The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre Tzvetan Todorov
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Cleveland: Case Western University Press, 1975. Telotte suggests, the horror genre typically expresses fears that “the otherness in ourselves lurks just beneath the normal human veneer and threatens to resurface some day with all its horrors” (1985, 34). A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre. This notion evokes Freud's concept of the uncanny, a cognitive dissonance induced by the re-emergence .. The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to Literary Genre. The determination of the text is balanced, according to Christine .. Feb 17, 2014 - According to Todorov's criteria of the fantastic (1975:54-57) this novel fits into the category of the instrumental (scientific) marvellous, since all of the novums (Shippey, 2005 – citing Darko Suvin) are introduced as if they were completely normal, everyday things that aren't meant to provoke any awe in the reader. Dec 1, 2009 - maybe too obvious or not appropriate: Introduction la littérature fantastique, by Tzvetan Todorov, translated as 'The fantastic : a structural approach to a literary genre'. In Defense of Fantasy: A Study of the Genre in English and American Literature since 1945. Mar 14, 2007 - The essay discusses the ontological, structural, and epistemological differences between fairy tales and fantasy literature, two genres often treated together in critical works. The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre. New York: Cornell University Press, 1975.