Pictures of the Post-Apocalyptic Man and World in Contemporary Polish Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature. Based on Komornik by Michał Gołkowski and Starość aksolotla by Jacek Dukaj Cover Image

Obrazy człowieka i świata postapokaliptycznego we współczesnej polskiej literaturze fantasy i science fiction na przykładzie Komornika Michała Gołkowskiego oraz Starości aksolotla Jacka Dukaja
Pictures of the Post-Apocalyptic Man and World in Contemporary Polish Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature. Based on Komornik by Michał Gołkowski and Starość aksolotla by Jacek Dukaj

Author(s): Aleksandra Rybacka
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Apocalypse; picture; literature; fantasy; science fiction

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the picture of the post-apocalyptic man and world based on Komornik[Bailiff] by Michał Gołkowski and Starość aksolotla [The Old Axolotl] by Jacek Dukaj – the novelswritten by two of the most popular Polish science fiction and fantasy writers. It shows the causesof the apocalypse in these books and how the post-apocalyptic world is changing. It also describesand analyses the motives behind the protagonists’ approach, what they are missing and how theyaffect the post-apocalyptic world.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 217-226
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish