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Podróż w czasie jako laboratorium narracji
Time travel as a narrative laboratory

Author(s): Mariusz M. Leś
Subject(s): Fiction, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: time travel; science fiction; narratology;

Summary/Abstract: Time travel is one of the most popular themes in science fiction. Usually it is discussed from a perspective of technological and scientific possibilities for the realization of fantastic visions. Researchers focus on logical paradoxes implied by traveling back in time. The author of this article, inspired by David Wittenberg’s Time Travel: The Popular Philosophy of Narrative, draws attention to metanarrative functions of time travel theme, which becomes a challenge for writers and narrative techniques.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 35-51
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish