Post by account_disabled on Jan 2, 2024 6:11:34 GMT
I immediately liked the idea of autarky in fantasy and therefore put this post together. Unconsciously, I believe that every fantasy writer is convinced of this within himself, even if the thought of autarky - a concept that has always fascinated me from a political point of view - has never occurred to him. Certainly, however, every fantasy author behaves in an autarchic way when he writes. For me, fantasy represents the genre of genres, as I said on another occasion, because it contains them all and perhaps because, to be picky, it is also the first genre that appeared in literature. But what does autarky mean? I would like to live in an autarkic way, a beautiful house in the countryside in which to provide for my and my family's needs by producing fruit, vegetables, eggs, bread, beer, honey and various preserves. Simply put, autarky means being independent .
The concept of creative independence When we read a fantasy novel the first thing that catches our eye is a new world, an imaginary world created by the author, something never seen before, even if in that context we find legendary and mythological creatures that we know. But these are still new scenarios, which exist only thanks to that novel, thanks to the Special Data creativity of that author. What work did the writer do? That of a real planning of a universe . He is the creator of a world, of one or more societies, he becomes an urban planner, architect, sociologist, biologist, naturalist, politician, he takes on a series of tasks in order to give life to his world. This is what I call creative independence . If we write a western, we have to stick to the historical context, to History. The same goes if we write a detective story or a dramatic novel set in the present day. In these cases we are dependent, our creativity depends on an existing, tangible world.
In fantasy we definitely have more creative freedom. Autarchy does not mean anarchy That is: it is wrong to say that in fantasy everything is possible. Creative independence and freedom of imagination do not mean writing nonsense, stories that don't stand up, that aren't credible beyond the suspension of doubt that should activate the reader. We can't get by like this. It would be too convenient. Fantasy is autarchic, but it is not anarchic . I have never tolerated the concept of anarchy, even if the laws are too tight for me. And I can't stand that in fiction. Fantasy also has its laws, canons that delimit its boundaries, that regulate its existence and shape it, in a certain sense, they contribute to its configuration, but above all I think that these laws allow the reader to enter into harmony with the imaginary world in which he immerses himself.
The concept of creative independence When we read a fantasy novel the first thing that catches our eye is a new world, an imaginary world created by the author, something never seen before, even if in that context we find legendary and mythological creatures that we know. But these are still new scenarios, which exist only thanks to that novel, thanks to the Special Data creativity of that author. What work did the writer do? That of a real planning of a universe . He is the creator of a world, of one or more societies, he becomes an urban planner, architect, sociologist, biologist, naturalist, politician, he takes on a series of tasks in order to give life to his world. This is what I call creative independence . If we write a western, we have to stick to the historical context, to History. The same goes if we write a detective story or a dramatic novel set in the present day. In these cases we are dependent, our creativity depends on an existing, tangible world.
In fantasy we definitely have more creative freedom. Autarchy does not mean anarchy That is: it is wrong to say that in fantasy everything is possible. Creative independence and freedom of imagination do not mean writing nonsense, stories that don't stand up, that aren't credible beyond the suspension of doubt that should activate the reader. We can't get by like this. It would be too convenient. Fantasy is autarchic, but it is not anarchic . I have never tolerated the concept of anarchy, even if the laws are too tight for me. And I can't stand that in fiction. Fantasy also has its laws, canons that delimit its boundaries, that regulate its existence and shape it, in a certain sense, they contribute to its configuration, but above all I think that these laws allow the reader to enter into harmony with the imaginary world in which he immerses himself.