Magiczna Warszawa. Fantastyczne przestrzenie polskiej stolicy w literaturze dziecięcej i młodzieżowej – wybrane przykłady
Magical Warsaw: Fantastic Spaces of the Polish Capital in Children’s and Young Adult Literature – Selected Examples

Summary/Abstract: The article contains an analysis of the image of Warsaw in selected Polish-language fantasy and science fiction works for children and young adults. The author discusses, among others, such books as Tajemnice Łazienek [The Secrets of Łazienki]by Zuzanna Rabska (1920), A gdzie ja się, biedniuteńki, podzieję? [Where Am I Going to Go, Poor Thing?] by Joanna Papuzińska (1972), Felix, Net i Nika oraz Pułapka Nieśmiertelności [Felix, Net & Nika and the Trap of Immortality] by Rafał Kosik (2007), Omega and Klątwa dziewiątych urodzin [The Curse of the Ninth Birthday] by Marcin Szczygielski (2009, 2019). She attempts to indicate which places on the map of the Polish capital appear in these works the most frequently and what tools and tricks the authors of the discussed texts use to show the space of Warsaw as magical and fantasy-like.

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