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(Heroic) Fantasy and the Middle Ages – Strange Bedfellows or an Ideal Cast?
Published 2010-11-01“…However, next to these “surface parallels”, we can identify a deeper underlying reason for the close affinity between the Middle Ages and (heroic) fantasy, which is due to the identification of medieval romance as the medieval literary genre per se, and the participation of (heroic) fantasy in this tradition.…”
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Les ancêtres d'Ogrest, ogres et géants: mythe ou réalité?
Published 2021-09-01“…Partant de la mythologie grecque et de la Bible, il s'intéresse au monde de la merveille, en privilégiant les grands contes lmittéraires français , en particulier les contes de Mme D'Aulnoy, contemporaine de Charles Perrault .Le parcours cite aussi quelques créations poétiques de la littérature française du XVIè au XIX è siècle et se termine sur l'évocation de l'univers contemporain de l'heroic fantasy. Mots-clés : géant, ogre, mythologie, contes merveilleux, heroïc fantasy.…”
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Escapism, realism, and representation in George R. R. Martin's "A song of ice and fire"
Published 2014“…Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire", and attempt to render judgement upon how much or how little Martin's historical/heroic fantasy hybrid novel series conforms to the norms of fantasy characterization as dictated by the aforementioned critics.…”
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