What is the concept of fantasy novel?

Fantasy novel is a general term for fantasy, fantasy and magic in a broad sense. There are novels based on fantasy in a narrow sense and novels based on oriental elements. No matter where it happens, the techniques used contain oriental elements or China elements, that is, fantasy novel.

Fantasy novel is also fantasy novel.

Three types of fantasy novels

When I am confused, my habit is to look up Ci Hai. There are "sci-fi" entries in Ci Hai, but fantasy novel and fantasy novel are not found. This shows that "fantasy novel" and "fantasy novel" are popular new terms, but they are not included in Ci Hai.

Fantasy literature can be divided into two categories, namely fantasy novel and fairy tales. As far as fantasy novel is concerned, it can be divided into three categories, namely, science fiction, magic fiction and fantasy fiction.

Science fiction is well known, and its fantasy is based on science. The world's first science fiction novel is Frankenstein (also translated as Frankenstein) published by 18 18, written by mary shelley, the wife of the famous British poet Shelley. Since then, Verne of France, Wells of Britain, Asimov of the United States, Bjelja Tofu of the Soviet Union, Sakji Komatsu of Japan and Shinichi Hoshino have created many excellent science fiction novels and become world science fiction masters. Science fiction has a long history and has become a mature style.

The fantasy of magic novels is based on magic. With the help of wands, Lord of the Rings, magic, magic and spells, magic novels are ever-changing and full of magical charm. Harry Potter by British woman writer Rowling is one of the representative works. The mysterious "Sorcerer's Stone" in Harry Potter shows the magic of magical novels to the fullest.

Besides science fiction and magic, it is the third kind of fantasy novel with the most names and the most vague definition, but it is the most popular and popular in China today. This third kind of fantasy novel has three common names: Greater fantasy novel, fantasy novel and fantasy novel, commonly known as fantasy novel.

The origin of fantasy novels

The word "Great fantasy novel" comes from Japan and is represented by the works of Japanese woman writer Naoko An Fang. In Naoko's pen, "It's a fantastic country, a world haunted by elves, where there are windows of foxes, where all branches are covered with white parrots, where girls' souls can be heard crying ..." Some people call Naoko's Great fantasy novel a' contemporary serial'. According to this reasoning, China writer Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio seems to be regarded as the originator of "Great fantasy novel".

As far as I know, the word "fantasy novel" comes from China and Hongkong. The earliest fantasy novel I have ever seen is Huang Yi's Moon Magic published by Juxiange 1988. At that time, Juxiange was also preparing to publish my works. The publisher, Mr. Zhao Shanqi, gave me a novel by Huang Yi, a local writer. Mr. Zhao Shanqi wrote in the preface: "A brand-new variety of metaphysics, science and literature was born. This kind of novel is called' fantasy' novel. " This is the first time that the word "fantasy novel" appears and has a clear definition.

Huang Yi's fantasy novels have formed a series, all featuring a character named Ling Duyu. Ling Duyu has a legendary experience. He grew up in Tibet, and then studied in the United States, where he got two doctorates. He also studied tantric Buddhism and had superhuman spiritual perception, so he was invited to explore many supernatural mysteries in the world.

Huang Yi's series of fantasy novels, each with100000 words, were printed into a small pocket book. Because fantasy novel in Huang Yi pays attention to suspense, twists and turns in stories and shows various strange metaphysical realms, his series became popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan after being published in fantasy novel.

Huang Yi's fantasy novels claim to be "a combination of metaphysics, science and literature", but it is not clear how many scientific elements there are. However, metaphysics runs through the novel. Zhao Shanqi said, "Huang Yi is a master of metaphysics, proficient in geomantic numerology and astrology".

Of course, Huang Yi's so-called metaphysics is only superficial "geomantic astrology", not the so-called "metaphysics" laid by the three books of "San Xuan", that is, metaphysics.

Huang Yi's fantasy novel view of "the trinity of metaphysics, science and literature" is not only inaccurate in Huang Yi's works, but also far from fantasy novel, which is popular in China today. It can be said that there is neither science nor metaphysics nor fantasy novel in China today, represented by The Legend of Little Soldiers!

