Fantasy activity has long been recognized as a normal psychological process that individuals use to deal with emotions, goals, and beliefs. This article explores the development of fantasy activity as a part of career development, reviews relevant research, and cites examples of the use and implementation of fantasy. (Author)

Using the Imaginal Processes Inventory, aspects of daydreaming and related mental activity were examined in a replication sample of males aged 17 to 91 years. The characteristics of daydreaming obtained in an original sample were obtained in the replication sample, thus supporting the outcomes reported earlier. (Author)

Offers a stimulating discussion of fancy and reality in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." (HOD)

Describes a learning strategy which emphasizes the importance of fantasies as meaningful experiences in promoting intuitive and subjective thought. A sample fantasy essay is provided. (BC)

Advocates encouraging children to write about what they know best--the rich fantasy worlds they create in play. (Author)

Using a structured interview, 48 3- to 16-year-old children were questioned about their knowledge of religious and satanic concepts. Although few children evinced direct knowledge of ritual abuse, many revealed general knowledge of satanism and satanic worship. Results suggest that most children probably do not generally possess sufficient…

Examines the complex nature of pretense as portrayed in a popular UK children's television puppet show. Argues that animality of puppets is rendered opaque as their identities as children are linguistically accomplished, leading to a piece of representational art structured by moral and behavioral dictates typical of conventional adult-child…

Notes that fantasy and fairy tales are frequent targets of censorship attempts. Provides a defense against such attacks, by offering an answer (perhaps a challenge) to each of the major objections to fantasy stories. (SR)

Joshua Gunn calls for the creation of a new post-humanist, -Marxist, -Freudian approach to rhetorical criticism that would combine literary, critical, and psychoanalytic methods in a new "popular imaginary" paradigm. While urging acceptance of his new paradigm, Gunn advances three major criticisms of symbolic convergence theory (SCT): (1) SCT is…

This paper broadly summarizes research conclusions on the following aspects of creativity: characteristics of the creative behavior of preschool children; specific thinking abilities that account for differences in the degree of creativity from one person to another (fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration); general conditions under…

Written to encourage imaginative approaches to teaching writing, this paper contains ideas for developing writing skills by encouraging creative writing, formal analysis, and criticism despite the traditional lack of literary analysis in the creative writing classroom. In addition to including teaching techniques for practicing literary skills…

This book provides the general reader with an introduction to the field of imaginative fiction. The first two chapters describe the growth of science fiction from Aristophanes to Asimov and give the history of its parent literature, fantasy. The rest of the book affords the apprentice writer an overview of skills necessary for creating imaginative…

By consciously examining a structured fantasy, one learns through visual imagination from the process, and the information from the fantasy becomes readily accessible. This concept can be applied to changing negative self-images as well as to acquiring information. The article provides methods and guidelines for its classroom application. (LPG)

Presents the value of stories, especially fairy tales, as ways of both tutoring and expressing the imaginative and intuitive side of the personality. (DD)