Po divné krajině: Charakteristika a vnitřní členění fantastické literatury
Through a Strange Landscape: Characteristics and Inner Structuring of Fantastic Literature

Author(s): Tereza Dědinová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Czech Literature, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature, British Literature, American Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Fantastic literature; theoretical specifications; Czech literature; Translation studies; Paul Kincaid; Brian Attebery; Fantastic elements;
Summary/Abstract: The art of fantastic literature has been nowadays an influential cultural phenomenon. This monograph aims to initiate a broader discussion about the fantastic literature and to draw attention to the inspiring dilemma of its reflection. The text of the monograph is divided into two parts; in the first part, the theoretical specification of the fantastic literature is laid, in the second part, a typology of the fantastic literature is defined in accordance with the analysis of primary Czech literature as well as with translations of primary sources. In the first part, various approaches to the definition of the fantastic literature within the Czech and the worldwide context are introduced. Apart from that, the terms under which a text can be considered fantastic are specified: it needs to be a fiction, not a religious or a mythical text, neither an output of a mental defect. The principal idea of the first part of the monograph is to introduce my own intuitive definition of the fantastic literature which is based on Wittgenstein’s concept of family resemblances, a prototype theory, architextuality and fuzzy sets and which relates to the fantastic literature’s theoreticians Paul Kincaid and Brian Attebery.

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