home > this article   Examining the four main foci for
traditionalist impulses in fantasy and science fiction (Part
One)  By Mark Wegierski web posted October 21, 2013   It is
argued that fantasy and science fiction are genres where
traditionalist impulses can persist in an increasingly
desacralized, disenchanted, and quote mundane world. The four
main points of focus for these impulses are mapped onto several
subgenres of fantasy and science fiction. Such a typology
creates a helpful method for distinguishing between these
various subgenres.  The first point of focus consists of
nostalgia for a quote greener world and is identified with high-
fantasy, especially the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. High-fantasy
is frequently characterized by a lament for the quote thinning
of the world and is in fact quite congruent with traditionalist
despair at the increasing loss of meaning in current-day
society. Frequently, in high fantasy, past ages of a quote sub-
created world are grander and more magical than the world of