The Supernatural Revamped by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Conclusion

It is clear that Harkness crafts her supernatural characters scientifically. She incorporates DNA and alleles, spontaneous genetic mutations, and predicates many of her creatures and their powers with heritable traits. By examining heredity and evolutionary genetics, the All Souls Trilogy creates complicated supernatural genetic histories and develops clear rules for both the hereditary and genetic lineages of three supernatural creatures. Harkness modifies these scientific methods and concepts with magic to allow for the rapid mutations necessitated by her supernatural creatures and the ever-present magic in their world.

This marriage of fantasy literature and scientific foundations continues to grow in popular fiction. Drawing some from Harry Potter, the inclusion of genetic considerations and supernatural abilities sets a precedent for future fantasy works. For scholars, this trend indicates a shift in public perception of the fantasy genre. The inclusion of scientific language would seem to denigrate the fantastical, which is often predicated on its defiance of natural law. With Harkness’s expansion of scientific language in her fashioning of the supernatural, the All Souls Trilogy stands to be a seminal work in this growing genre of neo-fantasy fiction. The fantasy intertwines with our observable reality by crafting characters who do not defy but instead embody scientific laws. Instead of denigrating the fantastic elements of the genre, it more closely links them to the present day and transforms the story world into a new, habitable reality. This new alignment between fantasy and reality provides readers with tangible connections to the story’s characters. In crafting a new way to approach this genre, Harkness and her ilk stand to create a new age of fantasy fiction utilizing science to connect readers to the fantastic.

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