Resistance Literature

Resistance Literature

Comparing the Role of Fantasy in Children's Sustainability Literature with Stevens' Gender Schema Approach

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD student in Persian Language and Literature, Shahrekord Azad University
2 Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
10.22034/rrl.2025.2049783.1049
Abstract
Endurance literature reflects the spirit of struggle and defense in humans. Fantasy literature includes fictional stories with the theme of human encounters with surreal and unreal characters. Among them, there is a type of imaginative endurance literature that few people have researched and studied. Children have different needs and expectations from reading a fantasy story, depending on their gender. In Stevens' schema, literary needs are studied separately for gender. These needs appear more vividly in the story during times of war and battle with enemies. As in endurance stories, the perspective of the narrator of the girl and the boy is different from each other. The perspective of the girls is cautious, patient, and fearful. However, the stories that are examined from the perspective of the boys have characteristics including: the characters are hasty, act prematurely, and are devoid of feelings and emotions. As a result, sustainable fantasy stories that appeal to both boys and girls are directly related to the narrator's perspective, and the more calm and subtle the story is, the more girls it will attract, while the more excitement and daring the story and fantasy events are, the more boys it will attract. This research was conducted on books in age groups "A", "B" and "C" that had fantastic imagination and sustainability aspects, and the research method was library-based.
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  • Receive Date 03 January 2025
  • Revise Date 25 May 2025
  • Accept Date 26 July 2025
  • Publish Date 23 July 2025