Open AccessAre fan fiction and mythology really the same?
Author(s) -
Tony Keen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2016.0689
Subject(s) - mythology , transformative learning , simple (philosophy) , art , literature , fandom , aesthetics , sociology , philosophy , epistemology , pedagogy
This short piece addresses some of the assumptions about the connections between Greek and Roman mythology and fan fiction that underlie this special issue of Transformative Works and Cultures, arguing that the connections are not always as simple as they are sometimes made out to be.