5.
Modern structures ................................................................................ 147
5.1
Computergamisation of fantasy novels? .................................................................... 147
5.2
Primary and secondary worlds ................................................................................... 149
5.2.1
Structure and function of primary and secondary worlds .......................................... 152
5.2.2
Parallels and differences between primary and secondary worlds............................. 153
5.2.3
An exemplary comparison of different secondary world models .............................. 155
5.2.4
Alternative worlds ...................................................................................................... 166
5.3
The modern quest ....................................................................................................... 168
5.3.1
Definition of the traditional quest .............................................................................. 169
5.3.2
New elements and aims of the quest .......................................................................... 170
5.4
Child heroes................................................................................................................ 173
5.4.1
The traditional child hero ........................................................................................... 174
5.4.2
Modern child heroes................................................................................................... 176
5.4.3
Their background ....................................................................................................... 177
5.4.4
Absence of authority .................................................................................................. 179
5.4.5
The fellowship............................................................................................................ 181
5.4.6
The hero’s crisis of identity, his transition and initiation........................................... 184
5.4.7
Responsibilities, duties and conflicts ......................................................................... 191
5.4.8
Gender ........................................................................................................................ 197
5.4.9
The contemporary hero: A stocktaking...................................................................... 199
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