當代奇幻(contemporary fantasy)係奇幻文學下嘅一個子文類。一個當代奇幻故仔嘅背景都係設於虛構嘅世界(定義上屬奇幻),但個虛構世界同作者身處嘅世界好相似,除咗可能有魔法之外,基本上同現實世界冇乜大分別,而且故仔會出現現實世界嘅地點;當代奇幻出名嘅作品有哈利波特(Harry Potter)-哈利波特背景設於一個虛構版本嘅廿世紀尾英國,呢個英國同現實嘅英國冇乜大分別(而且故仔仲有提及現實英國嘅地點),但就係有魔法同魔法生物嘅存在[1][2]。
- ↑ Martin Horstkotte, The postmodern fantastic in contemporary British fiction. WVT, Trier, 2004.
- ↑ Pierce, J. B. (2004). What's Harry Potter Doing in the Library? Depictions of Young Adult Information Seeking Behaviour in Contemporary Fantasy Fiction. In International Association of School Librarianship. Selected Papers from the... Annual Conference (p. 73). International Association of School Librarianship.