THE CONCEPT OF THE WORLD-IMAGE AND ITS OBJECTS IN FANTASY LITERATURE

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  • Burieva Nargiza Kuchkarovna PhD Associate professor of Jizzakh state pedagogical university, Uzbekistan

Keywords:

World-image, world-model, fantasy literature

Abstract

This article articulates the concept of the world-image in fantasy literature by distinguishing it from the related world-model and showing how objects serve as microcosmic “object-models” of secondary worlds. Drawing on Chudakov’s “thing sphere,” Propp’s functionality, and mythopoetic theory, it demonstrates that in works like The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter, key artifacts (e.g., the wardrobe, the Deathly Hallows) condense a universe’s laws, values, and conflicts. By comparing these case studies, the article proposes object-images as a criterion to differentiate fantasy from authorial fairy tale and outlines a concise, interdisciplinary framework for analyzing fantasy’s poetics.

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2025-07-30

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Burieva Nargiza Kuchkarovna. (2025). THE CONCEPT OF THE WORLD-IMAGE AND ITS OBJECTS IN FANTASY LITERATURE. International Scientific and Current Research Conferences, 1(01), 22–28. Retrieved from https://www.orientalpublication.com/index.php/iscrc/article/view/1911

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2025: CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

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