Fantasy is not antirational, but pararational; not realistic but surrealistic, a heightening of reality. In Freud's terminology, it employs primary not secondary process thinking. It employs archetypes which, as Jung warned us, are dangerous things. Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe.Anonymous
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The word fantasy means to make believe or to form ideas into a story. This is the definition of fantasy that we usually know about. Fantasy is not something rational, but something different and more interesting. Fantasy can be different in many ways, for instance by its style and the kinds of creatures and myths used in it.
Fantasy can be realistic or surrealistic, and can construct a special world in which the reader can lose herself completely. The writer doesn't have to take into account all the difficulties that come with the creation of a realistic universe, instead he or she can add their own imagination and create a universe that has its own logic. Fantasy does not always have to be from the point of view of characters in a story, but from another point of view entirely.
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