SMOK to nie smok. Legendy polskie w XXI w.

• Authors: Katarzyna Kaczor

Title variants

EN

DRAGON is not a dragon. Polish legends in the 21st century

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The subject of the article is the presentation of the project “Legends of Poland”, indicating the reinterpretation strategies used by its creators. The subject of the analysis are the works by Robert M. Wegner and Tomasz Baginski — the story Milczenie owcy (The Silence of a Lamb) and its film adaptation SMOK (DRAGON). Their authors reinterpreted the most famous Polish legend about the Wawel dragon in a science fiction convention, thus pointing to the potential of famous stories that can be used to create whole universes.

Keywords

PL

polska kultura popularna XXI w.; polska literatura fantasy; legendy polskie; Robert M. Wegner; Tomasz Bagiński

EN

Polish popular culture of the 21st century; Polish fantasy literature; Polish legends; Robert M. Wegner; Tomasz Bagiński

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Literatura i Kultura Popularna
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 23
• Pages: 63-74

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Kaczor

• Uniwersytet Gdański