Fantasy

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Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real-world myth and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama.

FANTASY Genre - Examples

LITERATURE

The House of the Spirits

Author: Isabel Allende

Three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies. We begin - at the turn of the century, in an unnamed South American country - in the childhood home of the woman who will be the mother and grandmother of the clan, Clara del Valle. A warm-hearted, hypersensitive girl, Clara has distinguished herself from an early age with her telepathic abilities - she can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her sister, the fabled Rosa the Beautiful, Clara has been mute for nine years, resisting all attempts to make her speak. The Trueba's become actors - and victims - in a tragic series of events that gives The House of the Spirits a deeper resonance and meaning.

MUSIC

Chronicles of Narnia Soundtrack

2005

Fantasy Music is music with fantasy topics. Musicians may either create their own fictional universes or compose music inspired by existing fantasy literature. Examples include The Chronicles of Narnia music, music from the Harry Potter films, songs from the musical Wicked.‎

CINEMA

Ponyo

2008

Rated G

During a forbidden excursion to see the surface world, a goldfish princess encounters a human boy named Sosuke, who gives her the name Ponyo. Ponyo longs to become human, and as her friendship with Sosuke grows, she becomes more humanlike. Ponyo's father brings her back to their ocean kingdom, but so strong is Ponyo's wish to live on the surface that she breaks free, and in the process, spills a collection of magical elixirs that endanger Sosuke's village.

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