Analysis of the Educational Function of Fantasy in Children's and Teenagers' Stories

Due to the importance of educational issues, many works have been written for children and teenagers. Basically, children's literary works have an educational nature and the core of children's literature in all nations is education. One of the most important functions of fantasy in children and teenagers' stories is its educational function. This research uses a descriptive-analytical method in order to explain the educational role of fantasy stories. It also examines the social and moral functions of fantasy stories in eighteen fantasy stories containing social, environmental, love, and friendship themes. In addition to the mentioned themes, loneliness, superstitions and beliefs, parental separation and their consequences, problem solving skills training, making friends, how to use new technologies, finding one's true self, having compassion for all the beings in the universe, emphasizing the collective wisdom, the need to trust on the elders of the family, pay attention to God's help, fight against abomination, and self-sacrifice on the way to reach the lofty goal are among the most important moral and educational teachings that contemporary fantasy writers emphasize one.