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Threats or Victims: The Ambiguous Nature of Supernatural Creatures in Andrzej Sapkowski’s and George R. R. Martin’s Fantasy

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Piven S., National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Sviatoslav Piven is a doctoral student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv U. H. p. i. i. c. a. n. s. o. s. f. a. f. i. v. m. l.

Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre

2015

vol. 3

issue 1

Many postcolonial readings of fantasy fiction focus on exploring complicated relationships between different fantastic races that inhabit a certain secondary world. However, such studies often overlook interactions of these races with the supernatural animals and beasts that live alongside them. Fantasy narratives like Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher Saga and George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire depict fantastic settings where the relationship between the inhabitants of the world and the supernatural creatures is just as important as the interracial relations because it is based on similar principles of interaction between the Familiar and the Other and can be used to characterize them. Therefore, this article will address the following issues: how the supernatural creatures are perceived in their respective secondary worlds; what attitude prevails in this perception; and why it prevails above other reactions.

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1 Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre

1 National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”

1 Piven S.

1 Sviatoslav Piven is a doctoral student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv U. H. p. i. i. c. a. n. s. o. s. f. a. f. i. v. m. l.

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Threats or Victims: The Ambiguous Nature of Supernatural Creatures in Andrzej Sapkowski’s and George R. R. Martin’s Fantasy