Tweet 19/06/2013 12:11 PM #fairytales "Tolkien delivered a lecture on fairy stories. He speaks of faerie as a mythical land." #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 12:06 PM #fairytales "FT and FF are driven by narrative so that it grips the readers. Both draw on myth from time to time too" #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 12:06 PM #fairytales "In fantasy fiction, the level of detail ensures we get to know the characters. For example, Hermoine in Harry Potter" 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 12:04 PM #fairytales "how us fantasy fiction different to fairy tales? FF is much longer and epic in scope with complex sub plots." #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 11:59 AM #fairytales "The TV Show The Game of Thrones is very much for adults. This has been hailed as a huge success by critics" #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 11:56 AM #fairytales "Since JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit, fantasy fiction has never really gone away." 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 11:55 AM #fairytales "the pre raphaelites brought fantasy fiction to the adult bookshelf, such as William Morris" #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 11:54 AM #fairytales "the birth of children's fantasy fiction-Peter Pan, Alice, The Phoenix & the Carpet, The Princess and the Goblin" #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 11:52 AM #fairytales "Hansel and Gretel contains horrifying images. But originally fairy stories were not meant for children" #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 11:49 AM #fairytales "the hero - this motif belongs very much to legend. The character is usually a humbe, ordinary person" #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 11:48 AM #fairytales "myth linked motifs - wicked stepmother, heroic quest" #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013
Tweet 19/06/2013 11:47 AM #fairytales "Shape shifting is very prevalent in Harry Potter" #lectureweek 0 2013 19/06/2013