The Post/non/human Body in Olga Tokarczuk’s Opowiadania bizarne [Bizarre Stories] Cover Image

Ciało post/nie/ludzkie w „Opowiadaniach bizarnych” Olgi Tokarczuk
The Post/non/human Body in Olga Tokarczuk’s Opowiadania bizarne [Bizarre Stories]

Author(s): Klaudia Sordyl
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: non-human body; cyborg; ethics; religion; post-secularism

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the descriptive categories of the post/non/humanbody in selected short stories by Olga Tokarczuk from the volume Opowiadania bizarne [Bizarre Stories]. The most important basis for this reading was the understanding of the body and its ontological perspectives proposed by Ewa Domańska and Monika Bakke. Particular attention was paid to the themes of genetic experiments and cyborgization (Wizyta[TheVisit]), ethical and religious aspects (Góra Wszystkich Świętych[All Saints’Mountain]), and Tokarczuk’s post-secular vision of a post-apocalyptic world (Kalendarz ludzkich świąt [The Calendar of Human Holidays]).

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 221-237
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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