Przestrzenie grozy w utworach z uniwersum griszów Leigh Bardugo jako narzędzie krytyki społecznej
Spaces of Horror in Leigh Bardugo’s Works Set in the Grishaverse as a Tool of Social Criticism

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses selected works by Leigh Bardugo set in the Grishaverse. Its aim is to explore the way in which the writer consistently employs horror narra-tive mechanisms to critique non-literary reality. The unique aspect of Bardugo’s criticism, specifically her emphasis on individual responsibility for the oppres-sive nature of the social system, is one of the factors distinguishing the series from conventionally understood fantasy. The text achieves its goal by analysing spaces depicted through the poetics of horror (predominantly derived from Gothic litera-ture), and by exploring the relationship between the hero and space, attempting to determine the scope of their mutual inf luences and the symbolic function of space. The author of the paper identifies the functions of appropriation practices and symbolic marking of space, considering them as possible expressions of rebel-lion against the system’s identified weaknesses. Ultimately, these considerations make an attempt to place the Grishaverse within the broader discourse of socially engaged fantasy.

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