Temat poszukiwania ojca w twórczości Jacka Dukaja
The Theme of Searching for One’s Father in the Works of Jacek Dukaj
Author(s): Piotr PrzytułaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Jacek Dukaj; father-son relationship in literature; father figure in literature; father and son in science fiction; Polish science fiction literature
Summary/Abstract: This essay discusses an important theme in Jacek Dukaj’s writings, namely the difficult rela-tionship between father and son. It examines Dukaj’s works, such as The Plunderer’s Daughter and Ice, in which the figure of the absent father who must be found by his child is presented. The son’s journey in search of his lost parent (and his own identity) reflects the pattern of the mythical hero’s journey described by Joseph Campbell and thus ends with a symbolic reconciliation with his father.
Journal: Prace Literaturoznawcze
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 215-227
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish
