Re-landscaping the Hero's Journey: The Connection Between Fantasy Stories and Multicultural Literature

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Emily Jiang
on July 23, 2007 2:23 PM | | Comments (0)
What does fantasy have in common with multicultural children's literature? During Week 2 of our Crossing Cultural Borders series, we'll explore the connections.

Topics we will cover include:

1) The Hero's Journey
2) How Harry Potter Is a Multicultural Character
3) How Contemporary & Classic Fantasy Kid's Lit Have Evolved Towards being Multicultural
4) How the Different Sub-Genres of Fantasy Deal with Multicultural Issues
5) Fantasies featuring ethnic/multicultural characters.

I'm curious to know if you are a fan of multicultural literature but not fantasy and/or vice versa, why do you like reading one but not the other? Because I really believe there are so many similarities!

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Renee Ting is the President and Publisher of Shen's Books. She is the author of The Prince's Diary and the blog, Renee's Book of the Day.

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