, Glass, Apples (short story)
9: Alice in Wonderland (novel extract)
10: Lev Grossman: Feeding on fantasy (article)
11: Andre Norton: The Familiar (novel extract)
1: The Hero's Journey model
1: The Hero's Journey model
entering-worlds-of-fantasy (1).pdf"...fantasy stories deal with a metaphorical description of inner conflicts; they express an inner world. More often than not, the actions of the hero in the fantasy world correspond to an inner development in reality" (p.9, l.22-25).
2.læsning: Stardust chp.1
2.læsning: Stardust chp.1
p.1-5: We’re introduced to the town of Wall. p.19-30: Young Dunstan attends the town fair and receives a gift: his Heart’s Desire. This gift is also bestowed upon his children and grandchildren, and so the stage is set for a story about how his son, Tristran, also went on a quest for his Heart’s Desire.
Skip ahead to 01:00, as the story starts from there. To hear from p.19, skip ahead to 18:00
stardust - glosses chp1.pdfThere are 6-7 lessons with chapters from the novel "Stardust" - 59 pages all in all.
Goals
You'll want to compare this story to what you've learned about "Hero's Journey" and the elements of fantasy!
Also, learning new words and correct pronunciation is important.
Elements of fantasy
Elements of fantasy
Setting: Secondary world / Parallel worlds / Portal / co-existence
Structure and plot:
Structure: The Hero's Journey model! (see video above)
Plot: Happy ending (usually)
Characters:
protagonist: innocent, ignorant of the world's dangers, often a child, the chosen one,
wise sage / helper
antagonist
Magical inventory
Questions to p.19-30:
p.21 Who is the tall man with the silk top hat, and what does he offer Dunstan?
p.21-22: This is not your normal town fair - there are supernatural things going on. What signs to we see that this is the case?
p.22-23: How does the narrator explain the existence of magical items on the fair?
p.24-25: What makes the stall holder, a young woman, different from ordinary people from the town of Wall?
p.26: how is the quality of her eyes made clear to us?
p.28-29: how is it made clear that Dunstan has a crush on the young woman? List 3-4 things!
3.læsning: Stardust chp.4
3.læsning: Stardust chp.4
p.127-141: With the help of a little hairy man, Tristran journeys off to catch the star, a lady whom he wants to give as a gift to Victoria Forester.
Audio: summary of chp.4 (the text is on the document with glosses to chp.1)
stardust chp.4.pdfglosses to chp.4.pdf4.læsning: Stardust chp.8
4.læsning: Stardust chp.8
p.236-242: Tristran and the star (whose real name is Yvaine) are stuck high above on a cloud. They are rescued by Captain Johannes Alberic and his Free Ship Perdita, bound on a lightning-hunting expedition.
chp 8 stardust chp.8.pdfchp.8 glosses to stardust chp.8.pdfReading questions
p. 236: Where is Tristran?
p.237: How is his mood?
p.238: What do Tristran and the Star disagree about?
p.239: Who (or what) arrives and offers to pick them up?
p.240: What new characters are we introduced to?
p.241: What is special about the food and the drink they have?
p.242: What is it about the journey that Tristran likes so much?
Literary focus in chp.8:
dynamic/static characters. Dialect.
5.læsning: Stardust, chp.10
5.læsning: Stardust, chp.10
Part 1: p.283-291: Tristran and Yvaine return home, but aren’t permitted to cross the wall by the guards. Instead, they help a small woman put up her stall on the meadow and receive food and lodging in return. Then, Yvaine has a conversation with mysterious stranger who appears out of the dark.
Part 2: p.316-325: We get to know who the mysterious woman is. Also, Yvaine talks to a very old enemy who wants her heart.
stardust chp.10 - part 1.pdfChapter 10 (part 1): p.283-291
chp.10 glosses to stardust chp.10.pdfGlosses to chp. 10 + summary of chp. 8-10
stardust chp.10 - part 2.pdfChapter 10 (part 2): p.316-325
What characters do you recognize in "Stardust"?
