Modern Fantasy Literature: Essay Ideas
Choose one of them: The idea you choose you have to write about it specifically and you can't choose more than one.
How has fantasy paradoxically developed alongside modern science?
How does fantasy question the nature of truth?
How does some fantasy rationalize the otherworld?
What are the narrative structures of some fantasy (such as adventures)?
In what ways is fantasy symbolic?
How does the protagonist ("hero") develop through the fantasy narrative?
How does fantasy explore the idea of Time?
How does fantasy explore the nature of romantic relationships?
In what ways does fantasy explore the possibility of otherworldly beings?
Why is setting important? What is the nature of some representative features (landscapes through which the hero adventures)?
You may use these ideas as starting points and discover your own unique angle on the topic/question.
Remember to have a thesis (a main point that controls the entire essay) and support your ideas with textual evidence (references and quotations).