About the Class
The fantasy world is a dangerous place. Often pretty, breathtaking, magical, endlessly amazing, yes. But dangerous, too. This is why one must hold with her a Survival Guide so as to better traverse most fantasy terrain. I, for one, own a splendiferously penned copy of The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land by Diana Wynne Jones. Good stuff. So I thought I should impart some of her wisdom--and I suppose, some of my metaphorical experiences--to you!
Surviving Fantasyland is part one of a planned two-term series: Surviving Fantasyland (Fall Term) and Conquering Fantasyland (Spring Term). The first term will focus on a more passive approach to navigating various fantasy worlds without changing the world's status quo. The second shall deal with speculative attempts to gain power for good or evil (or both...). Either way, both classes will heavily borrow from various fantasy literature, from children's to young adult to adult fantasies.
Surviving Fantasyland is part one of a planned two-term series: Surviving Fantasyland (Fall Term) and Conquering Fantasyland (Spring Term). The first term will focus on a more passive approach to navigating various fantasy worlds without changing the world's status quo. The second shall deal with speculative attempts to gain power for good or evil (or both...). Either way, both classes will heavily borrow from various fantasy literature, from children's to young adult to adult fantasies.
About Cassandra Lobiesk
Hi, I'm Cassandra Lobiesk, and I'm a fantasy-holic. No, seriously, I am. Some people will scoff at my genre-loving ways, but fantasy is most of what I read. Yet I can tell you now that I've only traveled a minor fraction of the Fantasylands I will be alluding to in the lessons. Perhaps you as a reader have traveled more. Perhaps less. But that doesn't seem to matter because fantasy is fantasy is fantasy!
A little disclaimer: I hold no rights to the official guides to Fantasyland, and I am not talking about Disney's Fantasyland. The lesson contents are based on several patterns/tropes I've seen in many of the fantasy I've read and have yet to read, and I am using one major book as a guide for this guide. So unlike my previous classes--which delve into a whole lot of research--Surviving Fantasyland is a more creative outlet and not necessarily the be all end all of fantasy worlds. In other words, take what I've written only under advisement and not as universal truth.
A little disclaimer: I hold no rights to the official guides to Fantasyland, and I am not talking about Disney's Fantasyland. The lesson contents are based on several patterns/tropes I've seen in many of the fantasy I've read and have yet to read, and I am using one major book as a guide for this guide. So unlike my previous classes--which delve into a whole lot of research--Surviving Fantasyland is a more creative outlet and not necessarily the be all end all of fantasy worlds. In other words, take what I've written only under advisement and not as universal truth.