Are they dynamic or static? Flat or round?
Reading questions to chp.10 (part 1)
p.283: How does Tristran feel about seeing his old town again?
p.284-285: Who are the guards, and why don't they recognize him?
p.286: How does Tristran react to being turned away?
p.287-289: what information do we get about the mysterious woman who appears out the dark? How does she look etc.? (If you remember what you have read in earlier chapters, you should be able to guess who she is.)
p.287-288+291: What information do we get about how the star (Yvaine) feels about Tristran? How has their relationship changed?
Reading questions to chp.10 (part 2)
p.316: What information do we get about how Tristan feels about the star?
p.317: What object does Yvaine offer Tristran? Why hasn’t she given it to him before?
p.318: What is Tristran and Yvaine asked to do?
p.320: What does Lady Una want them to do? What does Tristran want instead?
p.320-323: who is the little old lady?
Analysis and interpretation
p.324: Yvaine kisses the old lady. Why? How does this define Yvaine’s character?
p.319: Why is Yvaine “laying it on a bit thickly” - how does she achieve this effect?
Sum up Tristran’s and Yvaine’s love story.
How does the events in chp.10 reflect real life parent-child relationships?
What other “truths” could the chapter reflect about real life?
6.læsning: Stardust, epilogue
6.læsning: Stardust, epilogue
p.327-333: We hear the epilogue of how Lady Una ruled Stormhold for 3 years - then “travelers” came and left again, and then came back after another 5 years to rule Stormhold.
stardust - epilogue (1).pdfepilogue - gloser til stardust.pdf
7.læsning: Stardust, the movie
7.læsning: Stardust, the movie
The movie from 2007 takes just 90 minutes to watch.
Do you remember "Hero's Journey" from the 1st reading of this topic? How many of the 12 stages can be identified in the movie? Fill out the slots as you go along.
8.læsning: Snow, Glass, Apples
8.læsning: Snow, Glass, Apples
Hvis du lytter til oplæsningen af teksten i denne lydbog, bør du følge med i teksten med øjnene samtidig. Undgå at lave andre ting imens du lytter.
Setting:
- place: secondary world or parallel worlds? (or blurred co-existence?)
- time: reminiscent of the Middle Ages, or other? Fictional time?
Structure and plot:
- Conflict: a struggle between good and evil is breaking out. Signs of this?
- point-of-no-return: the hero realizes something must be done - or is set to the task of setting things right
- Quest: an impossible mission. What is it?
- Happy ending?
Characters:
- hero: innocent, ignorant of the world and its dark sides and his own fate. Magical abilities. The chosen one. 100% good or more round/complex.
- wise sage or wizard to guide the young hero
- enemy: 100 evil or more complex?
Magical inventory:
what kinds of magic and magical items do we meet?
9: Alice in Wonderland
9: Alice in Wonderland
alice-in-wonderland.pdfThis is the beginning of a chapter in the book Alice in Wonderland.
This style in which it is written reflects the year it was published (!) but it also reflects its target audience.
What would you say this was? Find examples of how the writing style reveals the author's intended target audience.
10: Feeding on Fantasy
10: Feeding on Fantasy
grossman_feedingonfantasy.pdf11: The Familiar
11: The Familiar
Narrative mode (fortællemåde)
Narrative mode (fortællemåde)
The narrator of a novel or a short story might be either external (perspective = 3rd person point-of-view) or internal (perspective = 1st person point-of-view).
The types of external narrators include the 3rd person omniscient, the 3rd person objective, and the 3rd person limited omniscient narrator. These types of narrators never appear as characters within the story itself.
The types of internal narrators, which appear as characters within the story, include the 1st person narrator as the central character, and the 1st person narrator as a witness to what happens to the central character. In addition, we might question the honesty of an internal 1st person narrator, especially in case that the narrator is deliberately trying to trick or fool his reader.
The details about each type can be studied in greater detail here
the-familiar.pdfWho is the narrator in this story? Find 5 examples that show the narrative mode as well as characterize the narrative voice.
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