Reality and fantasy fiction have often been seen as opposites. Fantasy fiction is many times seen as childish, with escapism as its sole purpose. However, is this actually the case? The aim of this paper is to make the connection between fantasy fiction and reality clearer since we believe that fantasy fiction could reflect the problems in our everyday life and in a way help us see the issues in our world through a new perspective. The connections will be made possible through research from previous scholars, critical perspectives of psychoanalysis and the guidelines of the Swedish National Agency of Education. Due to the new 2021 syllabus for English in upper secondary school, the topic of this paper is highly relevant as the syllabi calls for students to discuss both ethical and existential questions, as well as reading fiction. Since there is a belief that fantasy fiction can be read and understood as a genre reflecting our reality and our everyday problems, fantasy fiction could assist in discussions about for instance race, discrimination, and sexuality. Since the topic of this paper is highly relevant in connection to the new syllabi, we will therefore write this following literature review and demonstrate how fantasy fiction reflects our reality and how it can be used in the English classroom.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:liu-190536 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Winssi, Rim, Tutusevic, Kenan |
| Publisher | Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och samhälle |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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