FANTASY LITERATURE AND ITS READERS. THE TIMELINESS OF IMAGINARY WORLDS
FANTASY LITERATURE AND ITS READERS. THE TIMELINESS OF IMAGINARY WORLDS

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to identify typologies of readers of Fantasy literature and to reveal some of the stereotypes of alternative world-building that readers discover, which are not necessarily inverted structures of the real world, as there may be similarities between these worlds. Also, the reader and the character may face similar problems, of course the reader or the character acts according to their own status. Readers of fantasy literature can be seen as 'heroes' of their own reading experience, because they get to navigate fantasy worlds and cope with the intellectual and emotional challenges of the stories they read. These readers may not be fighting monsters or traveling through mythological realms, but in their world, immersed in fantastical universes, they live through an intense, often choice-filled experience of self-discovery. They may face moral dilemmas or challenges in understanding complex real-life ideas if there is no adult to maintain a balance of morality, protection and, above all, love, as the heroes of the books do.

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