Syllabus:

Fantasy literature, 15 credits

Swedish name: Fantasylitteratur

This syllabus is valid: 2026-08-31 and until further notice

Course code: 1LV00A

Credit points: 15

Education level: First cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Comparative Literature: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Grading scale: Three-grade scale

Responsible department: Department of Culture and Media Studies

Established by: Prefekten vid institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2026-02-24

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Literature

Valid from: 2026-08-31

Magiska möjligheter : Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl och Cirkeln i skolans värdegrundsarbete
Alkestrand Malin
Makadam Förlag : 2021 : 423 :

LIBRIS ID: 2hzrl33p0jcst32q
ISBN: 9789176552254
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En guide till fantasy
Ekholm Steven
1. uppl. : Stockholm : Natur och kultur : 2000 : 103 s. :
LIBRIS ID: 7231383
ISBN: 9127571149
ISBN: 9789127571143
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Rhetorics of Fantasy
Mendlesohn Farah, Project Muse
Wesleyan University Press : 2014 :

LIBRIS ID: bwhw9ztx8dqbtscw
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Tolkien on fairy-stories
Tolkien J. R. R., Flieger Verlyn, Anderson Douglas A.
Expanded ed., with commentary and notes : London : HarperCollins : 2008 : 320 s. :
LIBRIS ID: 11622152
ISBN: 9780007244669
ISBN: 0007244665
ISBN: 9780007582914
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The Ivory and the Horn : a Newford collection
De Lint Charles
First edition. : New York : Orb : 1995 : 318 pages :
LIBRIS ID: 18645224
ISBN: 0312855737
ISBN: 9780765316790
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Magic for Beginners
Link Kelly
Harpercollins Publishers : 2007 :

LIBRIS ID: czqmrvx59l8v785f
ISBN: 9780007242009
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Time and the Gods
Dunsany Edward
Project Gutenberg : 1906 :

Platsen som inte finns : Fantasymiljöernas betydelse
Ekman Stefan
Included in:
Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap

LIBRIS ID: 5mq25qtt35c81554
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“rituals’ Footprints Ankle-Deep in Stone’: The Irrelevancy of Setting in the Fantastic
Schlobin Roger C.
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts : 2000 :

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Den oändliga historien
Ende Michael, Adlerberth Roland
Femte upplagan : [Stockholm] : Berghs förlag : [2018] : 479 sidor :
LIBRIS ID: 21692830
ISBN: 9789150222401
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Jagannath : stories
Tidbeck Karin, Hand Elizabeth
New York : Vintage books : 2018 : 161 sidor :
LIBRIS ID: 21574645
ISBN: 9781101973974
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Fantasy : how it works
Attebery Brian
First edition. : Oxford : Oxford University Press : [2022] : 198 sidor :
LIBRIS ID: 3kd0cxdb1xh2fccm
ISBN: 0192856235
ISBN: 9780192856234
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The folkloresque : reframing folklore in a popular culture world
Foster Michael Dylan, Tolbert Jeffrey A.
Logan : Utah State University Press : [2016] : viii, 265 pages ; :
LIBRIS ID: 20388949
ISBN: 9781607324171
ISBN: 1607324172
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Ringens återkomst : texter om Tolkien
[Stockholm] : Norstedts : [2023] : 132 sidor :
LIBRIS ID: s89phcw5qxktk9zm
ISBN: 9789113128863
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The haunting of tram car 015
Clark P. Djèlí
First edition : New York, NY : St Martin's Press : 2019 : 143 sidor :

LIBRIS ID: w7ckj1xqtzlg6760
ISBN: 9781250294807
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Trollkarlen från Övärlden
Le Guin Ursula K., Swahn Sven Christer
Stockholm : Modernista : [2024] : 190 sidor :
LIBRIS ID: p69bnt6rm9p4b1k8
ISBN: 9789180941129
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Stadens väsen
Berg Jonny
[Göteborg] : Catoblepas förlag : 2016 : 289 sidor :
LIBRIS ID: 19246361
ISBN: 9789188183019
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Romantasy: An overview and a history
Cuthbert Kate, McAlister Jodi
Synergy : 2025 :

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The Crawford Award and Contemporary Fantasy
Wolfe Gary K.
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts : 2021 :

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Why fantasy matters too much
Zipes Jack David
Included in:
Relentless progress : the reconfiguration of children's literature, fairy tales, and storytelling

LIBRIS ID: 11483266
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