FANTASTIC BODY TRANSFORMATIONS

FANTASY

features:

• supernatural elements combined with realistic events
• pastoral setting evoking nostalgic feelings
• timeless meaning, often allegorical
• focus on spiritual / psychological developments
• fight between good and evil
• non-human creatures (fairies, nymphs, ogres, dragons, dwarfs, wizards, hobbits, giants) often interacting with humans 

examples: 
Lewis Carroll, Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) 
George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (1872) 
Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast (1950) 
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (1954-5) 
Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop (1967)