Criticism and reference. Sienkiewicz and contemporary Polish fantasy literature from the perspective of web social media Summary The following paper presents the results of the analysis of the reception of Henryk Sienkiewicz works and authors of Polish contemporary fantasy from the perspective of social media. The authors of this article develop three hypothesis which are the results of their personal impressions regarding the reception of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s works. In the first hypothesis the authors assume that the writer functions in Polish culture as a sort of a classic figure and his popularity is connected with school reading list and official commemoration events. The next aspect of this paper is a consideration about knowing ...