Mimesis and beyond. Fantasy mountains and their function in “world mapping” in contemporary children’s literature Cover Image

Kategoria mimesis i poza nią. Góry fantastyczne i ich funkcja w „mapowaniu świata” we współczesnej literaturze dla młodego odbiorcy
Mimesis and beyond. Fantasy mountains and their function in “world mapping” in contemporary children’s literature

Author(s): Dorota Michulka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: speculative literature; fantasy; „fantasy geography”; utopia, geopoetics; mimesis; heterotopias (space); adventure

Summary/Abstract: In fantasy literature for children and youth, there function descriptions of space that may be categorized as part of the concept of “fantasy geography” (cf.: U. Eco). These regions are images of Arcadias, utopias, illusions, or simply “lands of fantasy” that exist without geographical or metaphysical limits (see: M. Ende – Fantastica). Imaginary worlds – which in a sense are representations of the real world – create poetics of place and space that is marked historically, socio-culturally, morally, and ethically.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 41-64
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish