The distinction between real and fictional worlds: Investigating individual differences in fantasy understanding

In this paper, two studies are reported in which children’s ability to distinguish reality from fantasy was investigated. In Experiment 1, children of different ages made pairwise comparisons of 12 pictures of fictional figures and 3 photographs of real people by evaluating on a 6-point scale how easily these figures could meet each other. The results revealed that fantasy/reality distinction develops with age: 7–8-year-old showed a fundamental categorical distinction (comparable to that of adults) whereas 3–4-year-old treated the real world like one of many worlds. In Experiment 2, we took an individual differences approach and tested 116 4–5-year-old who performed the same fantasy task. In addition, they were presented with theory-of-mind tasks and tests measuring non-verbal intelligence and language skills. The results showed that, after statistically controlling for age, non-verbal intelligence, and language skills, theory-of-mind abilities still significantly contributed to the prediction of fantasy understanding.

Samurai Son and Exploring Cultural Myths Through Fantasy Fiction

Samurai Son is a story that captures the beauty, wonder and imagination of Japanese legends and mythology with some modern-day sensibilities and morals against the backdrop of medieval Japan. The story blends Shinto religion and stories about the tengu, bird-like wind spirits with a modern plotline in a Japanese fantasy universe. This world is filled with magic, demons, kami (magical spirits), gods and goddesses, samurai, ninja and martial arts.

Dragon Tears: Highlighting the Christian Salvation Message Through the Use of Allegorical Fantasy Fiction

The recent movie versions of the Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy have raised in the publishing world a public demand for good quality fantasy fiction that can be used as a teaching tool for spreading the Christian salvation message. Dragon Tears was written to fulfill this need, providing young adult readers with both an engaging fantasy story and at the same time, an allegorical format through which to receive the Christian salvation story. Dragon Tears draws its foundational material from two educational backgrounds in religion and creative writing.

Shades of night : a fantasy in one act /

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The mystic trumpeter; orchestral fantasy after the poem by Walt Whitman.

"Op. 19."

Chromatic fantasy and fugue ; Concerto in the Italian style ; Fantasy in C minor ; Prelude and fugue in A minor /

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Scherzi and fantasy for the piano

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Science fiction and fantasy.

"A bibliography of selected novels and novellas in the collection of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped"--Introd.

The island of fantasy : a romance /

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Tales of fantasy and fact,

A primer of imaginary geography.--The kinetoscope of time.--The dream-gown of the Japanese ambassador.--The rival ghosts.--Sixteen years without a birthday.--The twinkling of an eye.--A confidential postscript.

The pigeon : a fantasy in three acts /

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The tale of Lal : a fantasy /

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American printmaking before 1876 : fact, fiction, and fantasy : papers presented at a symposium held at the Library of Congress, June 12 and 13, 1972.

Sponsored by the Library of Congress.

The pigeon; a fantasy in three acts,

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