“Making Noise” with Comics: An Interview with Argentine Author, Artist, Singer, and Song Writer, Isol by Jennifer Nagtegaal

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Rhythmic prose in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien by Vladimir A. Afanasev

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A Critical Review on the Book The Fantasy Film by Ali Khorashadi, Mohammad Shahba

“…The Importance of “The Fantasy Film” book by” “Katherine A. Fowkes”, the translation of “Ali Zafar Ghahremani Nejad” is due to the attempt to find answers to these questions and ambiguities that this kind of works have created among cinema people and therefore it is necessary to examine how the author explains the concept of fantasy. …”
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The End of the World of Values: The Abandonment of the Axiological System in Recent Secondary World Fantasy for Young Readers. Part 1 — The Classical Model by Grzegorz Trębicki

“…The whole process will demostrate a gradual abandonment of fantasy’s axiological and didactic ambitions.…”
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THE PSEUDO-SLAVIC REALIA IN PSEUDO-ETHNIC FANTASY: THE ISSUES OF TRANSLATION INTO THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE by Nadezhda V. Rabkina

“…To date, the traditional fantasy genre that has its roots in European folklore is transforming as authors seek new, fresh mythological foundations and exotic forms of narration. …”
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« Beautiful Idiots and Brilliant Lunatics » Social Comedy, Nostalgia and a World of Fantasy (Wilde and Hofmannsthal) by Anne-Isabelle François

“…Wilde’s stagecraft lies in his combination of the codes of sociability and the codes of comedy, revealing the theatrical nature of Victorian high society, even the universal shaming of these “beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics”. The author compares Wilde’s comedies with another pièce de salon and conversation piece, functioning as révélateur, Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Der Schwierige (1921), also a lasting success while set in an era radically out of touch with the present. …”
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Poetyka naturalistyczna w literaturze fantasy na przykładzie „Pieśni Lodu i Ognia” George’a R.R. Martina by Joanna Płoszaj

“…The conclusion is Martin’s literary style may seems novel, because author does not follow story and plot structures that are typical for fantasy. …”
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Introduction au dossier Bordage by Claire Cornillon, Natacha Vas-Deyres

“…This introduction to the issue about the french writer Pierre Bordage presents its carreer in genres such as science fiction and fantasy and the specificities of its work. This issue aims at exploring novels and short stories that were for the moment less studied or proposing new approaches, such as transmedia or linguistics, in order to add to the already existing research on this author.…”
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Le travail de la relation à l’institution hospitalière : du traitement de l’agressivité dans et par la recherche-action by Héloïse Haliday

“…The authors hypothesize that this type of aggressiveness could be a sign of an anti-depressive capacity and could represent a second chance given by the professionals to an institution that they are strongly committed to, unlike violence. …”
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Dragons, witches, and sorcerers in the advocacy space of national mythology [Review: Breeva Т.N., Khabibullina L.F. 'Russian Myth' in Slavic Fantasy. Moscow, Flinta, 2016] by O.E. Osovskiy

“…Breeva and L.F. Habibullina. The authors pay attention to the phenomenon of “Russian myth” in the so-called Slavic fantasy, which is a crucial part of contemporary mass literature in Russia. …”
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The ancient past and fiction, or about the construction of worlds by humanities scholars: A review of books by D.E. Martynov

“…This paper reviews three novels by different modern authors, all published in 2020 and applying to the realities of Ancient Rome. …”
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Travelling to the described present: mago-space in the Strugatskys’ Monday starts on Saturday by Natalia Tuliakova, Natalia Nikitina

“… Fantasy and science fiction genres extensively use imaginary settings and locations different from realistic ones but striving to look real. …”
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CONFLICT OF REALITY AND FANTASTIC FICTION IN THE STORY OF ALEXEY N. TOLSTOY “COUNT CALIOSTRO” by Elena M. Kiryukhina

“…Using problematic, comparative-contrastive, cultural-historical, chronological, and biographical methods, the author solves the goal by comparing “Count Cagliostro” with the story written at the same time – A.N. …”
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‘In physical things a man may invent; in moral things he must obey’: Addressing the Child(like) in George MacDonald’s Fairy Stories by Audrey Doussot

“…MacDonald actually wrote for children as much as for adults, insofar as he wanted to address a reader in particular that he conceptualized as the ‘childlike’, that is, an ideal ageless individual characterized by remarkable innocence and open-mindedness who would be able to grasp his progressive message. The author thus used fantasy to explore the human condition, question commonly-accepted values and certainties and launch his protagonists and readers on a metaphysical quest for meaning and personal improvement. …”
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Antropología y radicalidad literaria. Zola, Warburg, Artaud, Debord, Pasolini by José Antonio González Alcantud

“…All of them, without being professional anthropologists, had a relationship with the discipline, especially in their approach to social evil. The author leaves the text open, without closing in the manner of Bourdieu, to reflect on exoticism, allegory and fantasy. …”
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Vladimir Colin şi basmul militant (I) by Cătălin Sturza

“…Between Vladimir Colin signing the ideological pamphlet „Problemele și drumurile basmului cult” (1955) and the author of the novel “Babel” (1978), awarded the Europe Award for Best Novel at Stresa (Italy) and the Provincia di Trento Prize by the University of Padova for his contribution to fairytale creation (1980) there is quite a large gap. …”
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Uczenie się demokracji od dzieciństwa – kaprys czy potrzeba współczesności? by Agnieszka Olczak

“…In this paper the author also outlines the role of educational institutions that can and should be aware of this task and search for opportunities for the creation of conditions for the development of children’s democratic competences. …”
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