The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre
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| - | ''Introduction à la littérature fantastique'' (1970), translated as ''[[The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre]]'' is a [[literary history]] book by [[Tzvetan Todorov]] in which he explores the notion of the French [[fantastique]]. | + | '''''Introduction à la littérature fantastique''''', first published in French in 1970 and translated as ''[[The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre]]'' is a [[literary history]] book by [[Tzvetan Todorov]] in which he explores the notion of the French [[fantastique]]. |
| Tzvetan Todorov holds that [[fantastic literature]] involves an [[unresolved]] [[hesitation]] between a supernatural (or otherwise paranormal or impossible) solution and a psychological (or realistic) one. His term ''hesitation'' is reminiscent of the terms ''[[ambiguity]]'' and ''[[ambivalence]]'' used in the definition of the [[grotesque]]. | Tzvetan Todorov holds that [[fantastic literature]] involves an [[unresolved]] [[hesitation]] between a supernatural (or otherwise paranormal or impossible) solution and a psychological (or realistic) one. His term ''hesitation'' is reminiscent of the terms ''[[ambiguity]]'' and ''[[ambivalence]]'' used in the definition of the [[grotesque]]. | ||
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Introduction à la littérature fantastique, first published in French in 1970 and translated as The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre is a literary history book by Tzvetan Todorov in which he explores the notion of the French fantastique.
Tzvetan Todorov holds that fantastic literature involves an unresolved hesitation between a supernatural (or otherwise paranormal or impossible) solution and a psychological (or realistic) one. His term hesitation is reminiscent of the terms ambiguity and ambivalence used in the definition of the grotesque.
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fantastic - fantastique - fantastic literature - genre theory - gothic novel - the uncanny - Tzvetan Todorov - the marvelous - literary theory - structuralism
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