The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and published in A FANTASY NOVEL Chicago in 1900the wizard of oz 2.docx THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FANTASY NOVELS THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ Realistic setting (PRIMARY WORLD) KANSAS Fantasy setting (SECONDARY WORLD) THE LAND OF OZ

The portal (between the two worlds) THE CYCLONE Magic THE SILVER SHOES Journeys and quests THE JOURNEY TO OZ

THE PLOT Dorothy is a young girl who lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry and her little dog Toto on a Kansas farm. One day, Dorothy and Toto are caught up in a cyclone that deposits her farmhouse into Munchkin Country in the magical Land of Oz. The falling house has killed theWicked Witch of the East, the evil ruler of

the Munchkins. The Good Witch of the North arrives with the grateful Munchkins and SOURCES OF IDEAS AND IMAGES gives Dorothy the magical Silver Shoes that once Baum acknowledged the influence of belonged to the witch. The Good Witch tells The GRIMM BROTHERS Dorothy that the only way she can return home is to go to the Emerald City and ask the great and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN CHARACTERS powerful Wizard of Oz to help her. As Dorothy LEWIS CARROLL’S ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN the Scarecrow embarks on her journey, the Good Witch of the WONDERLAND the Tin Woodman supporting cast characters North kisses her on the forehead, giving her Baum was also influenced by Carroll's belief that the Cowardly Lion magical protection from harm. children's books should have many pictures and be On her way down the yellow brick road, Dorothy… pleasurable to read. Carroll rejected the Victorian- era ideology that children's books should be saturated with morals, instead believing that children should be allowed to be children. Building on Carroll's style of numerous images accompanying the text, Baum amalgamated the conventional features of a fairy tale (witches and wizards) with the well-known things in his readers' 16] lives (scarecrows and cornfields).