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Procedure 
The present study is divided into two main parts. In the shorter first section, the focus 
is on essential definitions, concepts and theoretical problems of central aspects of the field of 
fantasy for children. Subsequent to this introductory theoretical part, the second, practical one 
carries the main emphasis. Here, we will investigate the state of contemporary developments 
in children’s fantasy with the help of characteristic samples.
The first chapter of part one is concerned with compiling and suggesting definitions of 
fundamental terms. The second chapter outlines the historical roots of British children’s 
fantasy, providing necessary background knowledge for the analysis of the modern texts. It is 
followed by the research report (chapter 3), which presents the current status of the object of 
out study. Linked to part one by the mediatory, stock-taking research report, the second part is 
practically oriented and subdivided into three main areas for analysis. Whereas the first 
section centres on traditional elements (chapter 4), the second one inquires into modern 
structures (chapter 5). The third section is concerned with formal innovations (chapter 6). This 
will enable us to trace the diachronic development of the selected aspects of modern fantasy 
for children in regard to their present as well as future development. In conclusion, a seventh 
chapter sums up the findings and theses, before proposing an outlook on the possible paths 
open to British fantasy for children in the 21
st
century.
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Methodology 
The procedure of this study is determined by its aim: Namely an analytical, empirical 
and hermeneutical one. A descriptive theoretical part provides the necessary definitions of 
working terms and traces the historical development of the genre. On this basis a cross-section 
of the inventory of British children’s fantasy, represented by the corpus novels, will be 
analysed. Traditional approaches, contents and forms are compared to current trends and 
developments. Starting from the specific and moving to the more general, differences and 
common interests, but also special cases of contemporary children’s fantasy shall be distilled 
in order to assemble
them in an overall scheme.

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