Fantasy – playing with a reader for the history

Authors

  • Lidia Gąsowska University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Abstract

The article concerns the problem of literary references of the fantasy trend to history. The author reviews various contemporary Polish fantasy novels by Sapkowski, Komuda, Jabłoński, Dębski and others) in which strictly historical knowledge was mixed with fabrications and magic elements. The conception of Sapkowski’s „retelling” and euhemerization (historical literalization of legendary figures and mythic events) was referred to.

Published

2011-12-28

How to Cite

Gąsowska, L. (2011). Fantasy – playing with a reader for the history. Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne [Silesian Journal of Polish Studies], 1(1), 45–52. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/SSP/article/view/3220