Wokół pisarstwa „historyczno-fantastycznego” Teodora Parnickiego (na podstawie dylogii Muza dalekich podróży i Staliśmy jak dwa sny)
On the “historical-fantastic” works of Teodor Parnicki (on the basis of the dylogy "Muza dalekich podróży" [A muse of distant journeys] and "Staliśmy jak dwa sny "[There we stood like two dreams])

Summary/Abstract: This article is about the genological aspects of the historical fantasy novels by Teodor Parnicki as seen in his dilogy consisting of Muza dalekich podróży and Staliśmy jak dwa sny. I focus mainly on fantasy elements visible in the novels, which are clearly divided into two separated tendencies. I called the first one “historical fantasy”, and the author himself called the second one “pure fantasy”. Their coexistence is what distinguishes Parnicki’s type of novel from similar forms (historical novels, fantasy novels, and alternate history). At the same time, this combination gives the writer’s creations traits characteristic of the romantic period (mise en abyme, romantic irony) and determines the literary character of the text, which is stronger than the historical one.

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