Elements of Fantasy in Arabic Literature after the Emergence of Islam: A Brief Review

Abstract

Fantasy is an imaginative, unrealistic component of a story or tale which appears unusual and strange. It comprise of unbelievable actions and events. Its basic types are fable, epic, super heroic, chronological, romantic, scientific, fabulous, planetary fantasy, extra planetary, magical, adulthood, narcissist and idealist fantasies. The subject article is a discussion of literary importance of all types of fantasies in Arabic literature after the advent of Islam.