Fantastyka i temat Holokaustu. Między wątpliwościami a funkcjonalnością konwencji fantastycznych
Fantasy and the subject of the Holocaust. Between the doubts and functionality of fantastic conventions
Author(s): Monika Brzóstowicz-KlajnSubject(s): Fiction, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: Fantasy; the concept of the fourth dimension; Holocaust literature; literature of doom; post-memory;
Summary/Abstract: Starting with Jerzy Jarzębski’s opinion that the fantastic convention in contemporary literature fulfills the role of “artificial sense”, the Author analyzes selected works related to the subject of the Holocaust in order to check the functionality and artistic value of fantastic elements used there. She notes that fantasy helps writers express the experience of emptiness following a loss, strengthens the trauma related to the past, and emphasizes the literariness of the text, fulfilling the role of metafiction.
Journal: Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 101-119
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish