Humorous fantasy

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Humorous Fantasy or Funny Fantasy ( Funtasy ) or Light Fantasy is a branch of fantastic literature that makes fun of well-known elements of fantasy or uses these elements for the purpose of satire .

history

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Charles Dickens (1812–1870), Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) and Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) were among the first fantastic authors to incorporate humor into their works . The short story Das Gespenst von Canterville by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and the works of the authors F. Anstey (pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie , 1856-1934) and Thorne Smith (1892-1934) are further early examples of humorous fantasy. Saki (1870–1916), John Collier (1901–1980) and Roald Dahl (1916–1990) wrote macabre and humorous horror stories , which, however, are only partially fantastic.

With the increasing popularity of science fiction and fantasy , these genres were also increasingly approached with humor. Douglas Adams (1952–2001) is the best-known representative in science fiction . In fantasy, Piers Anthony (* 1934), Robert Asprin (1946–2008), Tom Holt (* 1961) and Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) can be considered exemplary. Pratchett was so successful that he found numerous imitators and a real sub-genre emerged that was given names such as Funny Fantasy, Funtasy or Light Fantasy.

Well-known representatives of humorous fantasy

Well-known representatives of humorous science fiction

Well-known representatives of humorous fantasy

Short story anthologies of humorous fantasy

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b David Pringle (Ed.), The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy . Carlton, London 2006. ISBN 978-1-84442-110-7
  2. ↑ a b Rein A. Zondergeld / Holger E. Wiedenstried (ed.), Lexicon of fantastic literature . Weitbrecht, Stuttgart 1998. ISBN 978-3-522-72175-2

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