The folktale world is oriented positively toward its protagonist; a folktale is defined by the hero's triumph: magic wea — Darko Suvin, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction: On the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre
The folktale world is oriented positively toward its protagonist; a folktale is defined by the hero's triumph: magic wea — Darko Suvin, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction: On the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre
The folktale world is oriented positively toward its protagonist; a folktale is defined by the hero's triumph: magic wea — Darko Suvin, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction: On the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre
The folktale world is oriented positively toward its protagonist; a folktale is defined by the hero's triumph: magic wea — Darko Suvin, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction: On the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre
The folktale world is oriented positively toward its protagonist; a folktale is defined by the hero's triumph: magic wea — Darko Suvin, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction: On the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre
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The folktale world is oriented positively toward its protagonist; a folktale is defined by the hero's triumph: magic weapons and helpers are, with the necessary narrative retardation, at his beck and call.

— Darko Suvin, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction: On the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre
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