The article compares diverse strategies of using mythological motifs in modern and romantic literature. The key concept here is that of patchwork – the term metaphorically describing the presence in a literary text of motifs of diverse provenience which function in different ways. In such popular and representative texts of culture as novels by Wiktor Pielewin, short stories by Michał Guzek, comic books and novels by Neil Gaiman (the artistic merit of the works in question is not the subject of the present discussion) elements borrowed from various mythologies are transformed and placed in new contexts. This strategy can be described with the help of postmodern theories (Baudlillard “game”, Barth’s “literature of exhaustion”) and it exhibit...
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska’s interest in the ancient world should come as no surprise. While a f...
The article discusses the book entitled "Romantyzm i nowoczesność" (Kraków 2009), edited by Michał ...
The article is a review of Dorota Siwor’s monography entitled Traces of Myth and Ritual On Contempor...
W niniejszej pracy omawiam koncepcję wyprowadzenia z mitu bóstw antycznych. Czynię to na przykładzie...
The article analyses the theme of magic in the works of Andrzej Sapkowski (the Witcher series) and J...
The article identifies key factors influencing formation of European magic realism. The author of th...
The aim of this article is to describe selected 20th-century novels which deal with theatre and the ...
The article identifies key factors influencing formation of European magic realism. The author of th...
On ways of cultivating strong and weakened mythologies The article is devoted to the difference...
Zajmują mnie powiązania kultury ponowoczesnej z tradycją romantyczną: twór-cze sposoby jej wyrażania...
The aim of the article is to find the main determinants of the changes/transformations in art that w...
Celem niniejszej pracy jest analiza wydań publikacji poświęconych mitologii greckiej i rzymskiej prz...
Postmodernist’s variations in Thomas Pynchon novels In this article the author attempts ...
In the article the author examines fantastic novels by contemporary Polish writers (Andrzej Maleszka...
The article provides a cultural presentation of Bogomilian dualism as Oriental and Pan-Slavic. The a...
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska’s interest in the ancient world should come as no surprise. While a f...
The article discusses the book entitled "Romantyzm i nowoczesność" (Kraków 2009), edited by Michał ...
The article is a review of Dorota Siwor’s monography entitled Traces of Myth and Ritual On Contempor...
W niniejszej pracy omawiam koncepcję wyprowadzenia z mitu bóstw antycznych. Czynię to na przykładzie...
The article analyses the theme of magic in the works of Andrzej Sapkowski (the Witcher series) and J...
The article identifies key factors influencing formation of European magic realism. The author of th...
The aim of this article is to describe selected 20th-century novels which deal with theatre and the ...
The article identifies key factors influencing formation of European magic realism. The author of th...
On ways of cultivating strong and weakened mythologies The article is devoted to the difference...
Zajmują mnie powiązania kultury ponowoczesnej z tradycją romantyczną: twór-cze sposoby jej wyrażania...
The aim of the article is to find the main determinants of the changes/transformations in art that w...
Celem niniejszej pracy jest analiza wydań publikacji poświęconych mitologii greckiej i rzymskiej prz...
Postmodernist’s variations in Thomas Pynchon novels In this article the author attempts ...
In the article the author examines fantastic novels by contemporary Polish writers (Andrzej Maleszka...
The article provides a cultural presentation of Bogomilian dualism as Oriental and Pan-Slavic. The a...
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska’s interest in the ancient world should come as no surprise. While a f...
The article discusses the book entitled "Romantyzm i nowoczesność" (Kraków 2009), edited by Michał ...
The article is a review of Dorota Siwor’s monography entitled Traces of Myth and Ritual On Contempor...