I think China's fantasy novels today just follow the fantasy novel style created by Huang Yi and abandon its core. In today's fantasy novel in China, "metaphysics" no longer refers to metaphysics, but can be interpreted as metaphysics.

I really admire our ancestors for giving the word "Xuan" a magical and mysterious color. Xu Shen's Shuowen is interpreted as: "Xuan, you are far away. The word' Xuan' comes from Laozi's Tao Te Ching,' Xuan and Xuan, the Gate of Wan Qi', which is deep and implicit. " It is "Xuan" that means "profound and subtle", so it also gives fantasy novel an infinite world of metaphysics!

In Ye Yonglie's comments on fantasy novel fever, I once said, "fantasy novel is newly emerging. Based on metaphysics, it emphasizes the word "metaphysics", and its content goes further than that of fantasy novel. From the creative level, fantasy novel writers are more free to create than science fiction writers, not bound by scientific basis, and have more room to play. "

In addition to the legend of Batman, the fantasy novel The Tale of Charm is also very popular on the Internet. From June 5, 2004 to 10, I attended the seminar "China Fantasy Literature Market" in Beijing. At the meeting, Oriental Publishing Center, a Chinese publishing group, suddenly launched 20 kinds of fantasy novel with the signature of "Huotianche", which shows the enthusiasm for fantasy novel.

Overview of fantasy novels

I noticed that The Legend of Little Soldiers and The Charm Story are often called "fantasy novel". The terms "fantasy novel" and "fantasy" can be used interchangeably. This shows that the word "fantasy novel" can also be interpreted as "singularity", which has nothing to do with metaphysics.

Different from fantasy novel, fantasy novel is not confined to China, but also exists abroad, and is often confused with fantasy novel. Even Harry Potter is classified as fantasy novel. People trace the history of fantasy novels back to1Greek mythology at the beginning of the 9th century or even earlier. The representative works of foreign fantasy novels are The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by British writer Tolkien. When Taiwan Province translator Zhu translated it into Chinese, he pioneered the term "fantasy novel". Since then, the term "fantasy novel" has become popular in the Chinese world. Zhu founded Taiwan Province Fantasy Culture and Art Foundation.

There is no strict definition of fantasy novel. Xu Qingwen of Taiwan Province Province wrote the opening declaration for Muse Fantasy Museum: "We need imagination, not to teach us to escape from reality and drown in nothingness, but to encourage us to change our horizons and broaden our minds. The unique mysterious nature and infinite fantasy space of fantasy stories are the source of imagination. " This passage was once thought to give a broad definition to "fantasy novel". In my opinion, fantasy novel's characteristic is "strangeness", which runs through the novel with magical, bizarre and peculiar fantasies. This fantasy has nothing to do with science.

The representative work of China's fantasy novels is Jing M.Guo's Fantasy City.

Jing M.Guo believes that the fantasy city is "a castle in people's hearts and your dream" and "the fantasy city in everyone's heart is different". Jing M. Guo's "fantasy city" is full of magical colors: the fire family and the ice family are incompatible, and the fire city is engaged in jihad with the fantasy snow empire. In the magic snow empire, "people have white crystal pupils, long white hair, a thousand years of life and a gorgeous illusion like a nightmare", "the distant fantasy about jihad is mixed with fragmented love. Fantasies from the sky, light, romantic and wild, lead you to open the mysterious door of your dreams, let your imagination roam freely, and the elves of thinking wander in the infinite world, and the scenery is infinite wherever you go. "

Cao Wenxuan, a professor and writer of Chinese Department in Peking University, pointed out when commenting on Fantasy City: "Fantasy City is mysterious. This mystery may not be the result of the author's deliberate pursuit. But this mystery has always attracted us to move forward in the dense language forest ... until the end, we saw the world clearly, and the mystery is here. "

This "mystery" is the unique and magical charm of fantasy novel.

Another book, fantasy novel and Chen Siyu's Record of Making Men Proud of the World, has been published in 26 volumes in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is also an influential fantasy novel in recent years. This fantasy novel was first published under the pseudonym of Minmei on original websites such as Magic Sword Book League, Dragon Sky and Novel Channel, with nearly 10 million hits!