Write a 1,100 word paper that discusses why your selected work is a representative example of the dark fantasy genre.

Include a discussion of the following:

• Where would you situate the beginning of the modern fantasy and science fiction story? Explain.
• What are common conventions and themes of dark fantasy? How have they changed over the years?
• What are the elements of characterization, plot, setting, and language in dark fantasy stories? How have these changed over the years?
• What is the relationship between the conventions, themes, and elements of dark fantasy and the historical, cultural, and political contexts in which they were written? Provide examples.

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