Abstract
Capitalizing on recent discussions regarding the fantastic in fiction, this paper reflects on the innovation in the construction of the world Untherak, in Felipe Castilho’s Ordem vermelha: filhos da degradação (Red order: sons of degradation). The novel subverts that which is conventionally called high fantasy by introducing elements of dystopia, a narrative mode that has gained increasing significance within contemporary fiction for spotlighting social and political issues - roused by the strong conservative wave in the second decade of the 21st century -, and whose basic features vastly diverge from fantasy theories.
Keywords:
fantasy; dystopia; fantastic; Felipe Castilho; contemporaneity