What are some archetypes (e.g. common character types)of fantasy fiction?
According to Attebery (1980), " There are various ways a story can proclaim its fantastic nature. It can involve beings whose existence we know to be impossible." Attebery gave the example as dragons, flying horses what always appealed in the folklore tales. He also mentioned the magical objects, such as the ring in Lord of the Rings, the newspaper with the movable photo in Harry Porter. Further more, Attebery says it can proceed through events. My example is Harry Porter have to go through the wall then pass to Platform Nine and Three_Quarters. All these thing will never happen in real life but it becomes natural when it happens in fantasy. In my opinion, the most important word in fantasy is "magic", whatever a human being with magic or a magic wand even a speakable animal, and so on. May be this is the glamour of fantasy, a glamour with wonder.
Attebery.B.(1980). Locating fantasy. In The Fantasy Tradition in American Litrature:
Do you think this post would have been better if you had loosely identified each of the 7 of Vogler's character archetypes that feature in Harry Potter?
ReplyDeleteEg. Harry is the Hero, Hagrid is the Mentor etc? I think it would help to define each character and could help develop your answer further, just a thought.