Historie alternatywne w literaturze polskiej: typologia, tematyka, funkcje / Alternate History in Polish Literature: Typology, Subject Matter, Functions
Journal Title: Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich - Year 2016, Vol 59, Issue 2
Abstract
Alternate history, the type of fiction which describes worlds in which history developed differently than in reality, is often depreciated as a subgenre of science–fiction. Yet Polish alternate history novels are in reality an interesting commentary on polish culture, history and memory. In this paper I present the subject–matter of Polish alternate history novels, their functions and their relevance to Polish culture. In the first part I describe the history of counterfactual thinking and historians’ attitude towards it. In the second part, I emphasize that there are two types of alternate history. I name them “non-fiction” and “fiction”. Next, I provide the definition of alternate history. In the third part of the article I describe functions of alternate history novels. These functions show clearly that they are not created for entertainment only. On the contrary, they comment on important features of Polish culture.
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Magdalena Wąsowicz
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