PHILOLOGY. ASIAN STUDIES. JOURNALISM.
Issue 1, 2014
CONTENTS
| Section | LITERATURE | ||
| Codes UDC | 82-312.9 | Page | 33-42 |
| Title | ON THE RELATION OF FANTASTICA AND THE FANTASTIC | ||
| Author 1 | Golovacheva Irina V. | St. Petersburg State University 7/9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation Doctor of Philology, Professor e-mail: igolovacheva@gmail.com |
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| Summary | The paper offers a comprehensive approach to fantastika - the term suggested by John Clute in 2007 to describe the type of fiction which encompasses the following genres: gothic horror, fantasy, science fiction, utopia, and various subgenres. Almost the entire spectrum of fantastika is viewed through the lens of the fantastic . The latter is treated as a means of representation of the unreal, the radically strange, the extreme (excessive or deficient), the abnormal, and, sometimes, the destructive. It is argued that the pragmatics of the fantastic differs radically in gothic horror, fantasy, science fiction and utopia. The taxonomy of the latter two genres is revised. Since utopia at large does not employ the fantastic , it is suggested that its placement in the realm of fantastika is to be reconsidered. Besides, the author registers the marginal territories where the fantastic intrudes into the �real�. | ||
| Keywords | fantastika, the fantastic, John Clute, taxonomy, pragmatics. | ||