Summary of literary texts and key concepts of literature

                                                         According to Cambridge Dictionary, the word fantasy denotes a ‘pleasant situation that you enjoy thinking about, but is unlikely to happen.’ In the context of literature, it is a type of story that delineates situations, completely different from real life, often involving magic. Unlike science fiction, in fantasy, there is no attempt on the part of the author to rationalize the plausibly unrealistic setting and incidents happening in the story with pseudo scientific principles. E.M.Forster in his Aspects of the Novel brilliantly captures the essence of this particular literary genre. Fantasy is a work of fiction with its own distinctive features. For the sake of demonstration, Forster selects two masterpieces, Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy , and Her man Melville’s Moby Dick . Apart from the story, human feelings, and sense of value for the characters, intelligence and memory for the plot, in any form of fiction offers, F

  After a gap of ten years, the author starts the story of Harry Potter. He is eleven years old now. The memory of that night when Petunia Dursley found Harry at the doorstep of their house still haunted her. Dudley was grown into a ‘large blond boy’. There was no sign to prove Harry’s existence in the house. Harry used to do chores with his aunt. In the morning, Petunia would wake him up with her shrill voice. Harry would try to remember what he was dreaming about. Most of the time, he would dream about a flying motorcycle. His aunt used to use Harry as a helping hand during breakfast. The day was Dudley’s birthday and Petunia wanted to make sure that everything goes perfectly. Harry lived in a cupboard under the stairs which was full of spiders. He was kind of used to it.   Dudley was a pampered child, whose every demand was fulfilled by his parents, as any refusal could lead him to the display of severe tantrums. He was fat and hated exercise. He even used to abuse Harry physically,

The story begins with the introduction of the Dursley family, who lived in house number four, in Privet Drive. Mr. Vernon Dursley, the director of a firm named Grunning his wife Petunia, a homemaker, and their pampered and spoiled son Dudley lived a perfectly normal life. Mr. Dursley had a huge stature with a large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was a thin blonde woman with a long neck. Apparently, there was nothing unusual with the family. Especially, Petunia always tried to portray her family as the perfect one. She always tries to find out what is happening in her neighbour’s home. But, Petunia Dursley kept a secret. She had a sister, Lily potter, who was a wizard. She was married to James Potter, who was also a wizard and they had a son, named Harry.   On a dull , and grey morning, when apparently everything seemed normal, Mr. Dursley picked up his briefcase and got into his car. The first mysterious sign was a cat, who seemed to be reading a map .As he was stuck in the traffic jam, he