Wokół definicji fantastyki miejskiej

• Authors: Mannolini-Winwood Sarai

Title variants

EN

Theorizing the Emergent Subgenre of Urban Fantasy

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Fantasy literature in the 1980s underwent a revisionist change, which resulted in the emergence of a number of subgenres that challenged the dominant Tolkien model of fantasy writing. One such subgenre, which continues in popularity today, is urban fantasy. Urban fantasy is distinguished by real-world urban settings unsettled by the presence of the supernatural and the non-rational. The classification of the subgenre has predominantly been commercial or industry-based, with little critical or theoretical evaluation undertaken to define or establish its parameters. Within a limited frame of refe­rence the article Theorizing the Emergent Subgenre of Urban Fantasy aims at offering a classificatory framework that identifies the distinctive elements of urban fantasy to further the generic understanding of unique fantasy subgenres.

Keywords

EN

urban fantasy; genology; genre theory

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta
• Journal: Creatio Fantastica
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 1(58)
• Pages: 29-47

Contributors

author

Mannolini-Winwood Sarai

• Independent researcher

translator

Maj Krzysztof M.

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński

References

• Attebery, Brian, Strategies of Fantasy, Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1992.
• Bull, Emma, War for the Oaks, New York: Orb 2001.
• Clute, John, Urban Fantasy, w: The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, red. John Clute, John Grant, London: Orbit 1997, ss. 975-976.
• Deffenbacher, Kristina, Rape Myths’ Twilight and Women’s Paranormal Revenge in Romantic and Urban Fantasy Fiction, „The Journal of Popular Culture” 2014, t. 47, nr 5, ss. 923-936.
• Derrida, Jacques, The law of genre, „Critical Inquiry” 1980, t. 7, nr 1, ss. 55-81.
• Donohue, Nanette Wargo, The City Fantastic, „Library Journal” 2008, t. 133, nr 10, ss. 64-68.
• Dubrow, Heather, Genre, London: Methuen 1982.
• Elber-Aviram, Hadas, „The Past is Below Us”: Urban Fantasy, Urban Archaeology, and the Recovery of Suppressed History, „Papers from the Institute of Archaeology” 2013, t. 23, nr 1, ss. 1-10.
• Fowler, Alastair, Kinds of Literature: An Introduction to the Theory of Genres and Modes, Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1982.
• Frow, John, Genre, Florence: Taylor and Francis 2015.
• Gifford, Lazette, Whither Wander You?: The Long History of Urban Fantasy, „Vision” 2002, t. 9, nr 1, online: http://visionforwriters.com/vision/index.php/categories/33-fantasy/459-whither-wander-you-the-long-history-of-urban-fantasy [dostęp: 30.08.2018].
• Hume, Kathryn. Fantasy and Mimesis: Responses to Reality in Western Literature, New York: Methuen 1984.
• Jackson, Rosemary, Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion, London: Routledge 1991.
• Kaveney, Roz, Revisionist Fantasy, w: The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, red. John Clute, John Grant, London: Orbit 1997, s. 810.
• Mains, Christine, Brad. J. Ricca, Holly Hassel and Lynda Rucker, Heroes or Sheroes, w: Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy, red. Robin Anne Reid, Westport: Greenwood 2009, ss. 179-190.
• Slusna, Zuzana, Paranormal and Religious as Part of Pop-cultural Consumerism, „European Journal of Science and Technology” 2014, t. 10, ss. 99-110.
• Tiffin, Jessica, Outside/inside Fantastic London, „English Academy Review” 2008, t. 25, nr 2, ss. 32-41.
• Todorov, Tzvetan, O pochodzeniu gatunków, „Pamiętnik Literacki” 1979, t. 70, nr 3, ss. 307-321.
• Tymn, Marshall, Kenneth J. Zahorski, Robert H. Boyer, Fantasy Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide, New York: R.R. Bawker Company 1979.
• Weiss, Allan, Destiny and Identity in Canadian Urban Fantasy, w: Literary Environments: Canada and the Old World, red. Britta Olinder, Brussels: Peter Lang 2006, ss. 109-118.
• Gary Wolfe, History and Criticism, w: Fantasy Literature. A Reader’s Guide, red. Neil Barron, New York: Garland Publishing 1990, ss. 371-388.

Identifiers

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.1419521