Horror primarily evokes fear through the protagonists' weaknesses or inability to deal with the antagonists. Despite both genres' heavy reliance on the supernatural, fantasy and horror are distinguishable from one another. Authors have to rely on the readers' suspension of disbelief, an acceptance of the unbelievable or impossible for the sake of enjoyment, in order to write effective fantasies. A science fiction narrative is unlikely, though seemingly possible through logical scientific or technological extrapolation, where fantasy narratives do not need to be scientifically possible. Fantasy is distinguished from science fiction by the plausibility of the narrative elements. Many fantasy authors use real-world folklore and mythology as inspiration and although another defining characteristic of the fantasy genre is the inclusion of supernatural elements, such as magic, this does not have to be the case.įantasy has often been compared to science fiction and horror because they are the major categories of speculative fiction.
In writing fantasy the author creates characters, situations, and settings that are not possible in reality. This differs from realistic fiction in that realistic fiction has to attend to the history and natural laws of reality, where fantasy does not. Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these worlds.Īn identifying trait of fantasy is the author's use of narrative elements that do not have to rely on history or nature to be coherent. Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting.
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