How does the fantasy genre relate to modern media such as video games?
In the past years, the fantasy area relate to modern media become a successful part in the world bestseller rank. The video games always use fantasy theme to attract the players’ attentions.
Why do these themes of games attract the young people? In these games, they can have a world which is fantasy. This world owes to them.
The roots of the Fantasy genre are linked to myths and sagas. The video games all followed these themes. So the roles of the fantasy games especially the Role- Playing Games are always heroes, sorcerer, dwarf, or whatever.
The game developers like use the fantasy story to develop their games. They developed the story, roles, items and any other elements in an unlimited way. Because of the word “fantasy”, the game developers always use an interesting way to introduce the games. They use their strong imagination to tell some magic, beautiful story. Like the game final fantasy, the most attracted thing is not the beautiful role, but the fantasy story.
So fantasy for modern media is like the stars for the sky. The shining things are not only the things themselves, but also the things which can color them.
Why does the religious right in the
1. For the mainstream Christian parents, after reading the fantasy story, their children always thought they have imaginary friends. They worried about this thing, and this is a reason why they condemn fantasy.
2. the fundamentalist Christians thought the fantasy can entice their children. The children will believe the witches and occult practice. At that time, the god’s law will be the contrary thing. They don't want this thing happen. So this is the second reason they condemn fantasy.
3. the American Christian believe that the miracles in Bible are true, even they also have some fantasy thing. They insist that the” fiction must conform to perceived fact, and when it does not, strange contortions arise”.
On what grounds does Cockrell defend fantasy literature, using Harry Potter as an example?
Just use Harry Potter as an example, in Cockrell (2004), Cockrell thought “Harry Potter is big business”, and she support some opinion to defend fantasy literature.
1. Harry Potter is close to our life. So the fantasy story is from the life, and better than life. After reading the story, the children began to have their own imagine to” rebel against parents, to question their values, to assume power for themselves”. The story of fantasy is the “fragment” of our life. Someone like it, and others do not like it.
2. The fantasy world is just the world we live. In Harry Potter, the latter can arrive anywhere to find Harry. So if you want to find the magical world, you will find it. No one can stop you.
3. Rowling said the magic in Harry’s world is just a skill to be mastered; it is not about any religion or theology. So the fantasy literature itself is just story, a imagine world. If you are attracted by the story, it just can say that, you are easy to be deluded.
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