Abstract

Nowadays, it’s still difficult to specify the reach of the term fantasy literature. On the other hand, this same name refers to very different literary works in the case of literature for adults and as for literature for children and young people. The presence of the fantastic in this last group has a different origin, and it means for its receivers the possibility of contacting with readings which reflect their way of understanding the world. Through this work, the need and validity of the fantastic in the Children and Young Adults Literature will be argued, at the same time that the forms of the genre it refers will be determined.