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The article deals with phenomena of the Gothic the most often described as a set of often-linked elements rather than a fixed genre. The text presents a variety of cultural incarnations of the convention: from the eighteenth century novel by horror movies to subcultural style of Goths. This essay also examines the basic Gothic concepts, like the uncanny and the abject, which determine the worlds depicted in Gothic narratives, especially characters who remain in close connection with the space formed as a labyrinth. Finally, the article is an attempt to answer the question about the source of the expansion of the aesthetics of the Gothic in the contemporary culture.
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The article analyzes In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi as representing filial narratives – biographies of a parent reconstructed and told by a son or a daughter, as well as post-memory literature – a reflection of the inherited trauma mediated by generational successors. The text demonstrates spatial entanglements in which the author’s father made his metamorphosis: from a Hungarian Jew, István Friedman, through an American photographer Steven Faludi, to a Hungarian woman, pensioner and patriot Stef´anie Faludi. Thus, the paper reconstructs the threads present in this book – a combination of geographical and historical contexts determining the individual identity choices made by each of us.
Porównania
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2022
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vol. 31
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issue 1
343-357
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The text is an attempt to demonstrate how stories about vampires-ubiquitous in contemporary culture-fit into an accessible version of the issues raised within animal studies. Since the character of the vampire is one of those elements of the Gothic canon that has undergone a dizzying transformation ( there seems to be more differences than shared features between Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight heroes ), the article examines the reasons for such a radical change in our stories about fictitious creatures that we have placed above us in the food chain. Jim Jarmusch’s film Only Lovers Left Alive has been analysed in more detail in the article; however, other ( apart from the already mentioned ) “canonical” texts are mentioned, such as Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, and some less known ones, including Suzy McKee-Charnas’ The Vampire Tapestry or Truth by Terry Pratchett.
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Tekst stanowi próbę pokazania, jak wszechobecne w kulturze współczesnej opowieści o wampirach wpisują się w przystępną wersję zagadnień poruszanych w obrębie animal studies. Ponieważ postać wampira jest jednym z tych elementów gotyckiego kanonu, które przeszły oszałamiającą przemianę ( Draculę Brama Stokera i bohaterów cyklu Zmierzch Stephenie Meyer zdaje się więcej dzielić niż łączyć ), w artykule rozważane są przyczyny tak radykalnej zmiany naszych opowieści o istotach fantastycznych, które ulokowaliśmy w łańcuchu pokarmowym wyżej od nas. Obszerniejszej analizie w artykule poddany został film Jima Jarmuscha Tylko kochankowie przeżyją – przywołane zostają jednak i inne ( poza już wymienionymi ) „kanoniczne” teksty, np. Wywiad z wampirem Ann Rice, oraz te mniej znane, np. Gobelin z wampirem Suzy McKee-Charnas czy Prawda Terry’ego Pratchetta.
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This article addresses two novels that, seemingly or truly, realise the historical crime convention. One of the novels is Pan Whicher w Warszawie (“Mr. Whicher in Warsaw”) by Agnieszka Chodkowska-Gyurics and Tomasz Bochiński, and the other one is Carska roszada (“The Tsar Castling”) by Melchior Medard. Genre aspects of both works are considered, and the consequences the conventional location carries for the way in which the 19th century reality is constructed in both novels. Finally – despite the differences between them – in both crime novels, the Polish history of the 19th century is shaped via many elements; one of them is strong reliance on the discourse of romantic martyr-related provenance.
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Artykuł dotyczy dwóch powieści, które – pozornie lub rzeczywiście – są realizacją konwencji kryminału historycznego. Pierwsza z nich to Pan Whicher w Warszawie Agnieszki Chodkowskiej-Gyurics i Tomasza Bochińskiego, druga to Carska rosza­da Melchiora Medarda. W tekście rozważane są aspekty genologiczne obu dzieł i konsekwencje owego gatunkowego usytuowania dla sposobu, w jaki ukazywana jest w nich dziewiętnastowieczna przeszłość. Ostatecznie – mimo różnic – w obu powieściach w sposobie konstruowania wieku XIX widać silne uwikłanie w dyskurs oromantyczno-martyrologicznej proweniencji.
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The article offers an analysis of the trilogy by Jakub Szamałek, which consists of the following novels: When Athena Averts Her Gaze (Gdy Atena odwraca wzrok), The Unwelcoming Sea (Morze Niegościnne) and Reading from Bones (Czytanie z kości). These works are scrutinised as an example of a sub-genre of the crime novel, the historical crime story. The analysis emphasises the typical features of the convention, with particular focus on the hybrid side of its nature, i.e. entanglement in the dilemmas of the historical novel: the necessity to make a choice, and the manner in which the past is structured as one of the constituents of the presentation.
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Artykuł stanowi analizę trylogii Jakuba Szamałka, na którą składają się powieści: Gdy Atena odwraca wzrok, Morze Niegościnne i Czytanie z kości. Teksty te rozpatrywane są jako przykład realizacji subgatunku powieści kryminalnej, kryminału historycznego. Rozważania wydobywają cechy charakterystyczne tej konwencji, szczególnie te wynikające z jej hybrydyczności, a zatem uwikłania w dylematy powieści historycznej: konieczności dokonania wyboru, jak zostaje skonstruowana przeszłość jako jeden z przedmiotów przedstawienia.
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The article examines metatextual devices appearing within texts whose genre affiliation - the implementation of the detective novel convention - is unarguable. Such use of selfreferential strategies is juxtaposed with their applications in texts that in English-language reflection on postmodern and modernist novels are defined as metaphysical detective stories. The article examines the genre aspects of the use of these devices and their consequences for the location of a crime novel within contemporary popular culture.
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The article addresses the issue of various interpretative contexts of Jonathan Littell’s best-selling novel The Kindly Ones (Les Bienveillantes). In particular, it deals with ethical and rhetorical consequences of the novel’s structure. The book’s form is based on a ba-roque suite – thus, the successive chapters are entitled: Toccata, Allemande I and Allemande II, Courante, Minuet (roundel), Aria and Gigue. The analysis of the meaning of the tech-nique employed by Littell yields a conclusion that there is no relation between the plot structure and the suite form. The ‘musical’ concept is used only to strengthen the fictionality of the novel. This way, Littell emphasizes that the foundation on which the monologue of his hero is built is at the same time documentary and purely ‘literary’. Thus, Littell’s novel only ‘pretends’ to be ‘a musical literary text’ – literature constructed by using musical forms. The last issue addressed in the article is the ethical ambivalence of Littell’s concept. Is it appropriate to ‘compose a suite about the Holocaust’? Does it locate The Kindly Ones near the sublime or kitsch? Or maybe both?
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