Keywords
Arthurian legends
intertextuality
retelling
world-building
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Abstract
The second half of the twentieth century was the time of the most dynamic development of fantasy, which places this genre in the space of postmodern poetic. One of the first Polish authors utilizing this type fictional setting was Andrzej Sapkowski. His short story, Maladie, should be treated as a manifesto of the form and function of this kind of fantastic literature. This paper aims to follow the structure of the story in relation to the intertextuality category, including the retelling strategy, but also distinguishes features of postmodern texts: being a scriptible and above that world-building, literary character of the text and metatextuality. By following the relation between Sapkowski’s short story and Joseph Bédier’s novel, it is possible to illustrate the standpoint of the Polish author regarding the essence of fantasy and bring closer narrative tools used in his prose.
References
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Stasiewicz P., Między światami. Intertekstualność i postmodernizm w literaturze fantasy, Białystok 2016.
Zając J., Światy (nie)przedstawione. O twórczości Andrzeja Sapkowskiego, [w:] Skład osobowy. Szkice o prozaikach współczesnych tom 3, red. A. Nęcka, D. Nowacki, J. Pasterska, Katowice 2019.
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