Fantasy themes in the novel "Cairo Maquette" byTariq Imam (as a model)

Fantasy literature is a literary style that differs from realistic literature, as it goes beyond the traditional boundaries and norms of this narrative in dealing with familiar and unfamiliar phenomena. It is based on the hesitation felt by the character, who knows nothing but the laws of nature, when he faces events that appear to be supernatural.This hesitation stems from a mental - cognitive - question that the character lives and the reader identifies with about the affiliation of the narrated text, does it return to reality or to imagination? This confusion in interpreting the narrated events results in a series of emotional reactions that lead to the creation of fantasy atmospheres (scary and terrifying).Fantasy themes are the heart of this style, as they are recorded:1- Through strange events, and these events are usually characterized by mystery; To achieve several functions within the text, such as fear, panic, terror and tension.2- These topics are also determined through exaggeration, which is the standard and basic starting point for this logic.This study discusses fantasy topics - unfamiliar - such as metamorphosis, humanization and perversion, which are linked to intellectual and moral meanings in dealing with reality, and the research concluded that these topics are the most effective way to reveal reality, because of the major transformations that contemporary man undergoes with all its political, social and cultural fluctuations.