YA Textbook Reflection Chapter 13

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Chapter 13: Fantasy and Science Fiction
  • Summary: Stories that don’t follow the laws of physical reality are a part of fantasy fiction.  Books can have a sense of realism but when something happens within the story that truly cannot happen in real life, is when the book has crossed over into fantasy; for example talking animals or time travel.  Science fiction is a sub-genre of fantasy. It’s important to note that all science fiction falls into fantasy, but not all fantasy is considered science fiction. Criteria for evaluating science fiction and fantasy are as follows:
  1. Despite fantastic aspects of a story, it still must behave and be consistent in believable ways.
  2. There still must be rules within the fantasy world.
  3. Authors must assist readers in the “willing suspension of disbelief” which means to sacrifice realism and logic and read for pure enjoyment.
  4. All the themes must explore universal truths in even the fantasy realm.
Types/Characteristics of Fantasy Genre
  • Post Apocalyptic
  • Steampunk
  • Cyberpunk
  • Biopunk
  • Dystopia
  • Extra Sensory Perception (ESP)
  • Robots/Androids/Cyborgs/AI Clones
  • Space/Aliens/Extra-terrestrial
  • Time travel/Parallel universes
  • Virtual Reality/Gaming
  • Miscellaneous

Reflection/Response: I believe the fantasy genre of books are important for young adults to read so they can learn to express and explore their imagination, which is considered essential in the development of a child.  Reading fantasy helps young readers with problem solving, character analysis, and general reading comprehension. As a librarian, it’s important to make sure your shelves are well-stocked and well-rounded in genres in order to integrate all readers and all walks of life.  Fantasy is a genre that is considered to be one to read when you want to escape the real world, therefore it is imperative to assist readers in finding books to get lost in, which is called escapism. I think reading fantasy, stepping away from reality for a moment and into the pretend world allows readers to actually understand the harsh realities of the real world and are better prepared to face them with a clearer perspective than before.  It’s almost like readers can treat the fantasy genre as a reset button for the real world. Step away for a moment, feed the imagination, then step back into reality.

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