The fantastique is a substantial genre within French literature. Arguably dating back further than English language fantasy, it remains an active and productive genre which has evolved in conjunction with anglophone fantasy and horror and other French and international literature.
Definition
What is distinctive about the fantastique is the intrusion of supernatural phenomena into an otherwise realist narrative. It evokes phenomena which are not only left unexplained but which are inexplicable from the reader's point of view. In this respect, the fantastique is somewhere between fantasy, where the supernatural is accepted and entirely reasonable in the imaginary world of a non-realist narrative, and magic realism, where apparently supernatural phenomena are explained and accepted as normal. Instead, characters in a work of fantastique are, just like the readers, unwilling to accept the supernatural events that occur. This refusal may be mixed with doubt, disbelief, fear, or some combination of those reactions.
Fantastique (from French:fantasy) is a pop music duo of "typical Dutchmen": round-faced Dick Dam and blue-eyed Astrid Leuwener from the city of Haarlem in the west of the Netherlands. It was formed by famous Dutch producers' team Cat Music (Geertjan J. Hessing, Aart Mol, Elmer F. Veerhoff, Erwin van Prehn, Cees R. Bergman) well-known till 1979 as glam rock/teenybopper band Catapult and then also as The Monotones.
These "Ottawan-like" electronic dance tracks they wrote for Fantastique ("Mama Told Me", "Costa Blanca", etc.) topped charts in many countries in the early 80s; in October 1981 on Dutch Top 40 singles chart its highest number was 5. There are a lot of remixes of "Mama Told Me" issued long after Fantastique drifted into oblivion, even it was used as a part of soundtrack of Dutch movie I am Joep Meloen (Dutch:Ik Ben Joep Meloen, 1981).
Yo, uh uh uh uh uh This is the mission out a small time thing Let me tell you 'bout what happened when the phone went I was chillin' at the crib with this girl named 'Wise' She was kissin' my brain, caressin' my third eye When the phone rang, I couldn't believe it Told myself to forget it, ignore it, leave it But just when things started goin' great It rang again, I said hold up, wait Picked up the phone, "Yeah who the hell is this?" Somebody said, "This is serious business" "Hip hop is dyin' it's all Darth Vader So pick up your mic and swing your light sabre" The Skywalker, the fly talker from the T-dot We got, beats and lyrics to get you up Kick in the door, wavin' my A.S.R. Who got my back? In fact it's Figure Four I keep it raw, 'cross the city just like gore Rappers are claimin' to be hardcore But never no more Some just lost, they floss they don't get it When I fall off things, I'm quick to admit it If you love this life, I know you'll get with it 'Cause all in all it's fantastique Say, some just lost, they floss they don't get it When I fall off things, I'm quick to admit it If you love this life, I know you'll get with it 'Cause all in all it's fantastique There's only two digits, zero and number one But some get fooled by countin' bullets in a gun I make a run, with that renegade Red 1 We so close you can figure us cousins So step up if you wanna get taxed Hip hop used to be black, but now it laxed The brick 'cause they mostly spit like demonology My psychology not dependant on pimpology 'Cause pimps just react to things, men make 'em happen This rappin' dedicated to soul clappin' If you got soul, than The Infinite's in control Stop using mine, people to legitimize Yourself 'cause you raped the earth and tell lies My man positive intelligent and wise I don't suck energy son, I energize This is dedicated to make it live, bring it back Some just lost, they floss they don't get it When I fall off things I'm quick to admit it If you love this life I know you'll get with it 'Cause all in all it's fantastique Say, some just lost, they floss they don't get it When I fall off things, I'm quick to admit it If you love this life, I know you'll get with it
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