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Réel, surnaturel et fiction: réflexions sur un certain fantastique
The Real, the Supernatural, and Fiction: Reflections on a Certain Fantastic

Author(s): Marilyn Bueno
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: supernatural; fantasy; science-fiction;
Summary/Abstract: The boundary is an essential notion in the study of the fantastic genre. As a result, this article hinges around an analysis of the boundary at stake between this genre and the closest one, that is science-fiction. Then, it reflects on the limits between what is fictitious and what is real in the fantastic genre through a reflection on the notion of supernatural and its main characteristics.

  • Page Range: 40-52
  • Page Count: 13
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Language: French